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
  • St. Gregory the Great Provincial Major Seminary - for the Roman Catholic Province of Kumasi
  • St. Paul's Catholic Seminary (Philosophy)
  • St. Peter's Regional Seminary (Theology)
  • St. Victor's, Tamale
  • St Teresa's Minor Seminary[1]

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 (philosophy Campus), Ariam-Umuahia
  • Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu - A provincial seminary for the Onitsha ecclesiastical province, established in 1950.
  • St Albert the Great Idowu Ofonron Abeokuta, Ogun State
  • St Joseph Major Seminary, Ikot Ekpene
  • St Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Makurdi
  • 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

South Africa
  • St John Vianney Seminary - Pretoria (National Seminary)
  • St Francis Xavier Orientation Year Seminary (Cape Town)
  • Redemptoris Mater Seminary for training priests of the Neo-Catechumenal Way (Cape Town)
  • St Joseph’s Theological Institute
  • St Philip Neri collegium (Preparatory year seminary)

Togo

Uganda

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

Major seminaries

  • St. Mbaaga's Major Seminary, Ggaba (Philosophy and Theology)
  • St. Mary's National Seminary, Ggaba (Theology)
  • St. Thomas Aquinas National Seminary, Katigondo (Philosophy)
  • Uganda Martyrs National Major Seminary, Alokolum (Philosophy)
  • St. Paul's National Seminary, Kinyamasika (Theology)

Minor and Junior Seminaries

  • Bukalasa Minor Seminary
  • Christ the King Seminary, Kisubi,
  • St. Joseph's Seminary, Nyenga - minor seminary
  • Mubende Seminary - in Nandele and Nyenga; minor seminary
  • Nadiket seminary - for the dioceses of Kotido and Moroto
  • Saint Charles seminary - minor seminary
  • Saints Gabriel and Raphael Seminary - located in Nswanjere; junior seminary
  • St. Pius X Seminary - Nagongera - Located in Tororo district; West Budama County; Junior and Minor Seminary
  • St. Paul's Seminary - Rushoroza - in Kabale for Kabale Diocese; minor seminary
  • Kitabi Seminary in Bushenyi for Mbarara Arch diocese; minor seminary
  • Sacred Heart Mission for the Brothers of Divine Mercy; Missionary preparation
  • Sacred Heart Seminary Lacor - Gulu archdiocese
  • St. Peter's Seminary-Madera) - in Soroti for Soroti Diocese; minor seminary

Americas

Argentina

Argentina has 32 major seminaries.

Bolivia
  • Seminario Mayor San luis, Cochabamba.

Brazil

By the 'Organización de Seminarios Latinoamericanos' (OSLAM), 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

  • Seminário Interdiocesano São João Maria Vianney

Guarulhos

Mariana

Natal

Niteroi

Nova Friburgo

Olinda e Recife

Porto Alegre

  • Seminário Maior Arquidiocesno Nossa Senhora da Conceição - for the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
  • Seminário Maior João Duns Scotus - for the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre

São Paulo

  • 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 Sao Paulo
  • Seminário Nossa Senhora Aparecida - for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Limpo

São Salvador da Bahia

  • 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

São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Vitória

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Ontario

Quebec

Closed:

Chile

Colombia

Colombia has 50 major seminaries.

Cuba

Dominican Republic
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Pontifical Seminary - for the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

Ecuador

Mexico

There are 66 seminaries in Mexico. This list is by main Ecclesiastical Provinces.

Acapulco

Antequera, Oaxaca

  • Seminario Pontificio de la Santa Cruz - for the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

Chihuahua

Durango

  • Seminario Conciliar Mayor de Durango - for the Archdiocese of Durango

Guadalajara

Hermosillo

Jalapa

México

Monterrey

  • Seminario Arquidiocesano de Monterrey - for the Archdiocese of Monterrey

Morelia

Puebla de los Angeles

  • Pontificio Seminario Conciliar Palafoxiano Angelopolitano - for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles[6]

San Luis Potosí

  • Seminarios Diocesanos de San Luis Potosi - for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Luis Potosi
  • Seminario Guadalupano y Josefino - For the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosi

