In 1938, he earned a Doctor of Canon Law from the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, and was awarded the Benemerenti medal for his services to the Secretariat of State.

Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne then sent Stritch to study at the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum De Propaganda Fide in Rome, where he resided at the Pontifical North American College.

Born in Savona, Pizzardo studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Pontifical Athenaeum S. Apollinare, and the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy before being ordained a priest on 19 September 1903.

Outside the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome Italy where Legionaries study Philosphy and Theology.

Marcial Maciel also served as Chancellor of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, which is based in Rome.

In addition, there are three canon lawyers: Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S. J., a former rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome ; Sacred Heart Father Agostino Montan ( a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ), who is the episcopal vicar of the Rome Diocese's office for consecrated life and a professor of canon law at Rome's Pontifical Lateran University ; and Monsignor Mario Marchesi, who is the vicar general of the Diocese of Cremona and who has taught canon law at the Legionaries ' Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome.

* Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

A pneumonia and bronchial congestion cut short his pursuit of a doctorate in divinity at the Pontifical Urban Athenaeum, forcing him to return to the United States in 1885 without his degree.

* Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Roma

He then furthered his studies at the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum De Propaganda Fide in Rome, from where he obtained a licentiate in both philosophy and theology.

He taught philosophy at Université Laval from 1941 to 1947, then began studies at the Pontifical Athenaeum Angelicum in Rome, Italy, where he was awarded a doctorate degree in theology in 1949.

He taught short courses in the sociology of religious movements at the Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum and in 2005 – 2006 at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, both Vatican-accredited institutions.

In 1907 Bishop Charles H. Colton sent him to further his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Athenaeum S. Apollinare, from where he earned a doctorate in canon law ( June 19, 1907 ) and later a doctorate in theology ( June 19, 1908 ).

He was sent to the Theological Faculty, Crocetto Salesian Athenaeum in Turin, 1948 – 1949 and later the Pontifical Roman Seminary, Rome where he took a doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, 1953 ).

He studied at the Theological Faculty of Bratislava, and then traveled to Rome to study at the Pontifical Lateran Athenaeum and Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained his doctorates in theology, canon law, and social sciences.

He studied with the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Trastevere, at the Pontifical Roman Seminary and the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, from where he received his doctorates in philosophy, theology, and canon law.

Sant ' Anselmo is also home to the Benedictine Pontifical Athenaeum.

Chupungco also served as the rector-magnificus of the Pontifical Ateneo of Sant Anselmo in Rome and was president of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, also in Rome.

Avelino was educated in the prestigious Ateneo de Manila where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree and the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas where he graduated with his Bachelor of Laws.

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According to the Census of the 2012 Annuario Pontificio ( Pontifical Yearbook ), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1. 196 billion at the end of 2010 ( At the end of 2009, it was about 1. 181 billion ).

The Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome, in Italian the Pontificio Collegio Croato Di San Girolamo a Roma, is a Roman Catholic college, church and a society in the city of Rome intended for the schooling of Croatian clerics.

), and Pontifical ( for the services appropriate to a bishop — Confirmation, Ordination ).

Among numerous writers of the order in this period are: Cardinals Thomas Zigliara ( d. 1893 ) and Zephirin González ( d. 1894 ), two esteemed philosophers ; Father Alberto Guillelmotti ( d. 1893 ), historian of the Pontifical Navy, and Father Heinrich Denifle, one of the most famous writers on medieval history ( d. 1905 ).

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences was established by Pope John Paul II on 1 January 1994 ( AAS 86, 213 ), with the aim of promoting the study and progress of the social sciences, primarily economics, sociology, law and political science.

* Luke Wadding of Ireland ( 1588 – 1657 ), Franciscan friar, historian, and founder of the Pontifical Irish College

* September 21 – The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico is founded in Mexico City ( Mexico ), being the second officially established university in the Americas.

The Papal State ( s ), the State ( s ) of the Church, the Pontifical States, the Ecclesiastical States, or the Roman States (, also Stato della Chiesa, Stati della Chiesa, Stati Pontifici, and Stato Ecclesiastico ;, also Dicio Pontificia ) were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia ( after which the Papal States, in less territorially extensive form, continued to exist until 1870 ).

Maura Walsh and Dáibhí Ó Cróinín ( Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1988 ), pp. 93 – 5.

* The title also attaches to the heads of some Pontifical Council ( central departments of the Curia ), who are principally titled president, but in addition there is sometimes an additional ex officio position as a prefect.

Responsibility for the Christian catacombs lies with the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology ( Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra ), which directs excavations and restorations.

** IIT Madrid, ( Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica ), the research institute of the ICAI School of Engineering at the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid, Spain

He studied histology and crystallography at the University of Florence ( Italy ) as well as theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in the Vatican ( from 1942 to 1946 ), and medieval history in Salzburg.

The institution still exists, and is now called the Academia Ponteficia di Belle Arti ( The Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts ), based in the palace of the Cancelleria.

On April 1, 1991, Guzmón was shot dead by members of the armed left-wing group Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front ( Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez ), after leaving his lecture of Constitutional Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Almost all of Chile's presidents graduated from the University of Chile, including all of those in the 20th century with the exception of Eduardo Frei Montalva ( Pontifical Catholic University of Chile ), General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo and former military dictator General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte.

There are seven Catholic universities in Argentina: Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina ( Buenos Aires ), the Universidad Católica de Córdoba, the Universidad de La Plata, the Universidad de Salta, the Universidad de Santa Fe, the Universidad de Cuyo, and the Universidad de Santiago del Estero.

He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( 1969 ), Austrian Academy of Sciences ( 1992 ), US National Academy Sciences ( 1971 ), Pontifical Academy of Sciences ( 1994 ), Russian Academy of Sciences ( 1988 ), Academia Europaea ( 1999 ), and the Royal Astronomical Society ( 1989 ).

* 1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.

In the 20th century the college would be relocated to the convent of Saints Dominic and Sixtus and would be transformed into the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.

* Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines

* Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

On 12 May 2008, Benedict XVI accepted an invitation to talk to participants in the International Congress organized by the Pontifical Lateran University on the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.

Category: Pontifical Gregorian University alumni

Category: Pontifical Gregorian University alumni

It is now named the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Roberto Landell de Moura, a Brazilian priest and scientist, went to Rome in 1878 and studied at the South American College and Pontifical Gregorian University, where he studied physics and chemistry.

* The Pontifical University of Maynooth is established by decree of the Vatican.

* 2009 speaker at the Biological Evolution Facts and Theories Conference, held at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome aimed at promoting dialogue between evolutionary biology and Christianity.

From 1963 to 1968, Bartholomew pursued his postgraduate studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey in Switzerland and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in Germany.

The same year he became a lecturer in the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

The Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas () ( Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, abbreviated as PUC-Campinas or PUCC ) is a private and non-profit Catholic university, located in Campinas, the second largest city of the State of São Paulo.

The title of Pontifical University was granted by Pope Paul VI in 1972.

Herminio Dagohoy, the 96th Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas | Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila

The term Rector or Rector Magnificus is used to refer to the highest official in prominent Catholic universities and colleges such as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and the San Beda College.

He earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1915 at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and the doctorate in theology in 1919 at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure.