List of Eastern Catholic seminaries

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

## Alexandrian liturgical tradition

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### Egypt

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* (Coptic) St. Leo’s Patriarchal Seminary in Maadi (1953), a suburb of Cairo

### Eritrea

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* (Eritrean) Seminary in Asmara, Eritrea
* (Eritrean) Seminary in Keren, Eritrea

### Ethiopia

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* (Ethiopian) Capuchin Franciscan Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* (Ethiopian) Seminary in Adigrat, Ethiopia

### Italy

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* (Ethiopian) Pontifical Ethiopian College in Rome

## Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syriac) liturgical tradition

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### Italy

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* (Maronite) Pontifical Maronite College (1584, reopened in 2001) in Rome

### Lebanon

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* (Maronite) Seminary of St. Antoine in Lebanon
* (Maronite) Maronite Patriarchal Seminary at Ghazir
* The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik [1], Lebanon provides advanced theological education for Maronite
* (Syriac) Al-Charfet Patriarchal Seminary [2] in Lebanon

### India

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* (Syro-Malankara) St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary (1983) at Trivandrum
* (Syro-Malankara) Gurusannidhi Seminary at Muvattupuzha[1]
* (Syro-Malankara) Infant Mary Seminary at Thiruvalla
* (Syro-Malankara) Saint Thomas Seminary at Pathanamthitta
* (Syro-Malankara) Mar Ivanios Seminary at Mavelikkara
* (Syro-Malankara) Saint Aloysius Seminary at Trivandrum
* (Syro-Malankara) Snehadeepam Seminary at Parassala[2]
* (Syro-Malankara) Saint Thomas Seminary at Sultan Bathery
* (Syro-Malankara) Saint Ephrem Seminary at Elavuvilai, Kanyakumari
* (Syro-Malankara) San Jos Seminary at Panjala, Puthur[3]
* (Syro-Malankara) Nirmal Hriday Seminary at Khadki, Pune[4]

### North Lebanon

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* (Maronite) diocesan seminary at Karm Sadde, near Tripoli

### United States

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* (Maronite) Our Lady of Lebanon Seminary in Washington, D.C.

## Armenian liturgical tradition

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### Armenia

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* Holy Archangels Junior Seminary, Gyumri

### Italy

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* Collegio Armeno in Rome

### Lebanon

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* Bzoummar Seminary in Bzoummar
* Mechitarist Fathers Seminary in Bikfaya

## Chaldean or East Syriac liturgical tradition

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### India

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* Malpan Seminary with University status in Kottapuram/ Pallipuram Established by Patriarch of Church of The East in AD 450 for Malabar, later seminary was shifted to Mananam and dissolved in St.Joseph's Seminary of Syro - Malabar Church CMI fathers
* Syro-Malabar St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary (Mangalapuzha Seminary) in Mangalapuzha, Aluva
* Syro-Malabar St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary in Vadavathoor
* Syro-Malabar Good Shepherd Major Seminary [3] in Kunnoth, Tellicherry
* Syro-Malabar St. Ephrem Major Seminary for Missions, Satna
* Syro-Malabar Mary Matha Major Seminary, Thrissur

### Iraq

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* (Chaldean) St. Peter Seminary for Chaldean Patriarchate in Iraq. http://chaldeanseminary.com/

### United States

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* (Chaldean) The Seminary of Mar Abba the Great in San Diego[5]

## Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition

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### Austria

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* ITI Catholic University

### Brazil

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* (Ukrainian) Greek Catholic Seminary in Curitiba

### Canada

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* (Ukrainian) Holy Spirit Seminary of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Edmonton, Alberta
* (Ukrainian) Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario

### Croatia

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* Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb (1681)

### Germany

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* Collegium Orientale in Eichstätt

### Hungary

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* Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic College of Theology and Seminary in Nyíregyháza

### Palestine

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* (Melkite) St. Anne’s Seminary in Jerusalem, under the direction of the White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa), closed
* (Melkite) Holy Savior Seminary in Beit Sahour, Palestine, for dioceses in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine

### Italy

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* Ukrainian Pontifical College of Saint Josaphat (1897)
* Pontifical Ukrainian College of the Protection of our Lady in Rome (closed)
* Pontifical Greek College of Saint Athanasius (Pontificio Collegio Greco) in Rome
* Collegium Russicum (Pontificio Collegio Russo) (1929) in Rome
* Romanian Pontifical College (“Pio Romeno”) in Rome
* Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome

### Lebanon

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* (Melkite) Patriarchal Seminary of St. Anne in Raboueh, Antelias, Lebanon

### Romania

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* Greek Catholic Theological Faculty at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca

### Slovakia

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* (Slovak) Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Pavol Peter Gojdič in Prešov

### United States

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* (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius of (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Church Pittsburgh, PA
* (Ukrainian) St. Basil College Seminary, of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford[4]
* (Ukrainian) Saint Josaphat Seminary, Washington, DC

### Ukraine

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* Ukrainian Catholic University[5] in Lviv
* Holy Spirit Seminary of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Lviv
* Greek Catholic Seminary in Uzhhorod (1995)
* Seminary of Blessed Martyrs Severyn, Yakym and Vitalij of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in Drohobych
* Ivano-Frankivsk Theological Academy of Greek-Catholic Church
* Greek Catholic Seminary in Ternopil
* Kyiv Theological Seminary of the Three Holy Hierarchs

## See also

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* List of Catholic seminaries

## References

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1. ^ "Gurusannidhi Seminary". Muvattupuzha Diocese. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
2. ^ "Seminary". Diocese of Prassala. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
3. ^ "Welcome Seminary". Diocese of Puthur. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
4. ^ "Nirmal Hriday Minor Seminary". NHM Seminary. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
5. ^ "The Seminary of Mar Abba the Great". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2009-12-03.

## External links

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* Syro-Malankara Seminaries and Institutions
* Syro-Malabar Seminaries
* Pontifical Oriental Institute[6]