Pontifical Gregorian University

Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana
motto	Religioni et Bonis Artibus
founding	1551
Sponsorship	Society of Jesus
place	Rome
country	Italy
Rector (magnifici rettori)	Nuno da Silva Gonçalves SJ
Students	2,754 (2018/2019)
Networks	FIUC
Website	unigre.it

PUG: main facade

PUG: entrance facade

PUG: Audimax (1930)

PUG: entrance hall

The Pontifical Gregorian University ( Latin : Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana , Italian : Pontificia Università Gregoriana , short: PUG) is a university under papal law that emerged from the first Jesuit school Collegio Romano and is based in the Italian capital Rome . The university enjoys great international renown to this day and is therefore considered the most important papal university in the world.

Historical overview

Today’s Gregorian University was established in 1551 by Ignatius von Loyola , the founder of the Jesuit order , in an urban Roman palace on Campidoglio in Via Capitolina (today: Piazza d'Aracoeli ). This first Jesuit school, equipped with a library, was initially called the Collegio Romano . The college was very popular and was founded in 1584 by Pope Gregory XIII. reopened in a large building that still bears the name Palazzo del Collegio Romano today . Gregory XIII. was henceforth celebrated as Fondatore e Protettore (founder and protector / sponsor) of the university, which is why the university was later (1873) named "Gregoriana" after him.

After the Jesuit order was abolished in 1773, the Roman diocesan clergy was trained at the Collegio Romano. After the reestablishment of the Jesuit order in 1814, Pope Leo XII. on May 17, 1824 the university again gave the Jesuits.

In 1870 the building of the Collegio Romano was confiscated by the new Italian government and the university was moved to the Collegium Borromaeum in Via del Seminario. The alumni of the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum were also housed there until 1886. With a rescript dated December 4, 1873, the former Collegio Romano received from Pope Pius IX. the title "Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana". In 1930 the university was finally moved to Piazza della Pilotta, between Piazza Venezia and the Fontana di Trevi ( Trevi Fountain ), where it is still located today. The Jesuit college, Collegio Bellarmino, was established in the building that until then housed the Collegio Romano .

Until the 19th century there was also mathematical and scientific research and teaching at the Collegio Romano (see Christophorus Clavius , Christoph Grienberger , Athanasius Kircher , Angelo Secchi ), at times the Vatican Observatory was assigned to him.

Associated institutions are the 1909 founded Pontifical Biblical Institute (Pontifical Institute Biblico (PIB)) and founded in 1917 Pontifical Oriental Institute (Pontifical Institute Orientale (PIO)).

In 2011, the football team of the Pontifical Gregorian University won the Clericus Cup ( German  Klerus-Pokal ), the football championship of the Vatican .

organization

The Jesuit-run university is now divided into four institutes , six faculties and three further training centers.

The faculties include the following disciplines:

• theology
• Canon Law
• philosophy
• Church history and cultural heritage
• Missiology
• Social sciences

Approx. 1500 students study at the theological faculty of the PUG. The language of instruction for all compulsory courses has been Italian since the 1970s , but courses are also offered in up to six languages: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

The Matteo Ricci Conference Center , where international congresses take place, is assigned to the Gregoriana .

Because of the special importance of the Gregorian, the Grand Chancellery is carried out personally by the Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education , not by the competent superior or bishop, as is the case at other papal universities. The Jesuit general is Vice-Grand Chancellor.

Rectors

Rectors since 1551 were:

• Ioannes Pelletier (1551)
• ...
• Robert Bellarmine (1592–1594)
• ...
• Paolo Antonio Raffagni (1772-1824)
• Luigi Taparelli d'Azeglio (1824–1829)
• Giovanni Battista Dessi (1829-1832)
• Giuseppe Bellotti (1832-1835)
• Felice Sprani (1840–1843)
• Leonardo Fava (1843-1846)
• Francesco Manera (1846–1847)
• Bonaventura Benetti (1847-1853)
• Giovanni Perrone (1853-1856)
• Pasquale Cambi (1856-1860)
• Ugo Molza (1860–1864)
• Giovanni Marcucci (1864-1867)
• Pietro Ragazzini (1867–1872)
• Valeriano Cardella (1872–1876)
• Ugo Molza (1876-1880)
• Francesco Vannutelli (1880-1884)
• Massimiliano Anselmi (1884-1886)
• Lorenzo Lunari (1886-1891)
• Emilio De Autustini (1891–1895)
• Francesco Maria Carini (1895-1896)
• Augusto Ferretti (1896-1900)
• Emidio Rossi (1900-1904)
• Franz Xaver Wernz (1904–1906)
• Quercini Ludovico Quercini (1906–1910)
• Pio De Mandato (1910-1914)
• Luigi Caterini (1914-1918)
• Francesco Saverio Calcagn (1918–1922)
• Carlo Miccinelli (1922-1926)
• Giuseppe Gianfranceschi (1926–1930)
• Ferdinand Willaert (1930–1933)
• Vincent J. McCormick (1933-1941)
• Paolo Dezza (1941–1951)
• Pedro M. Abellán (1951–1957)
• Pablo Muñoz Vega (1957–1963)
• Édouard Dhanis (1963-1966)
• Hervé Carrier (1966–1978)
• Carlo Maria Martini (1978–1980)
• Urbano Navarrete (1980–1986)
• Gilles Pelland (1986-1992)
• Giuseppe Pittau (1992–1998)
• Franco Imoda (1998-2004)
• Gianfranco Ghirlanda (2004-2010)
• François-Xavier Dumortier (2010-2016)
• Nuno da Silva Gonçalves (2016-date)

Interreligious Dialogue

The ISIRC ( Istituto per gli studi interdisciplinari su religioni e culture ) qualifies Catholic theologians for church dialogue work and trains non-Christians who have already obtained an academic degree in their own religion to become interreligious interlocutors. The institute mainly teaches in English and awards a master’s (4 semesters) or diploma (2 semesters). As part of the lecture program, a basic course for Islam diplomats is also offered at the Gregorian. The three-week course is aimed at diplomats from predominantly Muslim countries in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. On the agenda of the interreligious basic course are the organization and function of various organs of the Holy See, the tasks of the nunciatures , the humanitarian commitment of the church, its commitment to peace such as B. the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue . The main political focus of the Holy See is currently on the countries in the Middle East.

Well-known students and lecturers

Born before 1900

• Christophorus Clavius ​​SJ (1538-1612), mathematician
• Gregory of Valencia (1549–1603), Jesuit and professor of theology
• Christoph Grienberger SJ (1561–1636), astronomer
• Ludovico Ludovisi (1595–1632), cardinal
• Athanasius Kircher SJ (1602–1680), polymath
• Innocent XIII. (1655–1724), Pope from 1721 to 1724
• Francis of Paula Herzan von Harras (1735–1804), cardinal
• Ignaz Stanislaus von Mathy (1765–1832), bishop
• Antonio Tosti (1776–1866), Cardinal to the Curia
• Raffaele Fornari (1787–1854), Apostolic Nuncio and Cardinal to the Curia
• Antonio Nibby (1792–1839), archaeologist, topographer and university professor
• Pius IX (1792–1878), Pope from 1846 to 1878, beatified in 2000
• Gabriele Ferretti (1795-1860), cardinal
• John Henry Newman (1801–1890), cardinal and former Anglican theologian, beatified in 2010
• John McCloskey (1810–1885), Archbishop of New York (1864–1885) and first American cardinal
• Camillo Tarquini (1810–1874), canon lawyer and cardinal, from 1852 professor of canon law at the PUG
• Angelo Secchi SJ (1818–1878), astronomer ( spectroscope )
• Herbert Vaughan (1832–1903), Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster , founder of the Mission Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill
• Vincenzo Vannutelli (1836–1930), Cardinal to the Curia
• Mariano Antonio Espinosa (1844–1923), Archbishop of Buenos Aires
• Johannes Ude (1874–1965), theologian, philosopher, pacifist
• Augustin Bea SJ (1881–1968), Cardinal to the Curia
• Titus Brandsma (1881–1942), Carmelite and resistance fighter against National Socialism, beatified in 1985
• August Hlond (1881–1948), Cardinal, Archbishop of Warsaw
• Alfons Beil (1896–1997), papal secret chamberlain ( monsignor )
• Paul VI (1897–1978), Pope from 1963 to 1978, beatified in 2014, canonized in 2018
• Giovanni Fausti (1899–1946), Jesuit, martyr, beatified in 2016

