Saint Paul University () is a bilingual Catholic Pontifical university federated with the University of Ottawa since 1965. It is located on Main Street in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, Ontario. Fully bilingual, it offers instruction in both of the country's official languages: French and English. The university has been entrusted for over a century and a half to the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. In August 1866, the university was endowed a civil charter that was passed by the government which was then called the Province of Canada. It later received a pontifical declaration promulgated by Pope Leo XIII on 5 February 1889. History In 1848, Joseph-Bruno Guigues, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa, established the College of Bytown. In 1856, the college was officially entrusted to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and, in 1866, it was renamed the College of Ottawa. The institution would later rewrite its pontifical charter in keeping with the Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XI, and also rewrote its civil charter around the same time. Its rewritten civil charter was approved by the Government of Ontario in 1933, when it was officially renamed the University of Ottawa, and its revised pontifical charter was approved by the Holy See in 1934. On July 1, 1965, by an act of the Ontario Legislature, the institution previously known as the University of Ottawa was renamed Saint Paul University, which retained its civil and pontifical charters, while a new corporate body, to be known as the University of Ottawa, was created to inherit the majority of the university's holdings. Faculties Canon Law Human Sciences Philosophy Theology Undergraduate programs Social Communications Human Relations and Spirituality Public Ethics and Philosophy Conflict Studies Social Innovation Theology Graduate programs Counselling, Psychotherapy and Spirituality Canon Law Conflict Studies Public Ethics and Philosophy Transformative Leadership and Spirituality Theology Research centers and institutes Research Centre for Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism Centre for Religious Education and Catechesis Research Centre in Public Ethics and Governance Centre for Research on Conflict Sophia Research Centre Lonergan Centre Research chairs Research Chair for Religious History of Canada Chair in Christian Family Studies Mercy and Presentation Sisters Chair Services Jean-Léon Allie Library and Archives Office of Research and Ethics Office of Admission, Registrar and Student Services Alumni and Development Office Internship Office Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre Centre for Canonical Services (CCS) Multiservices