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St. John's Regional Seminary

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Type
  
Major Seminary

Rector
  
Rev. G. Jayaraju

Phone
  
040 2720 1427

Established
  
1965

Campus
  
Urban

Founded
  
1965

President
  
Bishop G. Bali, (Chairperson)

Location
  
Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 500 013, Telangana. Telephone: 91 040 2720 1427, 2720 0370, India

Address
  
Pragathi Nagar, Ramnathapuram, Gaddi annaram, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad, Telangana 500013

Similar
  
Morning Star College, Andhra Christian Theologic, Senate of Serampore College, Saint Joseph's Seminary, Pontifical Urban University

St. John's Regional Seminary is the theologate of the Catholic Church of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is a major seminary training students to become priests.

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St. John's Regional Seminary is situated in Ramanthapur in Hyderabad.

Affiliation

The seminary is listed as a Major Seminary under the Roman Curia.

Background

St. John's Regional Seminary was founded in 1965 in Ramanthapur, Hyderabad, to train priests for the Catholic Church in Andhra Pradesh. In 1987, the seminary was divided into two. 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.

Board of Governors

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:

  • Archdiocese of Hyderabad - Archbishop M. Joji
  • Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam - Archbishop K. Mariadas
  • Diocese of Srikakulam - Bishop A. Innayya
  • Diocese of Eluru - Incharge Bishop, Bishop M. Prakash
  • Diocese of Vijayawada - Bishop M. Prakash
  • Diocese of Guntur - Bishop G. Bali
  • Diocese of Nellore - Bishop D. M. Prakasam
  • Diocese of Kadapa - Bishop G. Prasad
  • Diocese of Kurnool - Bishop P. Anthony
  • Diocese of Nalgonda - Bishop G. Joji
  • Diocese of Warangal - Bishop T. Bala
  • Diocese of Khammam - Bishop M. Paul
  • Admissions

    The seminary follows a semester system. 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.

    References

    St. John's Regional Seminary Wikipedia