Ecclesiastical university


An ecclesiastical university is a special type of higher education school recognised by the Canon law of the Catholic Church. It is one of two types of universities recognised, the other type being the Catholic university. Every single ecclesiastical university is a pontifical university, while only a few Catholic universities are pontifical.
Some independent institutions, schools or university faculties, even at non-pontifical universities, can be ecclesiastical institutes, ecclesiastical schools or ecclesiastical faculties and may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant ecclesiastical degrees, usually in one or two specific fields.
Ecclesiastical universities are licensed to grant ecclesiastical degrees in:
These ecclesiastical degrees are prerequisites to certain offices in the Roman Catholic Church, especially considering that bishop candidates are selected mainly from priests who are doctors of sacred theology or canon law and that ecclesiastical judges and attorneys must at least be licentiates of canon law.

Ecclesiastical universities and faculties

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  • Faculty of Theology, Fribourg
  • Faculty of Theology, Lucerne
  • Faculty of Theology, Lugano
  • Theological School of Chur, Chur

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Additionally, numerous other United States institutions have arrangements by which they may grant pontifical degrees, including:
  • Archdiocese of New York's St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, Yonkers, NY – offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy.
  • Kenrick–Glennon Seminary, Shrewsbury, MO - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.
  • Mount Angel Abbey's Seminary, Saint Benedict, OR - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome, Italy.
  • Mount St. Mary's University Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.
  • Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI - offers both the S.T.B. and S.T.L through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy
  • Saint Patrick's Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.
  • Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy.

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Africa

Canada