Doctor of Canon Law - Noted Doctors of Canon Law

Noted Doctors of Canon Law

• Antonetti, Lorenzo, President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

• Arregui Yarza, Antonio, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil (Ecuador): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Juan Ignacio Arrieta, Archbishop, Secretary of Pontifical Council of Legislative Texts

• Azpiroz Costa, Carlos Alfonso, O.P., former Master of the Order of Preachers: awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Benedict XV, Pope

• Bertone, Tarcisio, Cardinal Secretary of State and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church

• Bevilacqua, Anthony, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (USA)

• Bovone, Alberto, Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Brady, Seán, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh (Ireland)

• Burke, Raymond Leo, Cardinal Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin (USA)

• Cafardi, Nicholas P., Dean emeritus and Professor of Law of the Duquesne University School of Law (USA): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Caffarra, Carlo, Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

• Castrillón Hoyos, Darío, Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

• Nicolas Copernicus (Bologna)

• Monsignor Joseph Devlin, Assistant Professor of Religion, La Salle University

• Dunn, Kevin John, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (England): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Egan, Edward, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York (USA)

• Felici, Angelo, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

• Ferme Brian Edwin, Dean of Canon Law Faculty in Venice: Awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law in Rome, and a Doctorate in Medieval History in Oxford.

• Gänswein, Georg, monsignor, private secretary to Pope Benedict XVI

• Heim, Bruno Bernard, late Titular Archbishop of Xanthus, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus to Great Britain, prominent armorists of twentieth century ecclesiastical heraldry

• Herranz, Julián, Cardinal, President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts: awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Keeler, William, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore (USA)

• Kelly, Thomas Cajetan O.P., Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky (USA): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Lazzarotto, Giuseppe, Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

• Listecki, Jerome Edward, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formerly Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois (USA): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Lyndwood, William

• McCarthy, Edward A., Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Miami, Florida, and namesake of Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

• Migliore, Celestino Archbishop, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland and formerly the Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer, Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations

• Moverley, Gerald, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam (England): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• David M. O'Connell, C.M., Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, and President Emeritus of the Catholic University of America: awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America

• Oddi, Silvio, Cardinal, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy: awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Paprocki, Thomas, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

• Paul VI, Pope: awarded Doctorate in Canon Law from the University of Milan

• Smith, Peter, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff (Wales): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

• Polti Santillán, Francisco, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

• Re, Giovanni Battista, Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

• Rossi, Bernard P.H., Priest of Saint Michael's Parish in Burnaby, British Columbia (Archdiocese of Vancouver)

• Sodano, Angelo, Cardinal Secretary emeritus of State

• Symeon Metropolitan, Russian Orthodox Church in America

• Tauran, Jean-Louis, Cardinal, President of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

• Torfs, Rik, Professor of Canon Law at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Senator in the Belgian Senate.

• Vithayathil, Mar Varkey C.Ss.R., Cardinal, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly (India): awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)