PUC-SP was founded in 1946, from the union of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of São Bento (founded in 1908) and the Faculty of Law of São Paulo. Added to them, but with independent f
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PUC-SP was founded in 1946, from the union of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of São Bento (founded in 1908) and the Faculty of Law of São Paulo. Added to them, but with independent financial administrative structures, were four other Church institutions. Time at the Catholic University of São Paulo, whose mission was to train Catholic leaders and the children of the São Paulo elite.
At the beginning of the following year, Pope Pius XII granted the title of Pontifical to the Catholic University and appointed Cardinal Dom Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Mota as the first Grand Chancellor of the institution. Also, the archbishop of São Paulo, Cardinal Mota was the founder and one of the main creators of PUC-SP.
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