Organization of Catholic Universities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Catholic higher education organization based in Latin America and the Caribbean
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The Organization of Catholic Universities in Latin America (Organización de Universidades Católicas de América Latina y el Caribe, ODUCAL) is a Catholic higher education organization established in 1953.
AbbreviationODUCAL
Formation1953[1]
HeadquartersRua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
President
Pe Anderson Antonio Pedroso [2]| Organización de Universidades Católicas de América Latina y el Caribe (Spanish) | |
| Abbreviation | ODUCAL |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1953[1] |
| Headquarters | Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil |
President | Pe Anderson Antonio Pedroso [2] |
Parent organization | International Federation of Catholic Universities |
| Website | https://oducal.com |
History
The idea of uniting the Catholic universities of Latin America was adopted in the context of the post-World War II period. Relevant congresses for the advancement of this idea were the 1948 and 1951 Interamerican Congresses for Catholic Education, and the 1952 Congress of the World Federation of Catholic Universities (a precursor to the International Federation of Catholic Universities). ODUCAL was formally established in 1953 by rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Archbishop of Concepción Alfredo Silva Santiago.[3][4]
Presidents
- Msr. Alfredo Silva Santiago (1953 - 1967) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Msr. Octavio Nicolás Derisi (1967 - 1985) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
- R.P. Fray Aníbal Ernesto Fosbery, O.P. (1985 - 1987) - Rector of the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North
- Dr. Juan Alejandro Tobías (1987 - 2006) - Rector of the University of Salvador
- Msr. Alfredo Horacio Zecca (2006 - 2009) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Dr. Pedro Pablo Rosso (2009 - 2015) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Pbro. Lic. Francisco Ramírez Yáñez (2015 - 2021) - Rector of the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac
- Pe Anderson Antonio Pedroso (2021–present) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Members
Andes
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte
- Luis Amigó Catholic University
- Institución Universitaria Salazar y Herrera
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
- Universidad Católica de Manizales
- Universidad Católica de Oriente
- Universidad Católica de Pereira
- Universidad Mariana
- Universidad Santo Tomás
- La Salle University, Colombia
- Universitaria Agustiniana
- Catholic University of Colombia
- Universidad de San Buenaventura
- Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium
- Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios
- Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos
- Fundación Universitaria Monserrate
- Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
- Fundación Universitaria Católica del Sur
- Fundación Universitaria Cervantes San Agustín
- Fundación Universitaria Claretiana
- Universidad La Gran Colombia
- Ecuador
- Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
- Politecnica Salesiana University
- Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
- Universidad Católica de Cuenca
- Peru
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
- Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University
- Universidad Católica de San Pablo
- Universidad Católica de Santa María
- Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo
- Women's University of the Sacred Heart
- Catholic University of Trujillo
- Universidad Privada de Tacna
- Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae
- Universidad Católica Los Ángeles de Chimbote
- Venezuela
Brazil
- Universidade La Salle
- Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás
- Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
- Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
- Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Centro Universitário FEI
- Dom Bosco Catholic University
- Catholic University of Pernambuco
- Centro Universitário São Camilo
- Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Southern Cone
- Argentina
- Universidad Católica de Salta
- Universidad Católica de Santa Fe
- Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino
- Universidad del Salvador
- Universidad Católica de La Plata
- Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
- Universidad Católica de Córdoba
- Universidad Católica de Cuyo
- Chile
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
- Costa Rica
- Catholic University of Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Instituto de Estudios Eclesiásticos P. Félix Varela
- El Salvador
- Universidad Don Bosco
- Universidad Católica de El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Nicaragua
- Universidad Católica Redemptoris Mater
- Universidad Juan Pablo II
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Universidad del Valle de Atemajac
- Universidad Cristóbal Colón
- Universidad Anáhuac México
- Universidad La Salle México and its campi
- Universidad de la Arquidiócesis de Monterrey
- Tamaulipas Institute of Higher Education
- Universidad Intercontinental
- University of Monterrey
- Universidad Marista de Guadalajara
- Universidad Marista de Querétaro
- Universidad Marista de la Ciudad de México
- Simón Bolívar University (Mexico)
- Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla
- Universidad Vasco de Quiroga
- Universidad San Pablo
- Anahuac University Network
- Pontifical University of Mexico
- Universidad Motolinía del Pedregal
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
- Universidad Central de Bayamón
- Universidad del Sagrado Corazón de Puerto Rico
- Dominican Republic
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
- Universidad Católica Santo Domingo
- Universidad Católica Tecnológica de Barahona
- Universidad Católica del Cibao
- Universidad Católica del Este