List of closed Catholic seminaries in the United States

The following is a list of Catholic seminaries which have closed in the United States.

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

  • St. Joseph's Seminary - major seminary run by the Josephites, founded in 1888; later an independent academic seminary, but residential-only beginning in the early 1970s
  • Epiphany Apostolic College - former minor seminary run by the Josephites; founded in Baltimore in 1889 and later moved near Newburgh in 1925; eventually closed for seminary studies in 1970, and operated as a Catholic high school until 1975.

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Divine Heart Seminary Donaldson, Indiana Operated by Sacred Heart Fathers SCJs of Hales Corners WI. from 1930 to 1973 [Diocese of South Bend--Ft. Wayne]

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • Assumption Seminary (New Orleans) (New Orleans) - Operated from 1839 to 1867; run by the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
  • St. Mary of Consolation Seminary (New Orleans) - Operated from 1870 to 1881; run by the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Maryland

Massachusetts

  • Carmelite Junior Seminary (Hamilton) - Operated by the Carmelite friars from 1945-1969.
  • St. Francis Seraphic Seminary (River Road, Andover) - Operated by the Order of Friars Minor (Brown Franciscans) of the Province of the Immaculate Conception from 1930-1977. It was then operated as the Franciscan Retreat and Conference Center. It was demolished in 2016.
  • Queen of Apostles Seminary – operated by the Society of African Missions from 1946 to the late 1960s.

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

  • Northwestern Theological Seminary (Billings) - Operated from 1956 to 2014.

New Jersey

° Mother of the Savior Seminary, Blackwood, New Jersey, 1947-1967. Junior seminary operated by the Society of the Divine Savior.

New York

North Dakota

Ohio

  • Brunnerdale Minor Seminary (Canton) - Operated from 1931 to 1981; run by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood
  • Our Lady of the Angels Seminary (Cleveland) - Operated from 1907 to 1964; run by the Franciscan Friars.
  • Precious Blood Seminary (Carthagena) - Operated from 1922 to 1969; run by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood
  • St. John Vianney Seminary (Bloomingdale) - Operated from 1945 to 1976; run by the Diocese of Steubenville.

Oklahoma

  • St. Francis de Sales Seminary (Oklahoma City) - operated from 1959 to 1966 as a diocesan high school and junior college seminary by the Diocese of Oklahoma City. Staffed by priests of the Diocese of Oklahoma City.

Pennsylvania

  • Mary Immaculate Seminary (Allentown) - operated from 1939 to 1990; run by the Congregation of the Mission.
  • St. Fidelis College Seminary (Herman) - Closed in 1979; operated by the Franciscan Capuchin Order.
  • St. Mary Junior Seminary (North East) - Operated from 1881 to 1987; operated by the Redemptorists.
  • St. Pius X Seminary (Dalton) - Operated from 1962 to 2004; operated by the Diocese of Scranton.

Washington

Wisconsin

References

  1. Price, Jo-Ann (27 May 1973). "Catholic School Celebrates 100th Year". The New York Times.
  2. Rita Stafford Dunn; Thomas C. DeBello (1999). "Mary Cecilia Giannitti: Guiding Angel of Hempstead's Sacred Heart". Improved Test Scores, Attitudes, and Behaviors in America's Schools: Supervisors' Success Stories. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-0-89789-687-0.
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