Saint Damasus Ecclesiastical University (Spanish)

The San Damaso University has more than a century of history behind it. 5 It had its origin in the Conciliar Seminary of Madrid . In 1990 it is approved by the Congregation for the Catholic Education the Center of Studies San Dámaso. Thanks to the efforts of the then Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio María Rouco Varela , he grew considerably and achieved more and more prestige and institutional consolidation. Thus, in the year 1996 was erected in Faculty of Theology. 6 In that year he already had the Institute of Religious Sciences and the "St. Justin" Institute associated with it. 7 But, from this moment, began to take steps in order to expand its teaching offer. In 2000, the Statutes of the Institute of Religious Sciences were approved, in 2007 the Institute of Canon Law was founded and in 2008 the Faculty of Philosophy. In 2010, the "St. Justin" Institute becomes the Faculty of Christian and classical literature "St. Justin". Finally, in 2011 the Institute of Canon Law also became a Faculty of Law. In this same year, the Holy See , through the Congregation for Catholic Education, erects "St. Damasus" on June 28 as Ecclesiastical University . Javier Prades López 8 was appointed delegate of the archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela . He presided on October 3 of the same year the first solemn opening of the university course in the company of Zenon Grocholewski , cardinal prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education , who gave the inaugural lesson.