Regis College, Toronto
Symbol of Christ the King
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| Motto |
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam For the greater glory of God |
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| Type | Federated theological college |
| Established | 1930 |
| Affiliation | Society of Jesus |
| Chancellor | J. Peter Bisson, S.J. |
| President | Joseph Schner, S.J. (Interim) |
| Rector | J. Conlin Mulvihill, S.J. |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UofT, TST, ATS, Pontifical |
| Website | regiscollege.ca |
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Regis College is a theological college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1930 and affiliated with the Society of Jesus. It is an entirely postgraduate college and a member institution of the Toronto School of Theology.
Regis College began as the Jesuit philosophy college on Wellington Street in downtown Toronto in September 1930. It then offered philosophy programmes to Jesuit scholastics preparing for priesthood. It was in 1943 that the programme of offerings was expanded to include theology. In 1954, the Jesuit seminary was formally named Collegium Christi Regis, The College of Christ the King. In 1956 Regis College was accredited as a pontifical faculty (a status it retains) by becoming the School of Theology of St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and thus became able to offer ecclesiastical degrees in theology.
In 1961, the college moved to a new site on Bayview Avenue in Willowdale, Toronto. There, it taught exclusively theology. The 40 acre site, was offered to the Jesuits as a location for the college by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1958.
In 1969, Regis College was one of the founding colleges of the Toronto School of Theology. Within its own federation, the University of Toronto granted all but the theology or divinity degrees.
In 1970, the college joined the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Membership of the association in 1980, 2001 and 2011.
In 1976, the college moved to St. Mary Street in Downtown Toronto, close to its present site. The Bayview site was sold to Ontario Bible College, which became the Tyndale University College and Seminary in 2003. That year, it admitted its first non-Jesuit students. Since 1978, by virtue of a change made in its charter, the University of Toronto has granted theology degrees conjointly with Regis College. Regis College became a federated college of the University of Toronto. This arrangement was renewed for a further ten years in 2004.
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