Njengoba kunikezwe lombhalo wenkomba nge-Catholic University of America, ngitshele ukuthi yasungulwa nini, itholakala kuphi, nokuthi ubani owayisungula.
Context:I-Catholic University of America (CUA) iyinyuvesi yangasese yocwaningo yamaRoma Katolika eWashington, D.C. Iyinyuvesi kaPapa yeSonto LamaKatolika e-United States futhi iyona kuphela isikhungo semfundo ephakeme esungulwe ababhishobhi bamaKatolika base-US. Eyasungulwa ngo-1887 njengesikhungo sokuphothula iziqu kanye nocwaningo kulandela ukuvunywa nguPapa Leo XIII, inyuvesi yaqala ukunikeza imfundo ye-undergraduate ngo-1904. Ihlukaniswe phakathi kwe "R2: Amanyuvesi kaDokotela <unk> Umsebenzi ophakeme wocwaningo".  Ikhampasi yayo iseduze nomakhelwane waseBrookland, owaziwa ngokuthi "iRoma elincane", equkethe izikhungo ezingama-60 zamaKatolika, kufaka phakathi iTrinity Washington University, iDominican House of Studies, ne-Archbishop Carroll High School, kanye ne-Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.  Izinhlelo ze-CUA zigcizelela ubuciko obukhululekile, imfundo yobungcweti, kanye nentuthuko yomuntu siqu. Lesi sikole sihlala sixhumene eduze neSonto LamaKatolika nezinhlangano zamaKatolika. Amakhadinali ase-U.S. ahlala lapho enza i-American Cardinals Dinner unyaka ngamunye ukuze athole imali yezemfundo. Le nyuvesi futhi inomlando omude wokusebenzisana namaKnight of Columbus; isikole sayo sezomthetho kanye ne-basilica kunokuzinikezela ekuzibandakanyeni nasekusekeleni amaKnight.
I-Catholic University yasungulwa ngo-1887 ngababhishobhi bamaKatolika base-US, futhi itholakala eWashington, DC.