This is a partial list of U.S. Catholic Universities who publicly require all Catholic theology professors to have the mandatum (their bishop's recognition of their pledge to teach in communion with the magisterium of the Church). Contact editor@ncregister.com to add your school.
Canon 812 reads: "It is necessary that those who teach theological disciplines in any institute of higher studies have a mandatum from the competent ecclesiastical authority."
Aquinas College, Nashville, Tennessee
Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida
Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina
Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas
Corpus Christi College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
DeSales University, Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio
Magdalen College, Warner, New Hampshire
St. Gregory's University, Shawnee, Oklahoma
University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas
Oath of Fidelity Schools
This is a partial list of schools whose theology faculties have taken fidelity oaths in lieu of the mandatum. Most are in dioceses where the local bishop has not offered the mandatum. Contact editor@ncregister.com to add your school.
Christendom College, Front Royal, Virginia
Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California