Tlalnepantla

Yucatán

Paraguay
  • Seminario Mayor Nacional del Paraguay,[7] Asuncion

Peru

Puerto Rico

Trinidad and Tobago
  • Regional Seminary of St John Vianney and the Ugandan Martyrs in Tunapuna, Trinidad - founded in 1943, became a regional seminary for the Antilles Episcopal Conference in 1970. Jamaican seminarians formerly at St. Michael's Theological College were moved to Trinidad in 1996.[8][9]

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 (3,394 diocesan and 1,853 religious) 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

  • Seminary of the Immaculate Conception (Huntington) - Bi-diocesan seminary; opened in 1926 for Diocese of Brooklyn and expanded to Diocese of Rockville Centre after diocese was established in 1957. Due to a restructuring of the seminary formation program for the Greater New York Area (the Archdiocese, Brooklyn, and Rockville Center), this seminary will close at the end of the 2011–2012 academic year and the house will be combined with St. Joseph's Seminary, in Dunwoodie.
  • St. Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) - Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1896. For the 2012–2013 academic year, St. Joseph's Seminary will be the newly combined site for major seminary formation for the Greater New York Area (the Archdiocese, Brooklyn, and Rockville Center).
  • Cathedral Seminary House of Formation (Douglaston - Originally opened as Cathedral College to serve the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Center in 1967, it was converted to Cathedral Seminary Residence in 1989. Cathedral Seminary Residence currently serves as the minor seminary for the Greater New York Area (the Archdiocese, Brooklyn, and Rockville Center) and for college-level seminarians from the Dioceses of Scranton, Syracuse, and the Diocese of Albany

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Texas

Washington

  • Bishop White Seminary at Gonzaga University (Spokane) - Diocesan seminary

Wisconsin

Uruguay

Venezuela

Asia/Pacific

Australia

New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

  • Good Shepherd Seminary - established at Homebush in 1996 by then Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy, is the seminary of the Archdiocese of Sydney, as well as NSW and ACT.
  • Holy Spirit Seminary - established at St Mary's in the Diocese of Parramatta by Bishop Kevin Manning in 2008.
  • Redemptoris Mater - seminary of the Archdiocese of Sydney for the Neocatechumenal Way.
  • St Patrick's College - opened in 1889, was located at Manly. The seminary closed in 2005.
  • Vianney College - established in Wagga Wagga by Bishop William Brennan in 1992.

Queensland

South Australia

  • St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide - closed 2001.

Victoria and Tasmania

Western Australia

  • Redemptoris Mater - seminary of the Archdiocese of Perth for the Neo-Catechumenal Way.
  • St. Charles Borromeo Seminary - established by Archbishop Barry James Hickey for the West Australian dioceses.

Other

Bangladesh

Dhaka

  • St. Joseph's Seminary - for the Roman Catholics of Bangladesh
  • Holy Spirit Major Seminary - for the Roman Catholics of Bangladesh

China

Hong Kong

Macau

East Timor

Fiji
  • Pacific Regional Seminary of St Peter Chanel,[15] Suva (founded 1962)

