Pontifical College
Americannoun
noun
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a major theological college under the direct control of the Roman Curia
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the council of priests, being the chief hieratic body of the Church
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After completing his religious training at St. Joseph Seminary in Louisiana and the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio, he was ordained in 1961.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2017
Already, on our trip, we had attended a homily by the Pope, shared a mass in a crypt beneath St Peter's, and been hosted to lunch by the Pontifical College.
From BBC • May 2, 2015
He went on to become rector of Pontifical College Josephinum, a seminary in Columbus, Ohio.
From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 15, 2014
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York returned on Tuesday to his alma mater, the North American Pontifical College in Rome, a few days before he was to be made cardinal at the Vatican.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2012
The matter was laid before the Senate, and by them referred to the members of the Pontifical College, who passed a resolution that sacrilege had been committed.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
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