Born after 1900

• Joseph Schröffer (1903–1983), Bishop of Eichstätt , later Cardinal to the Curia
• Nicola Riezzo (1904–1998), Archbishop of Otranto
• Franz Salesius Zauner (1904–1994), Bishop of Linz
• Joseph Höffner (1906–1987), cardinal, archbishop of Cologne
• Giuseppe Siri (1906–1989), Cardinal, Archbishop of Genoa
• Paul Michalke SVD (1909–2008), professor and university rector in St. Gabriel
• Gustav A. Wetter (1911–1991), professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute
• Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero SDB (1914-2010), em. Archbishop of Asunción
• Ivan Prasko (1914–2001), Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
• Karl Johannes "Carlo" Bayer (1915–1977), Caritas Internationalis pioneer and general secretary
• Aloysius Jin Luxian SJ (1916–2013), Bishop of Shanghai
• Oscar Romero (1917–1980), Archbishop of El Salvador
• Anton Muzaj (1921–1948), martyr in Albania, beatified in 2016
• Luigi Barbarito (1922–2017), Apostolic Nuncio to the United Kingdom
• Jozef Tomko (* 1924), Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
• Alois Wagner (1924–2002), Archbishop, permanent representative of the Holy See to the international organizations of the United Nations in Rome
• Ivan Illich (1926–2002), priest, author, philosopher, theologian, cultural critic
• Estanislao Esteban Karlic (* 1926), Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná
• Carlo Maria Martini SJ (1927–2012), Archbishop of Milan
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo (* 1927), cardinal, retired Camerlengo
• Angelo Sodano (* 1927), Cardinal Dean
• John Adel Elya (1928–2019), Lebanese minister, Bishop of Newton , USA
• Vladimír Boublík (1928–1974), Czech theological philosopher
• Friedrich Wetter (* 1928), Cardinal, Archbishop of Munich and Freising
• Hans Küng (* 1928), priest and former director of the Institute for Ecumenical Research and professor emeritus at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
• Affonso Felippe Gregory (1930–2008), Bishop of Imperatriz, Brazil, President of Caritas International 1991–1998
• José Luis Martín Descalzo (1930–1991), Spanish poet and journalist
• Georg Zur (1930–2019), Apostolic Nuncio in Russia
• Eugenio Corecco (1931–1995), Bishop of Lugano
• Anton Schlembach (1932–2020), Bishop of Speyer
• Ricardo Guízar Díaz (1933–2015), Archbishop of Tlalnepantla
• Joachim Meisner (1933–2017), cardinal, archbishop of Cologne
• Friedrich Janssen (* 1935), theologian
• John Wijngaards (* 1935), theologian and author
• Giovanni Lajolo (* 1935), Cardinal, former Apostolic Nuncio in Germany
• Karl Lehmann (1936–2018), cardinal, bishop of Mainz and chairman of the German Bishops' Conference
• Adolfo Nicolás (* 1936), Superior General of the Societas Jesu from 2008 to 2016
• Alois Kothgasser (* 1937), retired Archbishop of Salzburg and former Primate Germaniae and Legatus Natus
• Samuele Bacchiocchi (1938–2008), Adventist theologian and church historian (dissertation)
• Bartholomäus I (* 1940), ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople
• Thomas Hong-Soon Han (* 1943), professor of economics and papal chief financial officer since 2008
• Georges Pontier (* 1943), retired Archbishop of Marseille and former chairman of the French Bishops' Conference
• Luis Ladaria SJ (* 1944), dogmatist, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2017
• Konrad Zdarsa (* 1944), Bishop of Augsburg
• Giuseppe Betori (* 1947), Cardinal, Archbishop of Florence
• Jozef De Kesel (* 1947), Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels
• Ludwig Schick (* 1949), Archbishop of Bamberg
• Karlheinz Diez (* 1954), auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Fulda
• Paul B. Steffen SVD (* 1954), Professor at the Facoltà di Missiologia , Pontificia Università Urbaniana
• Pietro Parolin (* 1955), Cardinal Secretary of State
• Salvatore Cordileone (* 1956), Archbishop of San Francisco
• Georg Gänswein (* 1956), prelate and private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI.
• Pedro Barrajón LC (* 1957), Rector of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
• Saverio Cannistrà OCD (* 1958), Superior General of the Teresian Carmel
• Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ (* 1958), Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg
• Felice Accrocca (* 1959); Archbishop of Benevento, PhD student and lecturer at the Gregorian
• Hervé Gaschignard (* 1959), bishop emeritus of Aire and Dax
• Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (* 1960), Bishop of Speyer
• Filomeno Jacob (* 1960), East Timorese clergyman and minister of social affairs, later lecturer at the Gregoriana
• Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim (* 1962), Lebanese Bishop in Canada
• Gianmarco Busca (* 1965), Bishop of Mantua
• Giacomo Morandi (* 1965), Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2017
• Franz Jung (* 1966), Bishop of Würzburg

