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

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Ghana

Namibia

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

Uganda

There are several Seminaries in Uganda divided into three; Junior, Minor and Major seminaries.
; Major seminaries
; Minor and Junior Seminaries
  • 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.

Bolivia

  • Seminario Mayor San luis, Cochabamba.

Brazil

By the 'Organización de Seminarios Latinoamericanos', there are 429 seminaries in Brazil. The following list is by leading Ecclesiastical Provinces.
Aparecida
Belém do Pará
Belo Horizonte
Brasília
Campinas
Cascavel
Curitiba
Fortaleza
Goiânia
Guarulhos
Mariana
Natal
Niteroi
Nova Friburgo
Olinda e Recife
Porto Alegre
São Paulo
São Salvador da Bahia
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Vitória

Canada

Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Closed:

Chile

Colombia

Colombia has 50 major seminaries.

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

  • Seminario Mayor San Jose, Quito

Mexico

There are 66 seminaries in Mexico. This list is by main Ecclesiastical Provinces.
Acapulco
Antequera, Oaxaca
Chihuahua
Durango
Guadalajara
Hermosillo
Jalapa
México
Monterrey
Morelia
Puebla de los Angeles
San Luis Potosí
Tlalnepantla
Yucatán

Paraguay

  • Seminario Mayor Nacional del Paraguay, Asuncion

Peru

Puerto Rico

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

According to the 2010 Official Catholic Directory, as of 2009 there are 189 seminaries with 5,131 students in the United States; 3,319 diocesan seminarians and 1,812 religious seminarians. By the official 2011 statistics, there are 5,247 seminarians in the United States.
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
  • – Diocesan Minor Seminary located on the Campus of by the and assisted by the ; opened in 2016.
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
  • Our Lady of Providence Seminary – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1942.
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin

Uruguay

Venezuela

Asia/Pacific

Australia

New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory
Queensland
South Australia
  • St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide – closed 2001.
Victoria and Tasmania
Western Australia

Bangladesh

Dhaka

China

Hong Kong
Macau

Fiji

Guam

India

Indonesia

  • St. Peter Canisius Minor Seminary, Mertoyudan, Magelang
  • Seminari Agung Santo Paulus, Keuskupan Agung Semarang, Yogyakarta
  • Seminari Menengah Wacana Bhakti, Kolese Gonzaga, Keuskupan Agung Jakarta, Jakarta
  • Seminari Menengah St. Yohanes Berkhmans Todabelu-Flores, Keuskupan Agung Ende, Flores
  • Seminari Menengah Stella Maris, Keuskupan Bogor, Bogor, Jawa Barat
  • Seminari Menengah Cadas Hikmat, Keuskupan Bandung, Bandung Jawa Barat
  • Seminari Tinggi Fermentum, Keuskupan Bandung, Bandung, Jawa Barat
  • Seminari Menengah Santo Paulus Palembang, Keuskupan Agung Palembang
  • Seminari Menengah Santo Petrus Aek Tolang, Keuskupan Sibolga
  • Seminari Menengah Christus Sacerdos Pematangsiantar, Keuskupan Agung Medan
  • Seminari Tinggi Santo Petrus Pematangsiantar, Keuskupan Agung Medan
  • Saint John Paul II Major Seminary, Archdiocese of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • St. Peter Major Seminary, Flores

Israel and Palestinian Territories

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Japan

Kazakhstan

Malaysia

New Zealand

Pakistan

Philippines

Solomon Islands

  • Holy Name of Mary Seminary, Tenaru, Guadalcanal Province. Inter-diocesan seminary founded in 1995.

Singapore

  • St Francis Xavier Major Seminary, – founded in 1983

South Korea

At the end of the year 2011, there are 7 major seminaries in Korea; and the number of seminarians in these seven seminaries is 1,587 – from diocesan 1,317, religious & missionary 270.
  • College of Theology, Catholic University of Korea – founded in 1855, currently located on the Songsin campus of Seoul; 'Songsin' means Holy Spirit in Korean.
  • Department of Theology, Gwangju Catholic University, – founded in 1962, second oldest in Korea
  • College of Theology, Catholic University of Daegu – founded by the Archdiocese of Daegu
  • Department of Theology, Catholic University of Pusan – also running the College of Nursing
  • Department of Theology, Daejeon Catholic University
  • Department of Theology, Incheon Catholic University – founded in 1995, also running the College of Religious Arts
  • Department of Theology, Suwon Catholic University – founded in 1982

Taiwan

Thailand

There are numerous minor seminaries and one major seminary:

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

There are 8 major seminaries with 1,480 students in Vietnam.
And some minor seminaries:

Europe

Albania

Austria

Belarus

  • Grodno Major Seminary, Inter-diocesan seminary in Grodno, founded in 1990.
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Pinsk, since 2001.

Belgium

No longer trains seminarians:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Czech Republic

France

Closed:

Germany

By main Ecclesiastical Provinces:
Berlin
Cologne
Freiburg im Breisgau
Hamburg
Munich und Freising
Paderborn
Other

Hungary

Ireland

The Catholic Church in Ireland encompasses the entire island of Ireland, including the distinct political entities of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. There are two active diocesan seminaries in Ireland:
The remaining diocesan seminaries are closed:
Religious congregations also had houses of formation in Ireland:

Italy

The list includes some seminaries by principal Ecclesiastical Provinces.
Benevento
  • Seminario Arcivescovile di Benevento – founded in 1567; for the Archdiocese of Benevento, closed in 2018, students transferred to the Pontifical Campanian Interregional Seminary.
Catania
Florence
Genoa
Lecce
Messina
Milan
Naples
Pisa
Rome
Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Taranto
Torino
Venice

Latvia

  • Rīgas Katoļu garīgais seminārs – Latvian Inter-Diocesan Theological Seminary in Riga.

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Many serve as residences for courses that take place elsewhere:

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Slovakia

Closed:

Slovenia

  • Theological Seminary of Ljubljana – known for Semenišče; famous for beautiful baroque style library, near Ljubljana cathedral

Spain

Spain has 77 seminaries.

Sweden

  • Sankt Sigfrids prästseminarium, Uppsala

Switzerland

United Kingdom

The current active major seminaries of the United Kingdom are in England.
; England
Closed:
; Scotland
; Wales
  • St Mary's College, Aberystwyth, originally in Holywell, moved to Aberystwyth in 1936, closed in 1970, for Welsh-speaking training, run by the Carmelites