Considering the request made by the Venerable Brother, Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, in his capacity as Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, who endorsed the proposal of the Papal Delegate – Rector Magnificus of the same University,

I DECREE

that Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and Doctor of the Church, who was born on 21 February 1801 in London and died on 11 August 1890 in Edgbaston, canonized on 13 October 2019 in Saint Peter’s Square, be proclaimed Patron of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, so that he may intercede for this academic institution and be, for those who are formed there for the missionary service of the Church, a shining example of faith and the sincere search for truth.

From the Vatican, 1 November 2025
Solemnity of All Saints

LEO PP.XIV

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Holy See Press Office Bulletin, 3 November 2025