Alphonsian Academy
The Alphonsian Academy (Italian: Accademia Alfonsiana; Latin: Academia Alphonsiana), also commonly known as the Alphonsianum, is a pontifical institution of higher education founded in 1949 by the Redemptorists and located in Rome, Italy.

St. Alphonsus de Liguori, whose teachings inspired the establishment of the Academy.
Since 1960, the Academy has specialized in moral theology as a part of the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University.[1] The Academy grants both the licentiate and the doctoral degrees in moral theology.
Notable alumni
Cardinals
- Francesco Coccopalmerio (1938– )
- Polycarp Pengo (1944–)
- Severino Poletto (1933– )
- Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942– )
Archbishops and Bishops
- Joseph Charron (1939–)
- Peter Comensoli (1960– )
- James D. Conley (1955– )
- Patrick Hoogmartens (1952– )
- Carl Frederick Mengeling (1930–)
- Franco Mulakkal (1964– )
- John Clayton Nienstedt (1947– )
- Michael Fors Olson (1966– )
- Luigi Padovese (1947–2010)
- Wojciech Polak (1964– )
- Joseph Indrias Rehmat (1966- )
- Luis José Rueda Aparicio (1962– )
- Michael Sis (1960– )
- Edmund James Whalen (1958–)
- John Wilson (1968-)
Theologians
- Charles E. Curran (1934– )
References
- Alphonsian Academy Archived 2013-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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