The Gregorian University Consortium has a notable record of accomplishment in
providing leaders for the Church:
72 saints and blessed 17 popes (8 of the last 11) were alumni or former faculty More than 900 of the approximately 4,400 living bishops Approximately one-third of the current College of Cardinals
Some prominent 20th Century alumni/former faculty include:
Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul I Pope Paul VI Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XI Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York Tomás Cardinal Spidlík, Professor Emeritus, Ponitifical Oriental Institute Edward Cardinal Egan, Retired Archbishop of New York William Cardinal Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia The late Avery Cardinal Dulles, Fordham University Josef Cardinal Tomko, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of People Most Reverend Oscar Lipscomb, Archbishop of Mobile William Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Justin Cardinal Rigali, Archbishop of St. Louis Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan Most Reverend Anthony Pilla, Bishop of Cleveland Most Reverend Hector Y. Doueihi, Bishop of the Maronite Diocese of St. Maron Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame Bartholomew I, Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Dr. Jack Miles, 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for his book, God: A Biography,a study of the Old Testament
| "In these centers of learning, professors and students gather from all parts of the world to serve the Church through their study and research . . . spreading the light of Christ's truth to every corner of the globe." |
| POPE JOHN PAUL II |
| " . . . the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Vatican's premier training ground for priests and others entering religious life . . . " |
| THE NEW YORK TIMES Click here for excerpt |
