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
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and located in
Rome
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,
Italy
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.
Since 1960, the Academy has specialized in moral theology as a part of the Faculty of Theology of the
Pontifical Lateran University
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. In 2023,
Pope Francis
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granted the institute the title of "Pontifical." The Academy grants both the
licentiate and the
doctoral degree
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s in moral theology.
Notable alumni
Cardinals
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Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960-)
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Francesco Coccopalmerio (1938– )
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Polycarp Pengo (1944–)
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Severino Poletto (1933–2022)
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Óscar RodrÃguez Maradiaga
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(1942– )
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Antoine Kambanda (1958 -)
Archbishops and bishops
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Joseph Charron (1939–)
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Peter Comensoli (1960– )
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James D. Conley (1955– )
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Earl K. Fernandes (1972– )
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Patrick Hoogmartens (1952– )
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Carl Frederick Mengeling (1930–)
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Franco Mulakkal (1964– )
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John Clayton Nienstedt (1947– )
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Michael Fors Olson
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Biography
Early life and educat ...
(1966– )
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Luigi Padovese
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(1947–2010)
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Wojciech Polak (1964– )
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Joseph Indrias Rehmat (1966–)
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Hipólito Reyes Larios (1946–2021)
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Luis José Rueda Aparicio
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(1962– )
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Michael Sis (1960– )
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Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (1970– )
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Edmund James Whalen (1958–)
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John Wilson (1968–)
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Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga (1941–2020)
Theologians
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Charles E. Curran (1934– )
References
External links
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Pope John Paul II. "Address to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer", October 3, 2003
{{Authority control
1949 establishments in Italy
Education in Rome