List of Eastern Catholic seminaries

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This is list of Eastern Catholic seminaries in the world. They prepare candidates for the priesthood.

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Alexandrian liturgical tradition

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Italy

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syriac) liturgical tradition

Italy

Lebanon

India

North Lebanon

United States

Armenian liturgical tradition

Armenia

Italy

Lebanon

Chaldean or East Syriac liturgical tradition

India

Iraq

United States

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition

Brazil

Canada

Croatia

Germany

Hungary

Palestine

Italy

Lebanon

Romania

Slovakia

United States

Ukraine

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