List of Catholic seminaries
This is a list of Catholic seminaries in the world, including those that have been closed. According to the 2012 Pontifical Yearbook, the total number of candidates for the priesthood in the world was 118,990 at the end of the year 2010. These students were in 6,974 seminaries around the world: 3,194 diocesan seminaries and 3,780 religious seminaries.
Africa
Benin
- Saint-Gall de Ouidah Major Seminary
Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Grand Séminaire de Lubumbashi – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
- Grand Séminaire Jean XXIII – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa
Ghana
- St. Gregory the Great Provincial Major Seminary – for the Roman Catholic Province of Kumasi
- St. Paul's Catholic Seminary
- St. Peter's Regional Seminary
- St. Victor's, Tamale
- St Teresa's Minor Seminary
Namibia
- St. Charles Lwanga Major Seminary – of Namibian Catholic Bishops' Conference
Nigeria
- St. John Vianney Seminary, Barkin Ladi – Established in January 1958 by the late Right Rev. Dr. John Reddington for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos.
- Seat of Wisdom Seminary – Established in 1982; for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri
- Seat of Wisdom Seminary, Ariam-Umuahia
- Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu – A provincial seminary for the Onitsha ecclesiastical province, established in 1950.
- St Joseph Major Seminary, Ikot Ekpene
- St Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Makurdi
- St John Cross Seminary, Nsukka
- Pope John Paul II Major Seminary, Awka
- SS Peter and Paul, Bodija, Ibadan
- All Saints Seminary, Ekpoma
- Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna
- Claretian Institute of Philosophy, Nekede
- Spiritan International school of Theology, Attakwu
- Spiritan Institute of Philosophy, Isienu
- St Augustine Seminary, Jos
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Major Seminary, Onitsha
- The National Missionary Seminary of St Paul, Gwagwalada Abuja
- St Albert the Great Idowu Ofonron Abeokuta, Ogun State
South Africa (which included Eswatini, Lesotho and Botswana)
- St John Vianney Seminary, Pretoria
- St Francis Xavier Orientation Year Seminary
- Redemptoris Mater Seminary for training priests of the Neo-Catechumenal Way
- St Joseph's Theological Institute, founded in 1943 by the Oblates
- St Philip Neri collegium
- St Peter's Major Seminary, originally for indigenous priests, merged into St. John Vianney's in 2008
- St. Paul’s Minor Seminary
- St. Augustine Major Seminary, in Lesotho, established 1924
- St. Charles Lwanga Minor Seminary, Botswana
Togo
- Jean Paul II Interdiocesan Major Seminary, Lomé
- St Paul Interdiocesan Major Seminary, Kpalimé
- Benoit XVI Interdiocesan Major Seminary, Tchitchao
Uganda
; Major seminaries
- Saint Mbaaga's Major Seminary Ggaba: Philosophy and Theology
- Ggaba National Major Seminary: Theology
- St. Thomas Aquinas National Seminary, Katigondo: Philosophy
- Uganda Martyr's National Major Seminary Alokolum: Philosophy
- Kinyamaskia National Major Seminary: Theology
- Bukalasa National Minor Seminary, Villa Maria
- Christ the King Seminary, Kisubi
- St. Joseph's Seminary, Nyenga
- Mubende Seminary, Nandere,
- St. Mary's Seminary, Nadiket, Moroto City
- St. Charles Lwanga Seminary, Nyakibale, Rukungiri
- Saints Gabriel and Raphael Seminary, Nswanjere
- St. Pius X Seminary, Nagongera
- St. Paul's Seminary, Rushoroza, Kabale
- St. Francis Xavier Kitabi Minor Seminary, Bushenyi District
- Sacred Heart Mission for the Brothers of Divine Mercy; Missionary preparation
- Sacred Heart Seminary Lacor, Gulu City
- St. Peter's Seminary, Madera, Soroti City
- St. John Bosco Minor Seminary, Hoima
- Saints Peter & Paul Seminary, Pokea, Arua City.
Americas
Argentina
Argentina has 32 major seminaries.- Facultades de Filosofía y Teología de San Miguel, San Miguel, Buenos Aires
- Seminario Mayor Nuestra Señora de Luján – for the Archdiocese of La Plata
- Seminario Metropolitano de Buenos Aires – for the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
Bolivia
- Seminario Mayor San luis, Cochabamba.
