A multitude of schools and universities have been named after St.

Francis Xavier Francis Xavier, Jesuits, SJ (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; ; ; ; ; ; 7 April 15063 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Kingdom of Navarre, Navarrese cleric and missionary. He co-founded the Society of Jesus ...

, a Spanish

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saint and co-founder of the

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. This page lists notable educational institutions named after St. Xavier, arranged by country and region. Many of these schools are run by the Jesuit order, while some are operated by the Xaverian Brothers and various dioceses.

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

* St. Francis Xavier College, Canberra

Queensland

* St Francis Xavier Primary School, Gold Coast

New South Wales

* St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton * Xavier High School, Albury * Xavier Catholic College, Skennars Head, Ballina * Xavier Catholic College, Llandilo, Penrith

South Australia

* Xavier College, Adelaide, Gawler Belt

Victoria

* Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne * St. Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield, Berwick, Officer

Bangladesh

* St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, Mohammadpur, Dhaka

Belgium

* Collège Saint-François-Xavier (SFXun), Verviers, Walloon * Xaverius College, Borgerhout, Antwerp, Flanders

Brazil

* Colégio São Francisco Xavier, Ipiranga, São Paulo * Colégio São Francisco Xavier, Maringá, Paraná

Cambodia

* Xavier Jesuit School, Banteay Meanchey province,

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Canada

Alberta

* St. Francis Xavier High School, Edmonton

British Columbia

* St. Francis Xavier School, Vancouver

Newfoundland & Labrador

* Xavier Junior High School, Deer Lake

Nova Scotia

* St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish

Ontario

* St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School, Ottawa * St. Francis Xavier Secondary School, Mississauga * St. Francis Xavier Catholic Secondary School, Milton

Chile

* Colegio San Francisco Javier, Puerto Montt, Los Lagos

Colombia

* Colegio San Francisco Javier, Pasto, Nariño * Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogotá, Distrito Capital * Pontifical Xavierian University, Cali, Valle del Cauca

Ecuador

* Colegio Javier, Guayaquil, Guayas

Guatemala

* Colegio Liceo Javier

Hong Kong

* St. Francis Xavier's College, Tai Kok Tsui, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon * St. Francis Xavier's School, Tsuen Wan, Tsuen Wan, New Territories

India

Andhra Pradesh

* St. Xavier's Elementary and High School (E.M. and T.M.), Xavier Nagar, Eluru, West Godavari District * St. Xavier's High School, Darsi * St. Xavier's High School, Madannapet, Hyderabad

Assam

* St. Xavier's Public School, Sonai, Silchar * St. Xavier's School, Doom Dooma, Rupai Siding * St. Xavier's School, Duliajan * St. Xavier's School, Naharkatia

Bihar

* St. Francis Xavier's Academy, Muzaffarpur * St. Xavier's College of Education, Patna * St. Xavier's High School, Amb * St. Xavier's High School, Anwari, Mohania * St. Xavier's High School, Aurangabad * St. Xavier's High School, Biswan * St. Xavier's High School, Chakia * St. Xavier's High School, Gopalganj * St. Xavier's High School, Hajipur * St. Xavier's High School, Lalganj * St. Xavier's High School, Mahua * St. Xavier's High School, Motihari * St. Xavier's High School, Narkatiyaganj * St. Xavier's High School, Patna * St. Xavier's High School, Ranti, Madhubani * St. Xavier's High School, Shahpur Patori * St. Xavier's High School, Shambhupatti, Samastipur * St. Xavier's High School, Supaul * St. Xavier's Public School, Naugachhia * St. Xavier's Public School, Rupouli * St. Xavier's High School, Tirbirwa * St. Xavier's High School, Vishwanathnagar Park, Begusarai * St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Bettiah * St. Xavier's International School, Muzaffarpur * St. Xavier's Jr/Sr School, Muzaffarpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Bhagalpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Darbhanga * St. Xavier's Public School, Forbesganj * St. Xavier's Public School, Purnea * St. Xavier's Public School, Araria * St. Xavier's Public School, Sonpur, Chhapra * St. Xavier's Public School, Gaya