Guam

India
  • Little Flower Seminary, Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Aluva - 683101, Kerala, India (Run by CST Fathers, 1961)
  • ST MARYS MINOR SEMINARY THRISSUR
  • ST MARYS MINOR SEMINARY PALAKKAD
  • ST ALPHONSA MINOR SEMINARY THAMARASERRY
  • ST JOSEPH MINOR SEMINARY THALASERY
  • MSFS MINOR SEMINARY ALATTUR
  • BETHLEHEM MINOR SEMINARY ELENJIPARA CHALAKUDY
  • Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth Pontifical Institution of Philosophy and Religion, Pune - Founded in 1905 and run by Jesuits.
  • Mary Matha Major Seminary: Seminary is run by Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
  • Papal Seminary Pune - run by Jesuits.
  • Divyadaan: Salesian Institute of Philosophy, Nashik - run by Salesians of Don Bosco
  • Rachol Seminary - founded in 1521 for the church of Goa
  • Chorão Seminary founded in 1761
  • Morning Star Seminary College, Kolkata West Bengal
  • Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar - founded in 1887
  • St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum - minor seminary for the Syro-Malankara Archeparchy of Trivandrum
  • St. John's Regional Seminary - founded in 1965 for the church of Andhra Pradesh theology
  • St John's regional seminary Hyderabad philosophy,
  • St. Joseph's Inter-diocesan Seminary, Mangalore - first established in 1763 and later at the current location in 1879
  • St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary - center of priestly training of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
  • St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala
  • St. Agnes Minor Seminary, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
  • Good Shepherd Seminary, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology (Major Seminary), Bangalore
  • St. Pauls's seminary, Trichy
  • St Joseph's Pontifical seminary, Mangalapuzha, Aluva syro Malabar
  • St Joseph Pontifical Seminary Carmalagiri Aluva Latin
  • Rahulaya seminary
  • St Paul's minor seminary irinjalakuda,
  • vidyajoythi theology college Jesuits, delhi
  • Dharmaram College, Major Seminary of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, Bangalore
  • Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, Pontifical Athanaeum of Philosophy Theology and Canon Law
  • Good Shepherd Minor Seminary, Pala, India
  • Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kunnoth, India
  • St Paul's Minor Seminary, Akalpur, Jammu
  • John Paul minor seminary thrissur
  • khrist premalaya theologicate asta,
  • khrist premalaya philosophyate Bhopal
  • Satna st ephream seminary syro malabar madya pradesh
  • St Charles seminary nagapur*
  • St pius seminary college mumbai
  • St Albert seminary college ranchi
  • St joseph seminary Mangalore
  • sadhana Kendra regional spirituality centre risda bilaspur cathisgarh
  • Sacred Heart Seminary, Poonamalle, Chennai
  • mary Matha sheonstatt minor seminary anathadam alur thrissur
  • st Theresa noviate house Kottakal Mala thrissur cmi congregation
  • bethelahem minor seminary elinjipara chalakudy thrissur
  • Alpha institute of theology and science thalaserry kannur kerala thalassery arch diocese
  • Divine bible college murigoor chalakudy managed by Vincentian fathers
  • Sacred Heart bhavan seminary alur thrissur
  • Carmel Hill Philosophy College, Vazhuthacaud, Cotton Hill, Trivandrum by OCD Fathers
  • Carmelaram Theology College, Carmelaram P.O., Bangalore by OCD Fathers
  • St. Joseph's Major Seminary, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Khammam, T.S., by HGN Congregation

Indonesia
  • Seminari Petrus Kanisius Mertoyudan, 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, Keuakupan Bandung, Bandung, Jawa Barat
  • seminari menengah St. Paulus Palembang, Keuskupan Agung Palembang

Israel and Palestinian Territories
  • The Latin Patriarchate Seminary - in Beit Jala near Jerusalem, originally opened in 1852
  • Custody of the Holy Land - in Jerusalem in the Old City of Jerusalem, originally opened in 1219
  • (Redemptoris Mater Galilee Seminary)

Japan

Kazakhstan

Malaysia

New Zealand

Pakistan

Philippines

Solomon Islands
  • Holy Name of Mary Seminary, Tenaru, Guadalcanal Province. Inter-diocesan seminary founded in 1995.[19]

Singapore
  • St Francis Xavier Major Seminary,[20] - 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.

Thailand

There are numerous minor seminaries and one major seminary:

Vietnam

There are 8 major seminaries with 1,480 students in Vietnam.

  • Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Hanoi - Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Hanoi
  • Vinh Thanh Major Seminary - Major Seminary in Vinh
  • Saint Sulpice Major Seminary of Hue (Xuân Bích Major Seminary) - Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Huế
  • Maris Stella Major Seminary (Sao Biển Major Seminary) - Major Seminary in Nha Trang
  • Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Saigon - Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
  • Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Xuan Loc - Major Seminary of the Diocese of Xuân Lôc
  • Saint Quí Major Seminary (Thánh Quí Major Seminary) - Major Seminary in Cần Thơ
  • Immaculate Conception Major Seminary Bui Chu (Đức Mẹ Vô Nhiễm Major Seminary of Bùi Chu) - Major Seminary of Diocese of Bùi Chu

And some minor seminaries:

Europe

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

No longer trains seminarians:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Czech Republic

France

Closed:

Germany

By main Ecclesiastical Provinces:

Berlin

  • Priesterseminar Berlin - for the Archdiocese of Berlin
  • Priesterseminar Redemptoris Mater - Seminary of the Neocatechumenal Way in Berlin

Cologne

Freiburg im Breisgau

  • Priesterseminar Collegium Borromaeum - for the Archdiocese of Freiburg
  • Priesterseminar St. Bonifatius Mainz - for the Diocese of Mainz

Hamburg

  • Priesterseminar Hamburg - for the Archdiocese of Hamburg

Munich und Freising

Paderborn

Other

Hungary

Ireland

The Catholic Church in Ireland encompasses the entire island of Ireland, including the distinct political entities 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:

  • Franciscan Novitiate, Killarney, Co. Kerry. Built in 1860, students were then sent to St. Anthony's in Galway.[66]
  • St Anthony's College, Newcastle, Galway. Former Franciscan seminary, buildings now used by NUI Galway.
  • Belmont House, Stillorgan, Dublin. Novitiate of the Oblates, founded near Glenmary, near Delgany in Co. Wicklow, moved in 1863.
  • Belcamp Hall, Raheny, was the juniorate of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
  • Bessborough House Oblates Our Lady's Scholasticate in Piltown Co. Kilkenny, from 1941 to 1971.
  • Our Lady of Lourdes, Cahermoyle, Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Oblate junior novitiate
  • Moyne Park, Abbeyknocknoy, Ballyglunin, Co. Galway, in 1909 opened as a Camillian hospice,[67][68][69] a seminary for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1936,[70][71] closed in the early 1970s.[72] was the home of Declan Ganley,[73] Donovan and George MacBeth until his death in 1992.[74]
  • Dalgan House, Shrule, Co. Mayo.[75] Built in 1801, and bought by the Duke of Bedford in 1853, it was a seminary for the Columbans in 1918 until 1941.[76] It is now demolished.
  • St Columbans College, Dalgan Park, Navan, was the seminary of the Columbans after 1941.[76][77]
  • St Patrick's, Donamon Castle, County Roscommon. Novitiate of the Divine Word Missionaries, opened 1939, closed in 1980.[78][79]
  • Kilshane, County Tipperary. Novitiate of Holy Ghost Fathers (the Spiritians),[80] was purchased in August 1933 and opened as a Novitiate for both clerics and brothers.[81]
  • Kimmage Manor, Co. Dublin. Formation house of the Holy Ghost Fathers (the Spiritians) for those going on to Kilshane.[82]
  • Legion of Christ Novitiate, Leopardstown Road, Foxrock, Dublin. In April 1960, it opened in Bundoran, County Donegal. On 3 June 1962, it moved to Hazelbrook House, Malahide, to Foxrock in 1968 and closed in September 2011.[83][84]
  • Kinury, near Westport, Co. Mayo, was given to the Society of African Missions (SMA) in 1914 by Miss Sofia Crotty. It was used as a novititate and closed in 1924.[85]
  • Cloghballymore House, Ballinderreen, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, was a tower house, then a country estate. In 1906, Count Llewellyn Blake owned it and gave it to the Society of the African Missions and was their novitiate from 1924 until the mid 1970s. Since 1981, it has been a nursing home.[86][87]
  • Ballinafad Minor Seminary was also given by Count Llewellyn Blake to the Society of the African Missions, operated until 1975 and was linked to Cloghballymore House.
  • St Joseph's Seminary, Blackrock Rd, Cork. The original seminary of the Society of the African Missions, later transferred to Dromantine House.[88]
  • Dromantine House, Newry Co. Down, was a seminary of the Society of the African Missions from 1926 until 1972.[89]
  • St Augustine's College (Loughan House), Blacklion, Co. Cavan. Novitiate of the White Fathers from September 1955 and closed in 1970.
  • Coláiste Mhuire, Marino, Dublin. Teacher Training Centre of the Irish Christian Brothers.
  • St. Helen's, Booterstown, Dublin. Headquarters and novitiate of the Irish Christian Brothers, 1925 until 1988. Now a hotel.
  • The Abbey, Loughrea, Co. Galway. Since 1645, it had a community of Discalced Carmelites, and trained novices since 1664. In 1882, a new novitiate was constructed, and extended in 1934. The novitiate is closed, but a community remains.[90]
  • Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, in 1930, had a Discalced Carmelite juniorate. It closed in 1996 and is now a hotel.[91]
  • Loughrea, Co. Galway, contained a novitiate of the De La Salle Brothers, which was active into the 1980s.[90]
  • Faithlegg House, County Waterford. In 1935, it was sold to the De La Salle religious institute by the Power family. It was a novitiate until the 1980s.[92] It is now Faithlegg House Hotel.[93]
  • St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Tullamore. This was the novitiate of the Jesuits in Ireland until the move to Emo Court in 1930.[94]
  • St Mary's, Emo Court. Novitiate for the Society of Jesus in Ireland from 1930 to 1969.
  • Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin. After Emo Court, it was novitiate of the Irish Jesuits from 1969 to 1991. It now has the English-speaking Tertianship for Europe.
  • Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy formed out of the Jesuit Theology Faculty, with the National University of Ireland validating its academic programmes.
  • St Patrick's, Esker, Athenry, Co. Galway. Established on 18 August 1901 and until 1936 it was the Redemptorist Irish Province major seminary. From 1948 until 1969 it was the novitiate. In 1971, it became a retreat house.
  • Cluain Mhuire, Galway, was a Redemptorist seminary, closed in the 1970s.[95] It is now the GMIT Art College.
  • Pallotine College Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Founded by the Pallotines in 1907, from 1909 to 1986 priests from the college would have studied at the nearby St. Patrick's College, Thurles.
  • St Gabriel's, The Graan, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. Novitiate of the Passionists, 1909–1976, is now a nursing home, although a community of Passionists remain onsite.
  • Tobar Mhuire, Crossgar, Co. Down, (formerly Crossgar House). From 1950 until 1976, was the Passionist Juniorate, then a novitiate and as of February 2010, it is a Retreat and Conference Centre.
  • St Paul's Retreat, Mount Argus, Dublin, was the Irish Passionist headquarters, and provided the final two years of formation for Passionist seminarians.
  • Tanagh, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Former Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary novitiate and seminary, now an outdoor education centre, and religious community remain.
  • Mount St Marys, Milltown, Dublin. Seminary of the Marist Fathers. The site is now a Montessori College and the Irish Marist administrative headquarters.
  • Orlagh, Knocklyon, Co. Dublin. Opened as a novitiate for the Augustinians, it remained a student house until the late 1980s, when it became a retreat centre and closed in 2016[96]
  • Carmelite Friary Kinsale Co. Cork. Became a novitiate for the Irish Province of the Carmelites in 1917, moving to the existing Friary from Dublin in 1917. In 2003, due to dwindling numbers of novices, it was re-purposed as a Retreat and Spirituality Centre.[97]
  • Colaiste Chiarain, a Christian Brothers Novitiate, was at Rathmicheal in south Dublin.[98]

Italy

The list includes some seminaries by principal Ecclesiastical Provinces.

Benevento

Catania

Florence

Genoa

Lecce

Messina

Milan

Naples

Pisa

Rome

See also: List of Pontifical Universities in Rome

Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

Taranto

Torino

Venice

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg
  • Grand Séminaire de Luxembourg - Founded in 1845; for the Archdiocese of Luxembourg

Netherlands

Many serve as residences for courses that take place elsewhere:

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Slovakia

Closed:

  • Kňazský seminár sv. Františka Xaverského in Banská Bystrica - for the Diocese of Banská Bystrica, until 2019, seminarians moved to Nitra.[105]

Slovenia

Spain

Spain has 77 seminaries.

Sweden

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

See also

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