Brazil
Aparecida
- Seminário Missionário Bom Jesus – founded in 1844; for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida
- Seminário Redentorista Santo Alfonso – for the Archdiocese of Aparecida
- Seminário Dom Oscar Romeo – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
- Seminário Maior Interdiocesano São Gaspar – for the Archdiocese of Belém
- Seminário Coração Eucarísto de Jesus – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
- Seminário Pavoniano Ludovico Pavani – for the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
- Seminário Maior Arquidiocesano Nossa Senhora de Fátima — for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília
- Seminário Claret – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas
- Seminário da Imaculada Teologia – for the Archdiocese of Campinas
- Seminário Diocesano Maria Mãe de Igreja – for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo, Brazil
- Seminário Arquidiocesano São José – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba
- Seminário Nossa Senhora Consolata – for the Archdiocese of Curitiba
- Seminário da Prainha – founded in 1864; for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fortaleza
- Semonário Propedêutico D. Aluísio Lorscheider – for the Archdiocese of Fortaleza
- Seminário Interdiocesano São João Maria Vianney
- Seminário Diocesano Imaculada Conceição – for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarulhos
- Seminário Propedêutico Santo Antônio – for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarulhos
- Seminário Diocesano de Nossa Senhora do Rosário – for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caratinga
- Seminário de São Pedro – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal
- Seminário São José – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Niterói
- Seminário São Vicente de Paulo – for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Petrópolis
- Seminário Diocesano da Imaculada Conceição – for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nova Friburgo
- Seminário Arquidiocesano de Comunicação – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
- Seminário Maior Arquidiocesno Nossa Senhora da Conceição – for the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
- Seminário Maior João Duns Scotus – for the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
- Seminário de Teologia Bom Pastor – for the Archdiocese of São Paulo
- Seminário de Filosofia Santa Cura d'Ars – for the Archdiocese of São Paulo
- Seminário Paulino – for the Archdiocese of São Paulo
- Seminário São Francisco de Paula – for the Archdiocese of São Paulo
- Missionário Saletinos – for the Archdiocese of São Paulo
- Missionário Teológico Santa Mônica – for the Archdiocese of São Paulo
- Seminário Frei Galvão – located in Guaratinguetá in the state of São Paulo
- Seminário Nossa Senhora Aparecida – for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Limpo
- Seminário Central São João Maria Vianney – for the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
- Seminário Maior Santana Mestra – for the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
- Seminário São José – founded in 1739; for the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Seminário Maior Palotino – for the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro
- Seminário Nossa Senhora da Penha – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória
Canada
- St. Joseph Seminary – Opened in 1927
- Seminary of Christ the King – In Westminster Abbey of Benedictine, Mission; Founded in 1939
- St. Augustine's Seminary – Archdiocesan seminary of the Archdiocese of Toronto; established in 1913
- St. Peter's Seminary – Located in the Diocese of London, Ontario. Established in 1912, and affiliated with King's University College, University of Western Ontario
- St. Philip's Seminary – Archdiocesan seminary of the Archdiocese of Toronto; established in 1986
- Serra House – Archdiocesan house of formation of the Archdiocese of Toronto where pre-theology seminarians reside; established in 1984 as a House of Discernment to the Priesthood
- Grand séminaire de Montréal – Founded by the Society of Saint-Sulpice in 1840, serving the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal
- Séminaire de Québec – Founded in 1663; for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec
- Immaculate Conception Seminary, in Cornwall, Ontario, ran by the Legionaries of Christ.
- Séminaire de Chicoutimi, Quebec, – For the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicoutimi
- Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, – For the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
Chile
- San Fidel Seminary, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile – In Santiago
Colombia
- Major Seminary of Bogotá – for the Archdiocese of Bogotá
- Seminairo Misionero Arquidiocesano Redemptoris Mater de Medellin – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín
- Seminario Mayor Intermisional Colombiano San Luis Beltrán – located in Bogotá
Cuba
- San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary – Established in 1689; Serves the Archdiocese of Havana
Dominican Republic
- St. Thomas Aquinas Pontifical Seminary – for the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo