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List Of Catholic Seminaries
This is a list of Catholic seminaries in the world, including those that have been closed. According to the 2012 Pontifical Yearbook, the total number of candidates for the priesthood in the world was 118,990 at the end of the year 2010. These students were in 6,974 seminaries around the world: 3,194 diocesan seminaries and 3,780 religious seminaries. Africa Benin * Saint-Gall de Ouidah Major Seminary Congo, Democratic Republic of * Grand Séminaire de Lubumbashi – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi * Grand Séminaire Jean XXIII – for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa Ghana * St. Gregory the Great Provincial Major Seminary – for the Roman Catholic Province of Kumasi * St. Paul's Catholic Seminary (Philosophy) * St. Peter's Regional Seminary (Theology) * St. Victor's, Tamale * St Teresa's Minor Seminary Namibia * St. Charles Lwanga Major Seminary – of Namibian Catholic Bishops' Conference Nigeria * St. John Vianney Seminary, Barkin La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
