Collegium Russicum
Congregation for the Oriental Churches | |
| Chancellor | Leonardo Sandri |
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| Rector | Tomás García-Huidobro Rivas, S.J. |
| Address | Via Carlo Cattaneo 2/A , 00185 Rome. Rome |
The Collegium Russicum (
.It is located near the
History
The college is built on the site of what was once a hospital, created by bequest in 1529, by Cardinal Pietro Capocci. From the middle of the 18th century the hospital was assigned to Camaldolese nuns, who kept it until it was confiscated by the government in 1871. In 1928 the church of Sant'Antonio Abate all'Esquilino and its surroundings were acquired by the Holy See, which assigned the church to Russian Catholics of the Byzantine Rite and the surrounding buildings to the Collegium Russicum.[1]
The Russicum, which was founded on August 15, 1929 by
The Collegium Russicum is run by the
Rectors
1. Vendelín Javorka, S.J. (1929-1936), Slovak
2. Philippe de Régis, S.J. (1936-1942), French
3. Francisco Echarri, S.J. (1942-1946), Spanish-Basque, Vice-Rector
4. Philippe de Régis, S.J. (1946-1948), French
5. Gustav Andrej Wetter, S.J. (1948-1955), Austrian
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6. Bohumíl-Feofil Horáček, S.J. (1955-1962), Czech
7. Josef Olšar, S.J. (1962-1967), Czech
8. Paul Mailleux, S.J. (1967-1978), Belgian
9. Gino-Kirill Piovesan, S.J. (1978-1985), Italian
10. Josef Macha, S.J. (1985-1991), German
11. John Long, S.J. (1991-1996), American
12. Richard Čemus, S.J. (1996-2001), Czech
13. Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. (2001-2010), Slovene
14. Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. (2010-2013), Lithuanian
15. Anto Lozuk, S.J. (2013-2017), Croat
16. Peter Dufka, S.J. (2017-2019), Slovak, Vice-Rector
17. Tomás García-Huidobro Rivas, S.J. (2019-), Chilean
Notable alumni
- GULAG survivor, author of With God in Russia.
- Kievin 1941.
- GULAG, author of Spio dei Vaticano.
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve, martyr under Joseph Stalin.
- S.J.(1923-2014) — French priest.
Notable faculty
- liturgical languageused by all Byzantine Rite Churches in Eastern Europe.
- Alex Shevelev, (1896-1974), Russian Archpriest[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Church of Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino", Turismo Roma, Major Events, Sport, Tourism and Fashion Department
- ISBN 9781586172824
- ^ Dahm, Helmut, and E. M. Swiderski. "From the Profession: Gustav A. Wetter: In Pacis et Lucis Regione Constitutus", Studies in Soviet Thought, vol. 44, no. 2, 1992, pp. 131–35. JSTOR
- ^ "Pontificio Collegio Russicum, Roma, Via Carlo Cattaneo, 2A ᐈ Contatti, recensioni, indirizzo, mappa, telefono, foto". Guide.in.ua (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
Sources
- Russicum: Pioneers and Witnesses of the Struggle for Christian Unity in Eastern Europe (review) The Catholic Historical Review - Volume 93, Number 3, July 2007, pp. 694–696
External links
- The Russian College in Rome
- Greetings of Card. Tarcisio Bertone on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus at the Russicum Pontifical College (May 15, 2008) in Italian
- Document about missionaries to USSR during WWII educated in Collegium Russicum
- Momenti del rituale greco-bizantino al Pontificio Collegio Russicum
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