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The Pontifical North American College is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Rome, Italy that forms seminarians for priestly ministry in the dioceses of the United States and elsewhere, and that provides a residence for priests from the United States and elsewhere who are pursuing graduate studies or continuing formation programs in Rome. Oversight of the College is the responsibility of the Holy See's Congregation for the Clergy, which is delegated for most matters to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops acting through the College's Episcopal Board of Governors. ==History== The North American College was founded in 1859 by Pope Pius IX. Its first home was at a former Dominican and Visitation Convent, the Casa Santa Maria, located in central Rome near the Trevi Fountain. It "occupied conventual buildings of the Dominican Priory at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva," which at that time was also the home of the Dominican College of St. Thomas which would grow into the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum''.〔"You can still see the faded lettering of the North American College over the doorway of the building in the Piazza di S. Maria Sopra Minerva." http://churchhistorysurprise.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-bishops-forgot-they-were-called-to.html Accessed 2014-4-14〕 It was granted pontifical status by Pope Leo XIII in 1884 and was incorporated in the United States by a Special Act of the Maryland General Assembly in 1886 as a non-stock (not-for-profit) corporation under the name "The American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States." This is its official name for the purposes of United States federal and state law, and for such things as contributions and bequests. The College is exempt from United States Federal taxation, and contributions to it are deductible by the donor to the extent provided in United States Federal tax law and regulations and other applicable laws and regulations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Support the NAC )〕 Until the outbreak of the Second World War, all the College's students resided at the Casa Santa Maria. During the war, the various national seminaries in Rome were temporarily closed by Pope Pius XII and non-Italian students returned to their home countries. When the war ended and the seminaries re-opened, the Roman Catholic Church in America had experienced such an increase in vocations to the priesthood that the Casa Santa Maria could no longer accommodate the many seminarians whom United States bishops wanted to send to Rome for their priestly formation and university studies. To respond to that situation, the Roman Catholic bishops of the United States authorized construction of a new Seminary complex on the Janiculum Hill overlooking the Vatican. The complex was built on the grounds of Villa Gabrielli al Gianicolo, land the bishops had purchased in 1926. Pope Pius XII dedicated the newly built seminary complex on October 14, 1953. The Casa Santa Maria then became a residence for ordained American Catholic priests pursuing advanced studies in Rome. In 2009 and 2010, an historic eighteenth-century residence on the Janiculum Hill Campus was renovated to provide a new home, the Casa O'Toole, for the College's Institute for Continuing Theological Education (ICTE), a continuing formation program for priests ordained ten years or more; and a new convent was built for the religious Sisters who make up part of the College staff. In January, 2015 the College opened a newly-constructed wing on the main Janiculum Hill building. The new wing houses classrooms, gathering space, liturgical practice chapels and administrative offices. On 23 November 2015, the Congregation for the Clergy announced the appointment of Rev. Peter C. Harman of Springfield, Illinois, to succeed Monsignor James F. Checchio as the College's rector, effective on 1 February 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pontifical North American College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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