Catholic University College, Kensington
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This short lived institution was founded as a result of the ban on Catholic students attending the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
On the 21 November 1873 Cardinal Manning announced that the Roman Catholic Bishops had agreed to form a College of Higher Studies for Catholics. The College was established in Kensington and Mgr Thomas Capel
was appointed Rector. The Catholic Bishops decided that the College should be funded not by special collections in churches, but by donations from the wealthy Catholic families who would benefit from its creation until such time as it would become independently supported by the fees of its students.
However much of the initial cost was placed upon the Bishops themselves and many including Bishop Ullathorne
, although agreeing in principle with the idea of the college, objected to having to bear the costs of an institution based in London that they felt would not benefit students in their dioceses. By June of 1877 Mgr Capel was already suggesting to Manning ways of cutting the costs of the College and in a meeting with Daniel Gilbert, the Vicar General of Westminster, on 9th November of that year Mgr Capel puts forward his own proposals for funding.
By 1878 the College finances were in chaos; on Mgr Capel's removal from financial control of the college Daniel Gilbert discovered that it had been run with no account books, this despite Mgr Capel's assurances that they would be presented to the Low Week meetings of the Bishops. Mgr Capel was removed from the post of Rector and attempts were made to find a successor.
There was some discussion regarding moving the College to the country and selling the land and buildings in London. This would have the advantage of both reducing costs and in the eyes of the Bishops improving the moral state of the students. To make matters worse Mgr Capel claimed that running the College had left him heavily in debt and attempted a legal claim against Manning. Eventually the land was sold and the College closed.
On the 21 November 1873 Cardinal Manning announced that the Roman Catholic Bishops had agreed to form a College of Higher Studies for Catholics. The College was established in Kensington and Mgr Thomas Capel
Thomas John Capel
Monsignor Thomas John Capel was born in Ireland on 28 October 1836 and died in Sacramento CA 23 October 1911.He was something of a celebrity in Victorian England famous for his high profile conversions to Catholicism, however various scandals caused him to be sent to the United States and further...
was appointed Rector. The Catholic Bishops decided that the College should be funded not by special collections in churches, but by donations from the wealthy Catholic families who would benefit from its creation until such time as it would become independently supported by the fees of its students.
However much of the initial cost was placed upon the Bishops themselves and many including Bishop Ullathorne
William Bernard Ullathorne
William Bernard Ullathorne was an English Roman Catholic bishop and a missionary in Australia.-Early life:William Ullathorne was born in Pocklington, Yorkshire, the eldest of ten children of William Ullathorne, a prosperous grocer, draper and spirit merchant, and his wife Hannah, née Longstaff...
, although agreeing in principle with the idea of the college, objected to having to bear the costs of an institution based in London that they felt would not benefit students in their dioceses. By June of 1877 Mgr Capel was already suggesting to Manning ways of cutting the costs of the College and in a meeting with Daniel Gilbert, the Vicar General of Westminster, on 9th November of that year Mgr Capel puts forward his own proposals for funding.
By 1878 the College finances were in chaos; on Mgr Capel's removal from financial control of the college Daniel Gilbert discovered that it had been run with no account books, this despite Mgr Capel's assurances that they would be presented to the Low Week meetings of the Bishops. Mgr Capel was removed from the post of Rector and attempts were made to find a successor.
There was some discussion regarding moving the College to the country and selling the land and buildings in London. This would have the advantage of both reducing costs and in the eyes of the Bishops improving the moral state of the students. To make matters worse Mgr Capel claimed that running the College had left him heavily in debt and attempted a legal claim against Manning. Eventually the land was sold and the College closed.
Teachers at the College
- Thomas John CapelThomas John CapelMonsignor Thomas John Capel was born in Ireland on 28 October 1836 and died in Sacramento CA 23 October 1911.He was something of a celebrity in Victorian England famous for his high profile conversions to Catholicism, however various scandals caused him to be sent to the United States and further...
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