Ukrainian Catholic University
| Український Католицький Університет | |
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| Motto | Nosce te ipsum (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Know Thyself |
| Type | private, Catholic |
| Established | 6 October 1929, Re-established September 1994 |
| Chancellor | Major Archbishop Dr. Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| President | Bishop Dr. Borys Gudziak |
| Rector | Fr. Dr. Bogdan Prach |
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Academic staff
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105 |
| Location |
Lviv, Ukraine 49°49′23″N 24°02′15″E / 49.82306°N 24.03750°ECoordinates: 49°49′23″N 24°02′15″E / 49.82306°N 24.03750°E |
| Website | Official website |
The Ukrainian Catholic University (Ukrainian: Український Католицький Університет, Ukrains'kyy Katolyts'kyy Universytet) is a Catholic university in Lviv, Ukraine, affiliated with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The ceremonial inauguration honoring its founding took place on June 29, 2002. The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) is the first Catholic university to open on the territory of the former Soviet Union and also the first university opened by one of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
The Ukrainian Catholic University was created as the successor to the Greek Catholic Theological Academy created during 1928-1929 by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv, at the time part of Poland. Josyf Slipyj became the academy's first rector. After its closure in 1944, the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome, founded in 1963, continued the academy's functions under the leadership of Metropolitan Slipyj. In 1994, the original school was recreated under the name of Lviv Theological Academy, and in 1998, it became internationally recognized by the Congregation for Catholic Education. Then on June 28, 2002, the Ukrainian Catholic University was founded on the basis of the Academy.
On October 6, 1929, the Greek Catholic Theological Academy was founded in Lviv. Under the guidance of rector Joseph Slipyj, the Academy became the center for theological and philosophic studies almost overnight.
By the time when largely Ukrainian populated Eastern Galicia was under the control of interwar Poland, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church attained a strong Ukrainian national character; and since the Polish authorities did not allow the creation of a secular Ukrainian university, as that would have impeded their Polonization policies, the Academy became the sole Ukrainian institution of higher education on the territory of the Second Polish Republic. For the next ten years, the Academy continued to grow and expand by opening new departments, enlarging its library, and increasing its publishing capacity.
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