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 The Redemptorists, officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (), abbreviated CSsR, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brothers). It was founded by Alphonsus Liguori at Scala ...

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 ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

s in moral theology.

Notable alumni

Cardinals

Fridolin Ambongo Besungu Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (born 24 January 1960) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Kinshasa since 2018. He was previously Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela from 2004 to 2016, Apostolic Administrator of Kole from 2008 to 20 ...

(1960-) *

Francesco Coccopalmerio Francesco Coccopalmerio (6 March 1938) is an Italian cardinal. He was president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 15 February 2007 until his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on 7 ...

(1938– ) * Polycarp Pengo (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 Polet ...

(1933–2022) *

Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (born 29 December 1942) is a Honduran prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Tegucigalpa from 1993 to 2023. He was president of Caritas Internationalis and served as president of the ...

(1942– ) *

Antoine Kambanda Antoine Kambanda (born 10 November 1958) is a Rwandan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Kigali since 2019. He was Bishop of Kibungo from 2013 to 2018. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 28 November 202 ...

(1958 -)

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. F ...

(1960– ) * James D. Conley (1955– ) * Earl K. Fernandes (1972– ) * Patrick Hoogmartens (1952– ) * Carl Frederick Mengeling (1930–) *

Franco Mulakkal Franco Mulakkal is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, until changing his sui iuris to the Latin church in lieu with mission work. He worked as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...

(1964– ) * John Clayton Nienstedt (1947– ) *

Michael Fors Olson Michael Fors Olson (born June 29, 1966) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Diocese of Fort Worth in Texas since 2014. Biography Early life and educat ...

(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 Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia, Anatolia in Turkey. He was a Franciscan and a sc ...

(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 (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 R ...

(1946–2021) *

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 o ...

(1962– ) *

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 o ...

(1960– ) * Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (1970– ) * Edmund James Whalen (1958–) * John Wilson (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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