Belgian Pontifical College
| Belgian Pontifical College | |
|---|---|
| address | Via Giambattista Pagano 35 00167 Roma |
| country | Italy |
| founding year | 1844 |
| director | Dirk Smet |
The Pontifical Belgian College ( nl . : Belgian Pauselijk College , fr . : Collège ecclésiastique belge , it . : Pontificio Collegio Belga ) in Rome is a papal college primarily for Belgian and international seminarians .
history
The Belgian bishops initiated in 1844, together with the canon Pierre-Joseph Aerts (1809-1905) and the nuncio in Belgium Gioacchino Pecci , later Pope Leo XIII. (1878–1903), founded a Belgian college in Rome. In 1878 Pope Leo XIII. Approved by the Belgian seminary , this is where the seminarians who study at the Pontifical Universities in Rome live. The majority of candidates for priesthood are enrolled at the Pontifical Gregorian University .
In the founding years, the college was housed in the house of Prelate Pierre-Joseph Aerts, who was church rector of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi in Rome. From 1846 to 1972 the college was located in Via del Quirinale in the immediate vicinity of the Quattro Fontane fountain . Since 1972 it has been located in the Generalate of the Broeders van Liefde in Via GB Pagano. The house also provides shelter for the Belgian bishops when they are in Rome. Dirk Smet (* 1950) has been Rector of the college since 2009 .
Former students
(Selection)
- Leo August Maria De Bruyne (1885–1890), seminarian 1878–1883, Subregens 1883–1885
- Oscar Joliet (1878–1969), seminarian 1896–1905, president of the Belgian college in Rome 1927–1945, professor and auxiliary bishop in Ghent
- Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg (1904–1988), Rector 1946–1949, Cardinal of the Curia
- Jozef Delmotte (1917–2007), seminarian 1938–1940, professor of philosophy
- Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), accommodation in the seminary from 1946 to 1948 and later Pope John Paul II.
- Werner Quintens (1937–2005), prelate and rector of the college from 1972 to 1997
- André-Joseph Léonard (* 1940), Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels , military ordinary for Belgium, chairman of the Belgian Bishops' Conference
- Johan Jozef Bonny (* 1955), Rector from 1997 to 2008, Bishop of Antwerp
literature
- Ickx, Johan, De alumni van het Belgisch Pauselijk College te Rome, 1844-1994 = Les anciens étudiants du Collège Pontifical Belge à Rome, 1844-1994. Roma: Il Collegio, Tipografia SGS, 1994. Text in Dutch and French. Other title: Anciens étudiants du Collège pontifical belge à Rome, 1844-1994, p. 443.
Web links
- Het Belgisch Pauselijk College in Rome (Ambassade van België bij de Heilige Stoel)
- PONTIFICIO COLLEGIO BELGA (Italian) ( Memento of March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Ik heb mijn roomse boord al in mijn valies stopped” ( Dutch ) nieuwsblad.be. March 15, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ De Bruyne, Leo August Maria (leraar aan de afdeling wijsbegeerte 1885-1890) ( Dutch ) sjks.be. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ Joliet, Oscar Jozef (professor en directeur afdeling wijsbegeerte 1907-1919) ( Dutch ) sjks.be. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ Delmotte, Jozef (professor filosofie 1947-1950) ( Dutch ) sjks.be. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 4.8 ″ N , 12 ° 25 ′ 30.3 ″ E