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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

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s in moral theology.

Notable alumni

Cardinals

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(1938– ) * Polycarp Pengo (1944–) *

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(1933–2022) * Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942– )

Archbishops and bishops

* Joseph Charron (1939–) *

Peter Comensoli Peter Andrew Comensoli (born 25 March 1964) is an Australian Catholic prelate who was named the ninth Archbishop of Melbourne on 29 June 2018. He had been serving as the third Bishop of Broken Bay in New South Wales since December 2014. ...

(1960– ) *

James D. Conley James Douglas Conley (born March 19, 1955) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln in Nebraska since 2012. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Denver in Co ...

(1955– ) *

Earl K. Fernandes Earl Kenneth Fernandes (born September 21, 1972) is a Catholic prelate who has served as the 13th Bishop of Columbus in Ohio since 2022. Fernandes is the first Indian-American bishop of the Latin Church in the United States, the first pe ...

(1972– ) * Patrick Hoogmartens (1952– ) *

Carl Frederick Mengeling Carl Frederick Mengeling S.T.D (born October 22, 1930) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Lansing in Michigan from 1996 to 2008. Biography Mengeling was born on October 22, 1930, in Ha ...

(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) * Luis José Rueda Aparicio (1962– ) * Michael Sis (1960– ) * Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (1970– ) * Edmund James Whalen (1958–) *

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(1968-) * Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga (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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