Latin: Regio Seminarium Sanctus Iohannes [ citation needed ] | |
Type | Major Seminary |
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Established | 1965 |
President | Bishop Most Rev. Ch. Bhagyaiah, (Chairperson) |
Rector | Rev. Fr. Kommareddy Marreddy |
Location | Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 500 013, Telangana , India 17°23′35″N78°32′39″E / 17.39306°N 78.54417°E |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | Roman Curia |
Website | stjohnseminaryhyd |
St. John's Regional Seminary is the theologate of the Catholic Church of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. [1] It is a major seminary training students to become priests.
St. John's Regional Seminary is situated in Ramanthapur in Hyderabad.
The seminary is listed as a Major Seminary under the Roman Curia. [2]
St. John's Regional Seminary [3] was founded in 1965 [4] in Ramanthapur, Hyderabad, to train priests for the Catholic Church in Andhra Pradesh. In 1987, the seminary was divided into two. [5] The theologiate was retained in Hyderabad while the philosophate (St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate)) was moved to Kothavalasa in the northern circars of Andhra Pradesh. [6]
The ten bishops and two archbishops in the state of Andhra Pradesh are ex officio members of the Board of Governors of St. John's Regional Seminary:
The seminary follows a semester system. [7] Admission is for Catholic pupils who are eligible to pursue priestly studies and from any of the ten Catholic dioceses and two archdioceses in Andhra Pradesh. [8]
Other University-affiliated seminaries in Telangana region
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