Pontifical Portuguese College
The Pontifical Portuguese College ( Latin : Pontificium Collegium Lusitanum , Pt .: Pontifício Colégio Português ) in Rome is a Pontifical College for Portuguese and Portuguese-speaking seminarians and priests .
history
With the support of the Portuguese King Carlos I (1863-1908), a foundation established and the advocate Jose Antonio de Sousa Barroso , Bishop of Porto , Pope Leo XIII approved . (1878–1903) founded a Portuguese college in Rome. The university began operating in 1898/99 under the name “Portuguese College St. Antonius ”. The college had its first accommodation in the Villa Borghese and in 1900 moved to the Palazzo Alberini, where the college stayed until 1974. Since 1975 it has been located in Via Nicolò in Rome.
On October 20, 1900 it was with the papal breve "Rei Catholicae apud Lusitanos" ( de .: For the Catholic cause with the Lusitans ) of Leo XIII. finally approved , in his letter he set the goal in addition to the administrative provisions
"... to ensure a more careful formation for those who consecrate themselves to the priesthood, because through this one benevolence of the (Portuguese) Church almost all the help it needs can be given."
Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) confirmed on March 14, 1957 the status of the Pontifical College.
organization
The overall management is subject to the Portuguese Bishops' Conference , whose chairman is Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga (Archbishop of Braga ), he is also the college director. The rector is proposed by the Congregation for Catholic Education and confirmed by the conference of bishops; all other members of the rector's staff are appointed by the conference of bishops. Father José Cordeiro has been the rector of the college since July 2011. Fourteen seminarians were registered for the 2009/10 academic year, they came from Germany , Burkina Faso , India , Mozambique , Portugal and from some religious orders (e.g. Spiritaner ). The housekeeping is done by Franciscan Sisters .
Former
Since its inception, the college has produced four cardinals and 79 bishops.
Cardinals
- Teodósio Clemente Cardinal de Gouveia (1889–1962) was Archbishop of Maputo , Mozambique ,
- António Cardinal Ribeiro (1928–1998) was Patriarch of Lisbon
- Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento (* 1925) is retired Archbishop of Luanda , Angola
- José Cardinal da Cruz Policarpo (1936–2014) was Patriarch of Lisbon .
Web links
- Official Website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bishop António José de Souza Barroso [1]
- ↑ Palazzo Alberini Cicciaporci Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Address of Pope John Paul II to the members of the Pontifical Portuguese College on January 11, 2003 [2] .
- ^ Archbishop Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga [3]
- ↑ Rector José Cordeiro [4]
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 23.7 " N , 12 ° 26 ′ 27.7" E