Pontifical University of John Paul II

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This article is about a university in Poland. For the learned society in the Vatican City, see Pontifical Academy of Theology.

The Pontifical University
of John Paul II
Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II
w Krakowie
Public
Established1981
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church
RectorProf. dr hab. Władysław Zuziak
Students3 500
Address
ul. Kanonicza 25, 31-002 Kraków
,
Kraków
,
Poland
CampusUrban
Websiteupjp2.edu.pl

The Pontifical University of John Paul II (

Communist authorities in 1954. Remaining under the supervision of the Vatican, the faculty received the honorific title of "Pontifical" in 1974 and was established as an Academy of Theology by Pope John Paul II
in 1981 before becoming the Pontifical University of John Paul II in 2009.

History

Foundation of the Faculty

The Faculty of Theology at the Kraków Academy (now

Boniface IX signed a bull patent allowing for the foundation of the Faculty. In the restoration act of 26 July 1400 the Faculty of Theology was listed as the most important faculty of the Academy. Professors of the Faculty were involved in the christianization of Lithuania. In 1817 Kraków Academy became Jagiellonian University in commemoration of Poland's Jagiellonian dynasty
.

Throughout the existence of the Kingdom of Poland and further, during the partitions, and after the return to independence in 1918, most rectors of the Kraków Academy were drawn from theologians, who would become its most prominent personalities. Thanks to their reputation and the greatest number of students, the Academy was one of the main centres of Polish theological learning.

During

Lviv
).

After the expulsion

In 1954 the Faculty of Theology was removed from the university by an edict of the communist Cabinet. However, the

Karol Wojtyła, the Archbishop of Kraków and future Pope John Paul II, the Faculty was bestowed the honourable title Pontifical.[2]

The Pontifical Academy of Theology was established by Pope

John Paul II on 8 December 1981, when he issued a motu proprio document entitled "Beata Hedvigis" prescribing that the Pontifical Academy be derived from the age-old Faculty of Theology of the Jagiellonian University.[3]

In 1988 Włodzimierz Siedlik formed the Psalmodia Choir at the Liturgy Institute, and this was officially recognised as the choir of the Academy in 1996.

On 19 June 2009 by virtue of the decision of Pope Benedict XVI[4] the Academy became the Pontifical University of John Paul II.

Today

The Pontifical University of John Paul II carries on the traditions of the Faculty of Theology of the Jagiellonian University. It co-sponsors the international Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in science, and fosters scholarly works oriented toward bridging the gap between the natural sciences and the humanities.[5]

People

Karol Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) and Józef Życiński. Andrzej Witko
is professor, Polish Roman Catholic priest, art historian, and theologian of spirituality.

Organizational structure

FACULTIES

Faculties include institutes, sometimes inter-departmental, with one or more specializations:

Enrollment

The Academy confers the degrees of master, licentiate, doctor and habilitated doctor. The faculties cooperate with numerous universities in Poland and abroad by organizing various symposia, sessions and interdisciplinary seminars, some of them international.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Historia 禄 Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Paw艂a II". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Historia 禄 Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Paw艂a II". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. ^ Pope John Paul II In Poland, Blinken Open Society Archives
  4. ^ "Historia 禄 Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Paw艂a II". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  5. ^ Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Philosophy in Science
  6. ^ "Faculties and other departments / The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow". upjp2.edu.pl. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  7. PMID 10816955
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  8. S2CID 12251950
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References

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