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Discover the tireless work of the CARF Foundation in fostering vocations for the Church throughout the world.
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Our work, serving the Church

More than 1,200 bishops and 300 superiors of religious orders from 130 countries want some of their seminarians and priests to study at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome) or in the Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies of the University of Navarra (Pamplona). These bishops want them to complete their intellectual, human, and spiritual training at the Sedes Sapientiae (Rome) and Bidasoa (Pamplona) international seminaries or at the priest residences and colleges that are also available to them, both in Spain and Italy.

In its tireless work, the CARF Foundation supports both academic centers in providing a thorough and comprehensive education so that students will then be able to serve the Church and all Christians in their countries of origin, where they exercise their priestly ministry and their vocation of love for others.

Bishops

Meet the alumni who were ordained as bishops and who strive to serve the Church around the world:
Msgr. Constantino Barrera Morales
Bishop of the Diocese of Sonsonate, El Salvador, since 2012.
Origin: Cabañas,El Salvador
Bachelor's Degree in Theology at UNAV in Pamplona, Spain
Msgr. Rainer Woelki
Cardinal and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Germany, since 2012.
Origin: Mühlheim,Germany
D. in Theology from the PUSC in Rome.
Msgr. D. Jozef Halko
Bishop of the Diocese of Serra and auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Bratislava, Slovakia, since 2012.
Origin: Bratislava,Slovakia
D. in Theology from the PUSC in Rome.
Msgr. Janusz Stepnowski
Bishop of the diocese of Łomża, Poland, since 2011.
Origin: Ostrołęka,Poland
D. in Canon Law from the UNAV in Pamplona.
Msgr. D. Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor
Bishop of the Diocese of Awka, Nigeria, since 2011.
Origin: Anambra,Nigeria
D. in Theology from the PUSC in Rome.
Msgr. Anthony Fallah Borwah
Bishop of the Diocese of Gbarnga, Liberia, since 2011.
Origin: Wodu,Liberia
Degree in Social Communication at the PUSC in Rome
Msgr. José Luis Mumbiela Sierra
Bishop of the Holy Trinity Diocese in Almaty, Kazakhstan, since 2011.
Origin: Huesca,Spain
D. in Theology from the UNAV in Pamplona.
Msgr. José Horacio Gómez
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, USA, since 2011.
Origin: Monterrey,Mexico
D. in Theology from the UNAV in Pamplona.
Bishop Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa
Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Porto, Portugal, since 2011.
Origin: Viana do Castelo,Portugal
Bachelor's Degree in Theology at UNAV in Pamplona, Spain
Msgr. Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín
Bishop of the Diocese of Minas, Uruguay, since 2010.
Origin: Montevideo,Uruguay
D. in Theology from the UNAV in Pamplona.
Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres
Bishop of the Diocese of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, since 2010
Origin: Chicago,USA
Bachelor's Degree in Theology at UNAV in Pamplona, Spain
Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea
Bishop of the Diocese of San Luis, Argentina, since 2010.
Origin: Mendoza City,Argentina
Doctorate in Canon Law and Theology from the Lateran University. Studies at the PUSC in Rome
Msgr. D. Remigius Inchananiyil
Bishop of the Diocese of Thamarassery, India, since 2010.
Origin: Malappuram,India
Doctor in Canon Law from the PUSC in Rome.
Msgr. John Oliver Barres
Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Center, New York, since 2016.
Origin: New York,USA
Degree in Canon Law and Doctor in Spirituality from PUSC in Rome.
Fernando José Castro Aguayo
Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita, Venezuela, since 2009.
Origin: Caracas,Venezuela
D. in Theology from the UNAV in Pamplona.
Msgr. D. Tarcisio Nascente dos Santos
Bishop of the Diocese of Duque de Caxias, Brazil, since 2009
Origin: Niteroi,Brazil
Licentiate in Theology at the PUSC in Rome
Msgr. Francisco Javier Steigmeier Schmidlin
Bishop of the Diocese of Villarrica, Chile, since 2009.
Origin: Los Angeles,Chile
Licentiate in Theology at the PUSC in Rome
Msgr. D. Grzegorz Kaszak
Bishop of the Diocese of Sosnowiec, Poland, since 2009
Origin: Choszczno,Poland
Licentiate in Theology at the PUSC in Rome
Msgr. Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Vatican City, since 2008.
Origin: Vitoria,Spain
D. in Canon Law and professor at the UNAV in Pamplona and at the PUSC in Rome.
Msgr. Felipe Salazar Villagrana
Bishop of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico, since 2008
Origin: Amatlán de Cañas,Mexico
Bachelor's Degree in Sacred Scripture at the UNAV in Pamplona, Spain
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