Pontifical Irish College
The Pontifical Irish College ( en.: Pontifical Irish College, ir Coláiste na nGael Pontaifiúil, it:. Pontifical Collegio irlandese ) in Rome is a Pontifical College for the education and training of Irish priests. It also offers candidates for the priesthood from other countries to stay. The college was founded in 1628 by Pope Urban VIII and ( 1623-1644 ) approved.
Foundation
1625 directed the Irish bishops a request to Pope Urban VIII and expressed to establish a national college desire in Rome. They were supported by the cardinal protector for the Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi Ireland, the cost would take over the bishops. They rented across from San Isidoro in Rome a residence that was the teaching of six seminarians on January 1, 1628 included. For the first Rector Archdeacon Eugene Callanan of Cashel was appointed as Director of the Franciscan Luke Wadding, who later became titular bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria and Coadjutor Bishop of Ferns. Cardinal Ludovisi died in 1632 and left the college a large part of his property, his honor the Irish College is also called by his name as " College Ludovicio Ludovisi ". According to his will, the college management should be taken over by the Jesuits, but this was not implemented until after a lawsuit in 1635.
The College in the 17th and 18th centuries
On 8 February 1635 the Jesuits took over the responsibility for the College, this college leadership lasted until 1772. The first Rector was the Jesuit Father James Forde, followed him in 1637, Father William Malone. 1667 became the college in financial problems, there have been complaints and complaints about the line. At the college were never more than 5-7 students enrolled and a papal commission deliberated on the fate of the university. The Commission decided in 1772 to the Jesuits to withdraw the pipe and the Italian priest Luigi Cuccagni was appointed as the new Rector. His term ended with the closure of the college through the reign of Napoleon in 1798.
The College in the 19th century
Michael Blake, last student at the Irish College from 1798 and later Bishop of Dromore, turned to Pope Leo XIII. (1878-1903) and requested the reopening of the Irish College. The Pope accepted this request and with the simultaneous establishment of Blake was born on February 18, 1826, taken as rector of the college in operation. 1830 studied at the College already 30 candidates, new rector was now Paul Cullen become, the number of students increased significantly and now you rented a new building, Cullen bought a summer home for the seminarians and priests. 1835 the Institute received by Pope Gregory XVI. (1831-1846) the church of Sant'Agata dei Goti as a collegiate. 1850 took over Tobias Kirby ( later Titular Archbishop of Ephesus), the rector, which he should exercise more than 40 years. He was followed by Michael Kelly who later became Archbishop of Sydney. On January 25, 1948, Pope Pius XII bestowed. (1939-1958) to the College the status of a Pontifical College.
Library
The training group 's library in 1639, after the college had moved into a house in the Via degli Ibernesi founded. In 1642 she received the first large collection of liturgical and antiquarian writings. The written in Latin books and documents were from the collections of former student. After re-opening of the college in 1826, the library becomes a permanent meeting place was. This also meant that they had to be relocated in 1836 in the Collegiate and 1926, the present building on the Via dei Santi Quattro involved. The library now has over 15,000 books, 300 books from the 16th century and 700 publications from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Oliver Plunkett Union
In 1910, met in Dublin former seminarians of the Irish College. To promote contacts and to support the practical work at the College, she founded the Oliver Plunkett Union. As a patron they chose the St. Oliver Plunkett. The inaugural meeting was held on 21 May 1929 in Dublin instead, you had 55 priests, another 44 priests had expressed an interest member. As an objective laid the Bureau decides that the Union is to keep friendship with former students at the Irish College, a close link to the active students should be maintained and that the Union should be a part of the Catholic public life in Ireland. They supported and promoted the canonization of Oliver Plunkett. In 1930 the first joint statutes were adopted, the General Assembly is held annually in September in Dublin. The Steering Committee, consisting of the president, the secretary, the treasurer and an assessor is elected every two years.
Presence
Today's Pontifical Irish College has its residence in Via dei Santi Quattro 1 in close proximity to the Basilica Santi Quattro Coronati, Rome. The built chapel is considered a popular wedding location for a year more than 250 pairs. The seminar, the chapel and the Collegiate now form the center of the Irish church in Rome. Since 2010, Monsignor Liam Bergin is derived ( from the diocese of Ossory ), the college, and his deputy is Father Albert McDonnell ( from the diocese of Killaloe ), the Administrative Director is Fr Billy Swan and clergyman director is Fr Chris Hayden (both from the diocese of Ferns ). 2011 provides space for the College seminarians from Togo ( 1) Malta (1 ) Russia (1 ) Ireland ( 19), Poland (1 ), Korea ( 1) Italy (3 ) Iraq ( 1), Ukraine ( 2 ), Kenya (1 ) Croatia (1 ) Romania (1 ) Hungary (1), Thailand ( 1) Australia (1 ) and China ( 1).
Some personalities
- John Poncius ( John Ponce ) OFM ( 1599-1661 ), theologian and philosopher, Rector of the Pontifical Irish College
- Edmund O'Reilly SJ (1616-1669), Archbishop of Armagh
- Hugh MacMahon (1660-1737), Archbishop of Armagh
- Charles Patrick Meehan (1812-1890), an Irish priest, historian and writer
- Donal J. Herlihy (1908-1983), Bishop of Ferns
- Willie Walsh ( born 1935 ), Bishop of Killaloe
- Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady ( b. 1936 ), Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of the Roman Catholic Church of All Ireland, President of the Irish Bishops' Conference
- Dermot Clifford ( b. 1939 ), Archbishop of Cashel and Emly
- Michael Smith ( born 1940 ), Bishop of Meath
- William Crean ( b. 1951 ), Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland )
- Eugene and Martin O'Hagan, David Delargy were seminarians and priests formed as the singing group The Priests