The Organization of Catholic Universities in Latin America (Organización de Universidades Católicas de América Latina y el Caribe, ODUCAL) is a Catholic higher education organization established in 1953.

History The idea of uniting the Catholic universities of Latin America was adopted in the context of the post-World War II period. Relevant congresses for the advancement of this idea were the 1948 and 1951 Interamerican Congresses for Catholic Education, and the 1952 Congress of the World Federation of Catholic Universities (a precursor to the International Federation of Catholic Universities). ODUCAL was formally established in 1953 by rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Archbishop of Concepción Alfredo Silva Santiago.

Presidents Msr. Alfredo Silva Santiago (1953 - 1967) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Msr. Octavio Nicolás Derisi (1967 - 1985) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina R.P. Fray Aníbal Ernesto Fosbery, O.P. (1985 - 1987) - Rector of the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North Dr. Juan Alejandro Tobías (1987 - 2006) - Rector of the University of Salvador Msr. Alfredo Horacio Zecca (2006 - 2009) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Dr. Pedro Pablo Rosso (2009 - 2015) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Pbro. Lic. Francisco Ramírez Yáñez (2015 - 2021) - Rector of the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac Pe Anderson Antonio Pedroso (2021–present) - Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Members Andes Bolivia Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo Colombia Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte Luis Amigó Catholic University Institución Universitaria Salazar y Herrera Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Universidad Católica de Oriente

Universidad Mariana

La Salle University, Colombia

Catholic University of Colombia

Fundación Universitaria Monserrate Corporación Universitaria Lasallista Fundación Universitaria Católica del Sur Fundación Universitaria Cervantes San Agustín Fundación Universitaria Claretiana Universidad La Gran Colombia Ecuador Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador Politecnica Salesiana University Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University Universidad Católica de San Pablo Universidad Católica de Santa María

Women's University of the Sacred Heart Catholic University of Trujillo

Universidad Católica Los Ángeles de Chimbote Venezuela Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta Catholic University of Tachira

Brazil

Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Centro Universitário FEI Dom Bosco Catholic University Catholic University of Pernambuco

Southern Cone Argentina

Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino Universidad del Salvador

Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina Universidad Católica de Córdoba

Chile Duoc UC Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Alberto Hurtado University

Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception Catholic University of the Maule Catholic University of the North Temuco Catholic University Paraguay Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Uruguay Catholic University of Uruguay

Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Costa Rica Catholic University of Costa Rica Cuba Instituto de Estudios Eclesiásticos P. Félix Varela El Salvador

Universidad Católica de El Salvador Guatemala Universidad Mesoamericana Rafael Landívar University Nicaragua Universidad Católica Redemptoris Mater Universidad Juan Pablo II Haiti Université Notre Dame d'Haïti Honduras Universidad Católica de Honduras Mexico Universidad del Valle de Atemajac

Universidad Anáhuac México and its campi

Tamaulipas Institute of Higher Education Universidad Intercontinental University of Monterrey Universidad Marista de Guadalajara Universidad Marista de Querétaro Universidad Marista de la Ciudad de México Simón Bolívar University (Mexico) Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla Universidad Vasco de Quiroga Universidad San Pablo Anahuac University Network Pontifical University of Mexico Universidad Motolinía del Pedregal Panama Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua Puerto Rico Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Universidad Central de Bayamón Universidad del Sagrado Corazón de Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Universidad Católica Santo Domingo Universidad Católica Tecnológica de Barahona

Universidad Católica del Este

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