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The Pontifical Biblical Institute (it: Pontificio Istituto Biblico) in Rome, Italy is an institution of the Holy See run by the Jesuits that offers instruction at the university level. It was founded by Pope Pius X in an Apostolic Letter, Vinea Electa, in 1909 as a center of advanced studies in Holy Scripture in order to promote in the most effective manner possible the doctrine and all the connected studies, according to the spirit of the Catholic Church, according to the founding letter of 7 May 1909.

From the start the Institute was in the hands of the Jesuits: its first rector was Fr Leopold Fonck, S.J..

At first the Institute prepared students for exams at the Pontifical Biblical Commission; it was licensed in 1916 by Pope Benedict XV to grant academic degrees in the name of the Biblical Commission, and by Pope Pius XI to grant doctorates, associating the Institute with the Pontifical Gregorian University.

The Institute is a member of the Gregorian Consortium

Rectors

Leopold Fonck (1865-1930), founding rector from 1909 to 1930
Augustin Bea (1881-1968), rector from 1930 to 1949
Ernest Vogt (1903-1984), rector from 1949 to 1963
Roderick A. MacKenzie (1911-1994), rector from 1963 to 1969
Carlo Maria Martini (1927-), rector from 1969 to 1978
Maurice Gilbert (1934-), rector from 1978 to 1984
Albert Vanhoye (1923-), rector from 1984 to 1990
Klemens Stock (1934-), rector from 1990 to 1996
Robert F. O'Toole (1936-), rector from 1996 to 2002
Stephen Pisano (1946-), rector from 2002 to 2008
José-Maria Abrego de Lacy (1945-), rector since 2008

References

v · d · ePontifical institutions of higher education in Rome

Pontifical universities Pontifical University Antonianum • Pontifical Gregorian University • Pontifical Lateran University • Salesian Pontifical University • Pontifical University of the Holy Cross • Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas • Pontifical Urban University

Pontifical academies Academy of Arcadia • Alphonsian Academy • Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon • Pontifical Academy of Science • Pontifical Academy of Theology • Pontifical Academy of Archaeology • Pontifical Academy of Martyrs • Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas • Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception • Pontifical Academy of Mary • Pontifical Academy for Life • Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Other pontifical institutions of higher education Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum • Pontificio Ateneo Sant Anselmo • Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies • Pontifical Biblical Institute • The Pontifical Colleges • Institute of the Theology of the Consecrated Life Claretianum • Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum • Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family • Pontifical Oriental Institute • Pastorale Universitaria • Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music • Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum • Patristic Institute Augustinianum

Coordinates: 41°53′55″N 12°29′04″E / 41.8986°N 12.4845°E / 41.8986; 12.4845

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