List of closed Catholic seminaries in the United States

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

Arizona

Arkansas

  • St. John Home Mission Seminary (Little Rock) - Operated from 1930 to 1967; run by the Diocese of Little Rock.

California

Colorado

Connecticut

St. Basil Ukrainian Greek Catholic Seminary, Stamford, Conn. run by the Eparchy of Stamford, Conn.

Hawaii

  • St. Stephen Minor Seminary (Honolulu) - Operated from 1948 to 1976; run by the Diocese of Honolulu.

Illinois

  • Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary (Chicago) - Operated from 1990 to 2007; run by the archdiocese.
  • Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary North (Chicago) - Operated from 1918 to 1990; run by the archdiocese.
  • Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary South (Chicago) - Operated from 1961 to 1990; run by the archdiocese.
  • Cathedral College of the Sacred Heart (Chicago) - Operated from 1905 to 1918; run by the archdiocese.
  • Mater Dolorosa Preparatory Seminary (Chicago) - Operated from 1919 to 1927; run by the Servites.
  • Mater Dolorosa Preparatory Seminary (Hillside) - Operated from 1927 to 1945; run by the Servites.
  • Our Lady of the Angels Major Seminary (Quincy) - Operated from 1964 to 1987; run by the Franciscan Friars.
  • Saint Joseph College Seminary (Chicago) - Operated from 1994 to May 2019; run by the archdiocese
  • St. Joseph Seraphic College (Teutopolis) - Operated from 1898 to 1967; run by the Franciscan Friars.
  • St. Joseph Seraphic College (Westmont) - Operated from 1927 to 1978; run by the Franciscan Friars.
  • Tolentine College (Olympia Fields) - Closed in 1973; run by the Augustinian Friars.
  • St. Henry's Prep (Belleville) - Closed around 1990; run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
  • St. Charles Borromeo Seminary High School (Romeoville, Illinois, Diocese of Joliet) - Operated from 1965 to 1980; run by the diocese.

Indiana

  • Our Lady of the Lake Seminary (Syracuse) - Opened in 1948; run by the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
  • Sacred Heart Seminary (Fort Wayne) - Operated from 1939 to 1948; run by the Crosier Fathers.

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

  • St. Pius X Seminary (Erlanger) - Operated from 1955 to 1987; run by the Diocese of Covington.
  • St. Thomas Minor Seminary (Louisville) - Operated from 1952 to 1970; run by the Archdiocese of Louisville.

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

  • St. Charles Seminary (Catonsville) - Operated from 1848 to 1977; operated by the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
  • Saint Mary's College (Ilchester) - Operated from 1868 to 1972; operated by the Redemptorists.
  • Devine Savior Seminary, Lanham, Maryland operated from 1935-1969, operated by the Society of the Salvatorians, Wisconsin

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

  • St. Augustine Seminary (Holland) - Operated from 1949 to 1977; run by the Augustinian Friars.
  • St. John Provincial Seminary (Plymouth) - Operated from 1949 to 1988; run by the Archdiocese of Detroit.

Minnesota

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 high school (Bloomingdale) - Operated from 1945 to 1968; run by the Diocese of Steubenville.
  • St. John Vianney Seminary (Bloomingdale) - Closed in 1978; operated 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

  • St. Edward Seminary (Kenmore) - Operated from 1930 to 1976; run by the Archdiocese of Seattle.
  • St. Thomas the Apostle Seminary (Kenmore) - Operated from 1958 to 1977; run by the Archdiocese of Seattle.

Wisconsin

References

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