150px, St. Alphonsus de Liguori, whose teachings inspired the establishment of the Academy. The Pontifical Alphonsian Academy (; ), also commonly known as the Alphonsianum, is a pontifical institution of higher education founded in 1949 by the

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and located in

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. Since 1960, the Academy has specialized in moral theology as a part of the Faculty of Theology of the

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. In 2023,

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granted the institute the title of "Pontifical." The Academy grants both the licentiate and the

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

s in moral theology.

Notable alumni

Cardinals

* Francesco Coccopalmerio (1938– ) *

Polycarp Pengo Polycarp Pengo (born 5 August 1944) is a prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, from 1992 to 2019. A bishop since 1983, he was made a cardinal in 1998. Biography Polycarp Pengo was born on 5 August 1944. He ...

(1944–) *

Severino Poletto Severino Poletto (18 March 1933 – 17 December 2022) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1999 to 2010. A bishop since 1980, he was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Biography Polett ...

(1933–2022) *

Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (born 29 December 1942) is a Salesian and cardinal of the Catholic Church from Honduras. He is the current Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, is the former President of Caritas Internationalis and served as ...

(1942– )

Archbishops and bishops

* Joseph Charron (1939–) * Peter Comensoli (1960– ) * James D. Conley (1955– ) *

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(1972– ) *

Patrick Hoogmartens Patrick Hoogmartens (born 1952) is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Hasselt since 2004. Life Hoogmartens was born in Tongeren on 19 May 1952 and was educated at schools in the city. He ...

(1952– ) * Carl Frederick Mengeling (1930–) *

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(1964– ) * John Clayton Nienstedt (1947– ) * Michael Fors Olson (1966– ) *

Luigi Padovese Luigi Padovese (31 March 1947 – 3 June 2010) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop and served as the Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia in Turkey. He was a Franciscan and a scholar who devoted most of his career to teachin ...

(1947–2010) *

Wojciech Polak Wojciech Polak (born 19 December 1964) is the Roman Catholic archbishop of Gniezno, Poland, since his appointment on 17 May 2014. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of Gniezno. Biography Early life Polak was born in 1964 in Inowrocł ...

(1964– ) *

Joseph Indrias Rehmat Joseph Indrias Rehmat (born 1 July 1966) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Faisalabad in Pakistan. On June 29, 2019 Pope Francis appointed Father Joseph Indrias Rehmat, of the Diocese of Faisalabad, currently Dean of the National Catholic Institu ...

(1966- ) *

Hipólito Reyes Larios Hipólito Reyes Larios (August 13, 1946 – August 8, 2021) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. Reyes served as the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba in Veracruz from 2000 until 2007. He was then appointed Archbishop of the ...

(1946–2021) *

Luis José Rueda Aparicio Luis José Rueda Aparicio (born 3 March 1962) is a Colombian prelate who is Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá. He was Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán from 2018 to 2020 and Bishop of Montelíbano from 2012 to 2018. Pope Francis plans to m ...

(1962– ) * Michael Sis (1960– ) *

Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (born 23 October 1970) is an Ethiopia-born prelate of the Eritrean Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Eparchy of Segheneity since 2012. He was imprisoned without trial in 2022 from 15 October and released after 75 ...

(1970– ) * Edmund James Whalen (1958–) * John Wilson (1968-) *

Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, (25 September 1941 – 7 November 2020) was the Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sibolga and then Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Medan from 2009 to 2018. Biography Sinaga was born in Nagado ...

(1941-2020)

Theologians

* Charles E. Curran (1934– )

References

External links

*
Pope John Paul II. "Address to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer", October 3, 2003

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