Alphonsian Academy
{{Short description|Pontifical institution of higher education in Rome, Italy}}
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The Pontifical Alphonsian Academy ({{Langx|it|Pontificia Accademia Alfonsiana}}; {{Langx|la|Pontificia Academia Alphonsiana}}), also commonly known as the Alphonsianum, is a pontifical institution of higher education founded in 1949 by the Redemptorists and located in Rome, Italy.
Since 1960, the Academy has specialized in moral theology as a part of the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University.[http://www.alfonsiana.edu/ Alphonsian Academy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621190830/http://alfonsiana.edu/ |date=2013-06-21 }} In 2023, Pope Francis granted the institute the title of "Pontifical."[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fn3cxAqWYAAuZNN?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Letter from Pope Francis granting the Pontifical title (original in italian)] The Academy grants both the licentiate and the doctoral degrees in moral theology.
Notable alumni
=Cardinals=
- Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960-)
- Francesco Coccopalmerio (1938– )
- Polycarp Pengo (1944–)
- Severino Poletto (1933–2022)[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55223/poletto-severino* "Poletto, Severino", Catholic News Agency]
- Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942– )
- Antoine Kambanda (1958 -)
=Archbishops and bishops=
- Joseph Charron (1939–)[https://www.dmdiocese.org/about-us/past-bishops/bishop-charron "Bishop Emeritus Joseph L. Charron, C.PP.S.", Diocese of Des Moines]
- Peter Comensoli (1960– )
- James D. Conley (1955– )
- Earl K. Fernandes (1972– ){{Cite web |title=Resignations and Appointments |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/04/02/220402b.html |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=press.vatican.va}}
- Patrick Hoogmartens (1952– ){{Cite web|title=Mgr. Patrick Hoogmartens |author=Geert Martens |date=2 February 2018 | website=Bisdom Hasselt |url=https://www.kerknet.be/bisdom-hasselt/artikel/mgr-patrick-hoogmartens}}
- Carl Frederick Mengeling (1930–)
- Franco Mulakkal (1964– )
- John Clayton Nienstedt (1947– )
- Michael Fors Olson (1966– )
- Luigi Padovese (1947–2010)
- Wojciech Polak (1964– )
- Joseph Indrias Rehmat (1966–)
- Hipólito Reyes Larios (1946–2021){{cite news |first=Édgar |last=Ávila Pérez |title=Reportan fallecimiento de Hipólito Reyes Larios, arzobispo de Xalapa |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/reportan-fallecimiento-de-hipolito-reyes-larios-arzobispo-de-xalapa |work=El Universal (Mexico City) |publisher= |date=2021-08-23 |access-date=2021-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809073411/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/reportan-fallecimiento-de-hipolito-reyes-larios-arzobispo-de-xalapa |archive-date=2021-08-09 |url-status=live}}
- Luis José Rueda Aparicio (1962– )
- Michael Sis (1960– )
- Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (1970– )
- Edmund James Whalen (1958–)
- John Wilson (1968–)
- Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga (1941–2020)
=Theologians=
- Charles E. Curran (1934– )
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.alfonsiana.org/}}
- [https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2003/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20031003_redentoristi_en.html Pope John Paul II. "Address to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer", October 3, 2003]
- [https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2019/february/documents/papafrancesco_20190209_accademia-alfonsiana.html "Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to Teachers and Students of the Alphonsian Academy Higher Institute of Theology", Holy See Press Office, February 9, 2019]
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