Pontifical College Josephinum [SEP] inception
Pontifical College Josephinum
The Pontifical College Josephinum is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college and graduate school of theology in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded by Monsignor Joseph Jessing in 1888 and is the only papal erection in North America. The seminary prepares its students to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. Students come from U.S. dioceses that do not have their own seminaries, as well as dioceses from around the world.
The Josephinum, which means "House of Joseph", was granted pontifical status in 1892 by
a plaque in his home city of Münster to honor Jessing. The Conference Center at the Pontifical College Josephinum is named after Monsignor Jessing.
See also.
- Pontifical College Josephinum
- Leonard J. Fick
External links.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060210082137/http://www.pcj.edu/aboutus/history.html Historical Sketch of Msgr. Joseph Jessing
- http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fp267401coll36&CISOPTR=11682&DMSCALE=18.75000&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMOLDSCALE=3.81098&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%25201877&DMTHUMB=1&REC=4&DMROTATE=0&x=76&y=77 Jessing and some of the orphans he helped in Ohio.
- Photos of the Pontifical College Josephinum, Ohio memory digital collections