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Pontifical Alphonsian Academy
150px, Alphonsus 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 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. In 2023, Pope Francis granted the institute the title of "Pontifical." 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) * Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942– ) * Antoine Kambanda (1958 -) Archbishops and bishops * Joseph Charron (1939–) * Peter Comensoli (1960– ) * James D. Conley (1955– ) * Earl K. Fernandes (1972– ) * Patrick Hoogmartens (1952– ) * Carl Frederic ...
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Michael Sis
Michael James Sis (born January 9, 1960) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as the Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo in Texas since 2013. Biography Early life and education Michael Sis was born on January 9, 1960, in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. He was the fourth of five children born to Raymond and Janice (née Murphy) Sis. The family later moved to Bryan, Texas, where he attended St. Joseph School. As a teenager, he volunteered in religious education and youth programs in his parish. Sis graduated from Bryan High School in 1978. Sis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy degree in 1982 from the Moreau Seminary at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. Sis spent a summer of missionary service in Tanzania. He continued his studies in Rome, earning a Bachelor of Theology degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a Licentiate in Moral Theology from the Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran Univ ...
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Luis José Rueda Aparicio
Luis José Rueda Aparicio (born 3 March 1962) is a Catholic Church in Colombia, Colombian Catholic prelate who has served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá, Archbishop of Bogotá since 2020. He was previously Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán, Archbishop of Popayán from 2018 to 2020 and Roman Catholic Diocese of Montelíbano, Bishop of Montelíbano from 2012 to 2018. Pope Francis made him a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal on 30 September 2023. Biography Luis José Rueda Aparicio was born in San Gil, Department of Santander, Santander, on 3 March 1962, the tenth of eleven siblings. Before deciding to become a priest he worked in construction alongside his father and managed a laboratory in a cement factory. He studied philosophy in the major seminary of Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Socorro y San Gil and theology in the major seminary of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Socorro y ...
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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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa, based in the Xalapa, capital city of Veracruz, from 2007 until his death on August 8, 2021. Reyes Larios was born in the city of , Veracruz, on August 13, 1946, to and Dolores Larios Pastrana. He completed his studies at Seminario Regional de Xalapa. Reyes Larios then completed degrees in ascetical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and moral theology from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome. He was ordained a Catholic priest on August 15, 1973. Pope John Paul II appointed Reyes as the first bishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba on April 15, 2000. The bishop was formally ordained on June 13, 2000. He was elevated to Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalap ...
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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 Institute of Theology, as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad.Agenzia Fides 1 July 2019
He was born on 1 July 1966 in Okara. He began his education at St. Albert High School in city. He entered the
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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 Inowrocław, within the territory of the archdiocese. After passing his exams in 1983, he was admitted to the Major Seminary of Gniezno and on 13 May 1989 he was ordained to the priesthood. In the years 1989–1991 was an assistant priest at St. Martin and Nicholas' Church in Bydgoszcz. Early career He studied at the Alphonsian Academy, where he obtained a licentiate in 1996 and a doctorate in moral theology. Following his studies, he held numerous positions including as prefect of discipline at the Major Seminary of Gniezno (1995–1999), rector of the Major Seminary (1999–2003), judge of the Ecclesiastical Court, professor of Moral Theology at the Major Seminary and since 1998 in the Faculty of Theology of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozn ...
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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 Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia, Anatolia in Turkey. He was a Franciscan and a scholar who devoted most of his career to teaching and guiding seminarians. He was murdered in Turkey by his driver on 3 June 2010. Biography Padovese was born in Milan on 31 March 1947. He made his simple vows in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on 4 October 1965 and his solemn vows on 4 October 1968. He was ordained a priest on 16 June 1973. He studied at the Pontifical University Antonianum and Pontifical Gregorian University. He was taught patristics at the Pontifical University Antonianum, and for sixteen years he directed the Spirituality Institute at that university. He also held chairs at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Pontifical Alphonsian Academy and taught at various seminary, seminaries. He was appointed Apostolic Vica ...
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Michael Fors Olson
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John Clayton Nienstedt (born March 18, 1947) is an American retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis from 2008 until his resignation in 2015 due to his role in the clergy child sex abuse crisis. Nienstedt previously served as Bishop of New Ulm from 2001 to 2007 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1996 to 2001. Nienstedt asked for early retirement as Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis after a local prosecutor announced plans to indict the archdiocese due to its failure to protect children from sexual abuse by its priests. Biography Early life John Nienstedt was born pm March 18, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan, to John C. and Elizabeth S. (née Kennedy) Nienstedt. The second oldest of six children, he has two brothers, Richard and Michael, and three sisters, Barbara, Mary, and Corinne. Nienstedt graduated in 1969 from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit with Bachelor of Arts degree. He then ...
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