The Salesian Pontifical University (; ) is a pontifical university in

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run by the

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. It has three campuses, one in

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, one in

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, and one in

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. The Salesian Pontifical University is an ordinary member of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, the European Federation of Catholic Universities, the

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History

The university began with the founding of the Foglizzo Canavese theological studentate in 1904, which in 1923 moved to Turin. The university was canonically erected by the

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with the decree of 3 May 1940 (Prot. N. 265/40) with the official title ''Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano'' (Latin for 'Salesian Pontificial Athenaeum'). During the Second World War students and teachers were transferred to the Salesian house in Bagnolo Piemonte."Storia", Università Pontificia Salesiana
/ref> In 1958 the Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum moved to Rome. On 24 May 1973,

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approved its new title ''Pontificia Studiorum Universitas Salesiana'' (Salesian Pontifical University) with the ''

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'' ''Magisterium vitae''. On 8 December 1986, a Department of Youth Pastoral and Catechetics was constituted by an agreement between the Faculties of Theology and Education. In 2012 the Faculty of the Sciences of Social Communication began to offer Catholic priests (who, by virtue of their priestly studies, possess a Bachelor's degree in either Philosophy or Theology) a three-year Master's Degree in Pastoral Communication that includes a one-year Bachelor's in Communication. On 10 October 2006, Cardinal

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, in his first year as

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, gave a homily there celebrating the opening of the new academic year.

Faculties

* Theology; * Education; * Philosophy; * Canon Law; * Christian and Classical Literature; and * Sciences of Social Communication.

Notable members

Faculty

* Alfons Maria Stickler * Ludwig Schwarz *

Antonio María Javierre Ortas Antonio María Javierre Ortas S.D.B. (21 February 1921 – 1 February 2007) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Vatican. Javierre Ortas wa ...

Alumni

* Angelo Amato * Rosalio José Castillo Lara *

Joseph Zen Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB (, born 13 January 1932) is a cardinal of the Catholic Church from Hong Kong, who served as the sixth Bishop of Hong Kong. He was appointed cardinal in 2006, and has been outspoken on issues regarding human rights ...

* Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

References

External links

Official site
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