Delhi

* St. Xavier's School, Civil Lines * St. Xavier's School, Rohini

Goa

* St. Xavier's College, Bastora

Gujarat

Haryana

* St. Xavier's Public School, Kalanwali, Dist- Sirsa, Haryana, India * St. Xavier's Public School, Bhuna Road, Fatehabad, Haryana, India * St. Xavier's Public School, Ratia, Dist-Fatehabad, Haryana, India * St. Xavier's High School, Panchkula

Jharkhand

* Xavier Labour Relations Institute, now the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur * St. Xavier's College, Ranchi * St. Xavier's College, Simdega * St. Xavier's English School, Chakradharpur * St. Xavier's English School and Junior College, Chaibasa * St. Xavier's High School, Gadi Tundi, Dhanbad * St. Xavier's School, Bokaro * St. Xavier's School, Ranchi * St. Xavier's, Hazaribagh * St. Xavier's Public School, Asansol * St. Xavier's Public School, Ranchi * St. Xavier's School, Sahibganj * Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi

Karnataka

* St. Francis Xavier Girls' High School, Fraser Town, Bangalore * St. Xavier's College, Bangalore * St. Xavier's Boys High School, Shivajinagar, Bangalore * St. Xavier's School, Belgaum * Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Electronics City, Bangalore

Madhya Pradesh

* St. Xavier's Sr. Sec. Co-Ed School, Awadhpuri, Bhopal

Maharashtra

* St. Xavier's High School, Aurangabad * St. Xavier's College, Mumbai * St. Xavier's High School, Andheri, Mumbai * St. Xavier High School, Bhayander, Mumbai * St. Xavier's Boys Academy, Churchgate, Mumbai * St. Xavier's High School, Borivli, Mumbai * St. Xavier's High School, Fort, Mumbai * St. Xavier's High School, Georai * St. Xavier's High School, Manickpur * St. Xavier's High School, Mira Road * St. Xavier's High School, Nagpur * St. Xavier's High School, Naigaon, Mumbai * St. Xavier's High School, Nashik * St. Xavier's High School, Nerul * St. Xavier's High School, Panchgani * St. Xavier's Public School, Nagpur * St. Xavier's High School, Thane * St. Xavier's High School, Vile Parle West, Mumbai * St. Xavier's School, Kolhapur * St. Xavier's High School, Virar * St. Xavier's School, Gondia * St Xavier's Technical Institute, Mahim, Mumbai * Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mahim * St. Xavier's School,

