The Universidad Católica San Antonio ("Saint Anthony Catholic University"), also known as Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), is a private university located in Murcia in south-eastern Spain. Founded in 1996 by José Luis Mendoza Pérez, a lay Catholic, with the permission of Bishop Javier Azagra Labiano of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena, UCAM offers undergraduate and graduate academic programs taught by faculty and researchers engaged with quality education. The university is characterized by a firm commitment to Catholic orthodoxy and the moral and social doctrines of the Church.