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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.
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod , a French priest later recognized as a Catholic saint .
Seminari Theoloji Malaysia - STM (English: Malaysia Theological Seminary; Chinese: 马来西亚神学院 ) is an interdenominational Protestant seminary in the city ...
After the creation of Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu in 1912, [4] its first Vicar Bishop John Joseph Hirth founded Saint Léon Minor Seminary in Nyaruhengeri near Save. The seminary opened in January 1913 with 16 students from Rwaza, Nyundo, Kabgayi and Save.
Peter Canisius Minor Seminary Mertoyudan (Indonesian: Seminari Petrus Kanisius Mertoyudan) is a private Catholic secondary school for boys intending to be Catholic priests, located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The school was founded in 1912 by the Society of Jesus.
Joseph Gérard (1831–1914), French missionary priest, called the "Apostle of the Basuthos," beatified in 1988 [2]; Józef Cebula (1902–1941), Polish priest killed by the Nazis at Mauthausen concentration camp, beatified in 1999 [2]
Sunan Ampel (born Raden Ahmad Rahmatullah or Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah; 1401–1481) [1] was one the nine revered Javanese Muslim saints, or Wali Songo, credited with the spread of Islam in Java. According to local history, around Demak the mosque of Demak Masjid Agung Demak was built by Sunan Ampel in 1479 CE, [ 2 ] but other sources attributed ...
The Oblates also work in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, providing Our Lady of Lourdes Minor Seminary with its rector Father J.J. Edwards OMI. [4] Fr. Victor Gnanapragasam OMI, was appointed the First Apostolic Prefect Of Quetta in December 2001. [5] In 2009 the number had grown to 23 Oblates including 5 ordinations. [6]