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Odisha

* St. Xavier High School, Balipada, Baranga, Bhubaneswar * St. Xavier High School, Bisiapada, Aragul, Jatani * St. Xavier High School, Gadakana, Bhubaneswar * St. Xavier High School, Khirkona, Simulia, Balasore * St. Xavier High School, Baripada * St. Xavier's High School, Ambapua, Berhampur * St. Xavier's High School, Cuttack * St. Xavier's High School, Kedargouri, Bhubaneswar * St. Xavier's High School, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar * St. Xavier's High School, Patia, Bhubaneswar * St. Xavier's High School, Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar * St. Xavier's Model School, Cuttack * St. Xavier's Public School, Angul * St. Xavier's Public School, Bahalda * St. Xavier's Public School, Baisinga * St. Xavier's Public School, Balakati * St. Xavier's Public School, Balia * St. Xavier's Public School, Basudevpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Bhawanipatna * St. Xavier's Public School, Bhograi * St. Xavier's Public School, Bhuban * St. Xavier's Public School, Kedargouri Vihar, Bhubaneswar-I * St. Xavier's Public School, Bhoumanagar, Bhubaneswar-II * St. Xavier's Public School, Binka * St. Xavier's Public School, Bolangir * St. Xavier's Public School, Bonai * St. Xavier's Public School, Boudh * St. Xavier's Public School, Chatrapur * St. Xavier's Public School, Cuttack * St. Xavier's Public School, Cuttack-II * St. Xavier's Public School, Delang * St. Xavier's Public School, Dhalapathar * St. Xavier's Public School, Dharmagad * St. Xavier's Public School, Dhenkanal * St. Xavier's Public School, Digapahandi (Franchisee withdrawn) * St. Xavier's Public School, Dukura * St. Xavier's Public School, Gopalpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Gunupur * St. Xavier's Public School, Hindol * St. Xavier's Public School, Jaroli * St. Xavier's Public School, Joda * St. Xavier's Public School, Kandhal * St. Xavier's Public School, Karanjia * St. Xavier's Public School, Konark * St. Xavier's Public School, Kullada * St. Xavier's Public School, Kumarbandh * St. Xavier's Public School, Madaranga * St. Xavier's Public School, Maneswar * St. Xavier's Public School, Narsinghpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Padampur * St. Xavier's Public School, Padmanavpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Pandua * St. Xavier's Public School, Parjang * St. Xavier's Public School, Patapur * St. Xavier's Public School, Pattamundai * St. Xavier's Public School, Puruna katak * St. Xavier's Public School, Raisuan * St. Xavier's Public School, Remuna * St. Xavier's Public School, Rengali * St. Xavier's Public School, Birsa, Rourkela * St. Xavier's Public School, Sainkul * St. Xavier's Public School, Singhpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Sundergarh * St. Xavier's Public School, Swampatna * St. Xavier's Public School, Titilagarh * Xaverian High School, Bhubaneswar * Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar * St. Xavier's Public School, Champua * St. Xavier's Public School, Baitarani Road * St. Xavier's Public School, Konisi, Ganjam. * St. Xavier's Public School, Dunguripali * St. Xavier's Public School, Dakhinapur, Ganjam * St. Xavier's Public School, Siminai, Dhenkanal

Punjab

* St. Xavier's High School, Mohali * St. Xavier's High School, Rampura Phul, Bathinda * St. Xavier K. G Block (Lkg-3rd) School, Bathinda * St. Xavier's International School, Patiala * St. Xavier's Public School, Budhlada * St. Xavier's Public School, Mandi-Dabwali * St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Bathinda * St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh * St. Xavier's World School, Bathinda * St. Xavier's Public School, Pathrala * St. Xavier's High School, Rampuraphul, Bathinda * St. Xavier's Public School, Gurthari, Sangat Mandi, Dist- Bhatinda.

Rajasthan

* St. Xavier's College, Jaipur * St. Xavier's Public School, Nirman Nagar,

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* St. Xavier's School, Behror * St. Xavier's School, Bhiwadi * St. Xavier's School, Jaipur * St. Xavier's School, Nevta, Jaipur

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

* St. Francis Xavier Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Broadway * St. Xavier's College of Engineering, Chunkankadai * St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai * St. Xaviers College, Tirunelveli * St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai *

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Uttar Pradesh

* St. Xavier's High School, Ailwal Azamgarh * St. Francis Xavier's Inter College,

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* St. Xavier High School, Sultanpur * St. Xavier's High School, Hardoi * St. Xavier's Inter College, BHEL Jhansi * St. Xavier's Public School, Dalla * St. Xavier's Public School, Gorakhpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Trilochan Mahadev *St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Balrampur * St. Xavier's World School for Kids,

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* St. Xavier's World School, Meerapur, Muzaffarnagar district * St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Gonda * St Xavier's High School, Greater Noida West, Uttar Pradesh * St. Xavier's High School, Ghosi Mau * St. Xavier's Public School, Sultanpur * St. Xavier's High School, Padrauna, Kushinagar

West Bengal

* St. Francis Xavier School, Salt Lake City (Bidhannagar) * St. Xavier's College, Burdwan * St. Xavier's College, Kolkata * St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata * St. Xavier's Institution (Panihati) * St. Xavier's Public School, Khagrabari, Coochbehar * St. Xavier's Public School, Mathabhanga, Coochbehar * St. Xavier's Public School, Liluah, Kolkata * St. Xavier's Public School, Rampurhat * St. Xavier's School,

