Ushaw College

Ushaw College, Durham
College Arms

Motto: In Omnibus Sumentes Scutum Fidei
In All Things Take the Shield of Faith
Established: 1568
Type: Licensed Hall of the University of Durham
President: Rev John Marsland
Students: 34
Location: Ushaw Moor, England
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.

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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

  • 1794-1810 Thomas Eyre
  • 1811-1828 John Gillow
  • 1828-1833 Thomas Youens
  • 1833-1836 John Briggs
  • 1836-1837 Thomas Youens
  • 1837-1863 Charles Newsham
  • 1863-1876 Robert Tate
  • 1876-1877 Francis Wilkinson
  • 1877-1878 James Chadwick
  • 1878-1885 William Wrennall
  • 1885-1886 William Dunderdale
  • 1886-1890 James Lennon
  • 1890-1909 Thomas Wilkinson
  • 1909-1910 Joseph Corbishley
  • 1910-1934 William Brown
  • 1934-1950 Charles Corbishley
  • 1950-1967 Paul Grant
  • 1967-1977 Philip Loftus
  • 1977-1984 Peter Cookson
  • 1984-1991 Peter Walton
  • 1991-1997 Richard Atherton
  • 1997-2003 James O’Keefe
  • 2003-2008 Terence Drainey
  • 2008 John Marsland

Alumni

Early drawing of Ushaw designed (1804-1808) by James Taylor
The Death of St. Bede, the monastic clergy are wearing surplices over their cowls (original painting at St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw).

Clergy

Lay

See also

External links

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