Well-known professors

• Robert Cardinal Bellarmin SJ (1542–1621), Professor of Controversial Theology , Jesuit
• Johann Christoph Raßler (1654–1723), Jesuit , professor of moral theology, dogmatics, later philosophy and theology at the University of Ingolstadt and the University of Dillingen, Rector of the University of Dillingen from 1714 to 1716, prefect of studies at the Collegium Romanum from 1716
• Josef Kleutgen , (born September 9, 1811 in Dortmund , † January 13, 1883 in St. Anton near Kaltern , South Tyrol ), Jesuit , co-author of the infallibility dogma
• Leopold Fonck (1865–1930), professor of New Testament exegesis
• Maurice de la Taille (1872–1933), professor of theology
• Johannes Rabeneck (1874–1960), Professor of Biblical Theology
• Franz Hürth (1880–1963), professor of moral theology and in this capacity close advisor to Pope Pius XII.
• Sebastian Tromp (1889–1975), professor of the treatises on scriptural inspiration and revelation
• Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984), Canadian Jesuit theologian and religious philosopher
• Friedrich Kempf (1908–2002), professor of palaeography and document theory as well as of church history in the Middle Ages
• Roberto Busa SJ, 1913–2011, Italian humanities scholar and linguist, inventor of the Index Thomisticus
• Tomáš Cardinal Špidlík SJ (1919–2010), Professor of Patristic and Eastern Church Spirituality
• Xavier Tilliette (1921–2018), professor of philosophy and the history of philosophy
• Peter Gumpel (* 1923), professor of theology
• Peter Henrici (* 1928), professor of philosophy
• Pius Engelbert (* 1936), professor of theology, abbot of Gerleve Abbey from 1999 to 2006
• Winfried Schulz (1938–1995), Professor of Vatican Law at the Lateran University
• Gianfranco Ghirlanda (* 1942), professor of canon law and rector since April 1, 2004
• Luis Ladaria (* 1944), Jesuit, dogmatist, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2017
• Rino Fisichella (* 1951), Archbishop of the Roman Curia, Rector 2001 to 2004
• Sr. Nuria Calduch Benages , MHSFN, Professor of Biblical Theology of the Old Testament
• Bruna Costacurta , Professor of Biblical Theology of Old Testament Bible
• Paolo Martinelli , OFMCap , President of the Institute of Franciscan Spirituality, Pontifical University “Antonianum”; Professor of Fundamental Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University
• Karl Josef Cardinal Becker SJ (1928-2015), professor of dogmatics and the history of dogmas
• Frederick Copleston SJ (1907–1994), philosopher, author of a very prestigious history of philosophy
• Felix Körner SJ (* 1963), systematic theologian and Islamic scholar

Web links

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• Website of the Pontifical Gregorian University (Italian / English)
• Website of the Archivio Storico della Pontificia Università Gregoriana (Italian)
• The Gregorian University Foundation website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.unigre.it/Univ/su/benvenuto_rettore_en.php
2. ↑ http://www.lastampa.it/2016/03/21/vaticaninsider/ita/documenti/nominato-il-nuovo-rettore-della-gregoriana-nuno-da-silva-gonalves-2TlSVQosTifZ5K09GVXk1N/pagina.html
3. ^ Information Magazine of the Pontifical Gregorian University ( en ) Pontifical Gregorian University. 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
4. ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed September 25, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Book Description by Johannes Beutler, Prof. an der Gregoriana ; Retrieved October 4, 2011
6. ^ "Vatican / Philippines: Congratulations for Asia's oldest university" , Vatican Radio , January 29, 2011; accessed on January 31, 2011
7. ^ "Clericus Cup 2010/11" ; Retrieved July 31, 2011
8. ^ Rectors of the Pontifical Gregorian University , accessed January 3, 2012
9. ↑ Course catalog : [1]
10. ↑ Vatican Radio : Vatican: Basic Course for Islam Diplomats May 8, 2007

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