Ushaw College

Infobox University
name = Ushaw College, Durham
type = Licensed Hall of the University of Durham


president = Rev John Marsland
established = 1568
city = Ushaw Moor
country =England
students = 34
motto= "In Omnibus Sumentes Scutum Fidei"
In All Things Take the Shield of Faith
website=http://www.ushaw.ac.uk/

Ushaw College (St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw) is a Roman Catholic seminary, founded at Douai as the English College, Douai in France in 1568, which moved to Ushaw Moor, four miles west of Durham in England in 1808 and became a Licensed Hall of the University of Durham in 1968. It is independent of the University but offers courses validated by the University. Both Church and lay students study at the college.

Some of the college's buildings are no longer used, but some have been converted into a conference centre. The main college buildings are grade II listed, however the College Chapel is grade II* and the Chapel of St Michael is grade I. The College Chapel and Refectory were designed and built by Pugin. The original college buildings (1804-1808) were designed by James Taylor.

Heraldry

The College Armorial Bearings are "Per pale dexter Argent a Cross Gules on a Canton Azure a Cross of St Cuthbert proper sinister impaling Allen Argent three Rabbits couchant in pale Sable."

Various emblems on shield represent the college's history and foundation, for example:-
* Three coneys are from the family crest of William Allen.
* The small cross of St. Cuthbert represents the College's patron saint (it is modelled on St. Cuthbert's own pectoral cross, which is kept in the Treasury at Durham Cathedral).
* The large cross of St. George honours the English Catholic Martyrs.

Former Presidents

* Mgr Peter Walton (1984-91);
* Mgr Richard Atherton (1991-96);
* Fr Jim O’Keefe (1996-2003);
* Rt Rev Terence Patrick Drainey (2003 - 2007)

Alumni

Clergy
* Cardinal Wiseman - First Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
* Cardinal Bourne - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
* Cardinal Hinsley - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
* Cardinal Godfrey - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
* Cardinal Heenan - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
* Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta - Cardinal Secretary of State
* Charles Petre Eyre - Archbishop of Glasgow.
* Bishop Hugh Lindsay - 10th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
* Bishop James Chadwick - 2nd Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
* Bishop Alexander Goss - Bishop of Liverpool
* Bishop Thomas Grant - Bishop of Southwark
* Father John Lingard - Author of "The History Of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII"
* John Furniss - An English Roman Catholic priest, known for his mission to children.

Lay

* George Goldie - Nineteenth century ecclesiastical architect
* Alexander Martin Sullivan - Irish Lawyer and defence counsel in the trial of Roger Casement
* Charles Napier Hemy -Artist & Royal Academician
* Francis Thompson - English poet
* Joseph Gillow - Author of "Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics"
* Sir William Shee - First Roman Catholic to sit as a judge in England and Wales since the Reformation
* Paul Goggins - Labour Member of Parliament for Wythenshawe and Sale East and junior minister in the Northern Ireland Office.
* Joseph Scott - Attorney in Los Angeles, founder of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Vice-President of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)
* Lafcadio Hearn - also known as Koizumi Yakumo, was an author, best known for his books about Japan.
* Francis Petre - A prominent New Zealand-born architect designed the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch.
* Peter Paul Pugin - was an English architect
* James Joseph Foy - was the Ontario Attorney General and political figure.
* Major Myles William Patrick O'Reilly - was a Catholic soldier and Politician.

ee also

*St. Edmund's College, Ware

External links

* [http://www.ushaw.ac.uk/ Ushaw College]
* [http://stcuthbertsociety.org.uk/ St Cuthbert's Society, Ushaw (Alumni)]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05736a.htm Thomas Eyre] , the first President