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| Latin:Pontificium Collegium Russicum Sanctae Theresiae a Iesu Infante | |
| Type | Pontifical College |
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| Established | 1929; 96 years ago (1929) |
Parent institution | Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
| Chancellor | Leonardo Sandri |
| Rector | Tomás García-Huidobro Rivas, S.J. |
| Address | Via Carlo Cattaneo 2/A ,00185 Rome |
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TheCollegium Russicum (Latin:Pontificium Collegium Russicum Sanctae Theresiae A Iesu Infante;Russian:Папская коллегия Ру́ссикум;English:Pontifical Russian College of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus) is aCatholic college inRome, originally founded byPope Pius XI and dedicated to training priests for the newly organizedRussian Greek Catholic Church.
It is located near theBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, separated from thePontifical Oriental Institute by theChurch of Saint Anthony, and is known informally as theRussicum.
The college is built on the site of what was once a hospital, created by bequest in 1529, by CardinalPietro 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 ofSant'Antonio Abate all'Esquilino and its surroundings were acquired by the Holy See, which assigned the church to Russian Catholics of theByzantine Rite and the surrounding buildings to the Collegium Russicum.[1]
The Russicum, which was founded on August 15, 1929 byPope Pius XI, was intended to trainRussian Greek Catholic priests to serve as missionaries in the growingRussian diaspora ofanti-communistpolitical refugees,[2] and despite the anti-religious persecution taking place in theSoviet Union, in that very country. The money for both the college building and its reconstruction were taken from an aggregate of charity donations from faithful all over the world on the occasion of thecanonization of St.Thérèse de Lisieux, placing the Russicum under her patronage.
The Collegium Russicum is run by theSociety of Jesus and provides education and accommodation forCatholic andOrthodox students.
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
[3]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
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