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* St. Xavier's School, Burdwan (Bardhaman) * St. Xavier's School, Durgapur * St. Xavier's School, Raiganj * St. Xavier's University, Kolkata * St. Xavier’s School, Haldia * St. Xavier's Public School, Bagnan * St. Xavier's Public School, Raghunathpur * St. Xavier's Public School, Bagodar * St. Xavier's Public School, Joypur, Hoogly

Indonesia

* Franciscus Xaverius Junior High School, Palembang, South Sumatra * Franciscus Xaverius Senior High School, Palembang, South Sumatra

Ireland

* St. Francis Xavier's College, Dublin, usually known as Belvedere College * St. Francis Xavier Junior and Senior National Schools

Panama

* Xavier College, Panama

Madagascar

* Xavier College, Fianarantsoa

Malaysia

Penang

* St. Xavier Branch School, Pulau Tikus * St. Xavier's Institution, George Town

Perak

* St. Francis' School, Sitiawan

Melaka

* St. Francis' Institution

Sabah

* SMK St. Francis Convent (M), Kota Kinabalu

Micronesia

* Xavier High School, Weno, Chuuk

Nepal

* St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu, Bagmati * St. Xavier's School, Godavari, Bagmati * St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel, Bagmati * St. Xavier's School, Deonia, Mechi * St. Xavier School, Gorkha

New Zealand

* Xavier College, Christchurch, Canterbury, now Catholic Cathedral College *St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School,

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*St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, Tawa, Wellington

Pakistan

* St. Francis Xavier Seminary, Yuhannabad, Punjab

Paraguay

* Colegio Técnico Javier, Asunción, Gran Asunción * Instituto Superior de Estudios Humanísticos y Filosóficos San Francisco Javier (ISEHF), Asunción, Gran Asunción

Philippines

* Xavier School, San Juan City, Metro Manila and Nuvali, Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna * Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental

Spain

* St. Francis Xavier School, Burgos * Xavier College, Santiago de Compostela * Xavier College, Tudela

Sri Lanka

* St. Xavier's Boys' College, Mannar, Northern Province * St. Xavier's College, Marawila, North Western Province * St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province * St. Xavier's Girls' College, Mannar, Northern Province

Taiwan

* St. Francis Xavier High School, Taoyuan District, Taoyuan

Thailand

* St. Francis Xavier Convent School, Bangkok * St. Francis Xavier School, Nonthabur
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United Kingdom

England

* St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool * Saint Francis Xavier College, Clapham, London * St Francis Xavier School, North Yorkshire * Xaverian College,

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* St. Francis Xavier RC Primary,

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* St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, Balham, London

Scotland

* St. Francis Xavier's RC Primary,

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United States

Arizona

* Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix

California

* Xavier College Preparatory High School, Palm Desert

Connecticut

* Xavier High School, Middletown

Georgia

* St. Francis Xavier Catholic School, Brunswick

Idaho

* Xavier Charter School, Twin Falls

Illinois

* St. Xavier University, Chicago

Iowa

* Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids

Kansas

* St. Xavier High School, Junction City

Kentucky

* St. Xavier High School, Louisville

Louisiana

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, New Orleans * Xavier University Preparatory School, New Orleans

Massachusetts

* Xavier High School, Concord * Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood

Minnesota

* St. Francis Xavier Catholic School, Sartell

New York

* St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, Bronx, New York City * Xavier High School, Manhattan, New York City

Ohio

* St. Francis Xavier Seminary, now Athenaeum of Ohio, Cincinnati * St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati * St. Xavier Commercial School, Cincinnati (defunct) *

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, Cincinnati

Rhode Island

* St. Xavier's High School, Providence

South Carolina

* St. Francis Xavier High School, Sumter

Texas

* Xavier Educational Academy, Houston

Utah

* St. Francis Xavier School, Kearns

Wisconsin

* Xavier High School, Appleton

Zimbabwe

* St Francis Xavier College, Zvimba, Mashonaland West, commonly known as Kutama College

Fiction

* Xavier Institute for Higher Learning

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