increasingly involved in outreach and ministry work in their local communities. Though the German language has left the halls of the Josephinum -save the library's collection- the missionary focus of the college remains a continuity from its gift of pontifical right under the missionary congregation Propaganda Fide.
Steven P. Beseau assumed leadership of the Pontifical College Josephinum on October 1, 2019. Josephinum alumni serve the Church in 48 states and 22 foreign countries. The Josephinum continues to prepare priests for U.S. dioceses that do not have their own seminaries, missionary areas of the United States, including regions of the U.S. with growing Hispanic communities and finally, dioceses around the world in need of help with the education of their seminarians.
== List of Rectors ==
== Accreditation and certification ==
Led by a decades long effort by its most significant graduate and 20th century leader, Leonard J. Fick, the Josephinum was accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), …
