Our Lady of Lourdes Minor Seminary is the preparatory seminary in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi The Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (Lat: ''Dioecesis Islamabadensis-Ravalpindensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan. There is anecdotal evidence that St. Thomas the Apostle passed through Ta ...

. It is one of only 5 minor seminaries in Pakistan. In the 21st Century the seminary has only one computer. The Seminary is located on 22 hectares of wooded, rolling hills in Rawalpindi. It was built on land donated to the Church in 1961 for educational purposes by Field Marshal

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, President of Pakistan. A pastoral center has already been based in the same premises since October 1996. Initially, part of the 24-room pastoral center was used for the seminary, with 24 seminarians and the rector, Father J.J. Edwards of the

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living on the premises. The Seminary was started by Bishop Anthony Lobo in 1995 and Father J. J. Edward OMI was appointed the first rector. The first rector served the seminary only for two years. The first local rector of the seminary was Rev. Father Philip Joseph. He was assisted by Rev. Father Michael Sullivan. The seminary had produced 14 priests from 1995 - 2020.Agahi Accessed February 25, 2020
/ref> Father William Rahat was the assistant rector of the Seminary in 2010. By 2018 he had become rector. On February 11, 2020, the seminary celebrated the Silver Jubilee of its founding.

Rectors

* Father J.J. Edwards OMI * Father Philip Joseph * Father Michael Sullivan SM * Father Joseph Dogra * Fr. Asif John Khokhar''Agenzia Fides'' 26 July 2018
/ref> * Father William Rahat source:

References

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