St. John's Regional Seminary

For other uses, see St. John's Seminary (disambiguation).

St. John's Regional Seminary is the theologate of the Catholic Church of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.^[1] It is a major seminary training students to become priests.

St. John's Regional Seminary

Latin: Regio Seminarium Sanctus Iohannes [citation needed]
Type	Major Seminary
Established	1965
President	Bishop Most Rev. Ch. Bhagyaiah, (Chairperson)
Rector	Rev. Fr. Kommareddy Marreddy
Location	Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 500 013, Telangana , India 17°23′35″N 78°32′39″E
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Roman Curia
Website	stjohnseminaryhyd.org

St. John's Regional Seminary is situated in Ramanthapur in Hyderabad.

Affiliation

The seminary is listed as a Major Seminary under the Roman Curia.^[2]

Background

St. John's Regional Seminary^[3] was founded in 1965^[4] in Ramanthapur, Hyderabad, to train priests for the Catholic Church in Andhra Pradesh. In 1987, the seminary was divided into two.^[5] The theologiate was retained in Hyderabad while the philosophate (St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate)) was moved to Kothavalasa in the northern circars of Andhra Pradesh.^[6]

Board of Governors

The ten bishops and two archbishops in the state of Andhra Pradesh are ex officio members of the Board of Governors of St. John's Regional Seminary:

• Archdiocese of Hyderabad – Archbishop Poola Anthony
• Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam – Archbishop Mallavarapu Prakash
• Diocese of Srikakulam – Bishop Rayarala Vijaya Kumar
• Diocese of Eluru – Bishop Polimera Jaya Rao
• Diocese of Vijayawada – Bishop Telagathoti Joseph Raja Rao
• Diocese of Guntur – Bishop Chinnabathini Bhagyaiah
• Diocese of Nellore – Bishop D. M. Prakasam
• Diocese of Kadapa – Apostolic Administrator – Bishop Gali Bali
• Diocese of Kurnool – Administrator – Anthonappa Chowrappa
• Diocese of Nalgonda – Bishop Govindu Joji
• Diocese of Warangal – Bishop Udumala Bala
• Diocese of Khammam – Bishop M. Paul

Admissions

The seminary follows a semester system.^[7] Admission is for Catholic pupils who are eligible to pursue priestly studies and from any of the ten Catholic dioceses and two archdioceses in Andhra Pradesh.^[8]

See also

Other University-affiliated seminaries in Telangana region

• Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad
• Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College, Shamshabad