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 Emblem of Papal Seminary Pune | |
| Motto | Filii tui India, administri tibi salutis |
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Motto in English | "Your own sons, O India, will be the heralds of your Salvation" |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1893; 132 years ago (1893) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Rev Fr. George Pattery, SJ |
| Rector | Fr. Roland Coleho, SJ |
| Director | Fr. Jaiprakash Toppo, SJ |
Academic staff | 16 |
| Students | 160 |
| Location | Pune, Maharashtra ,India 18°31′25″N73°50′52″E / 18.5236°N 73.8478°E /18.5236; 73.8478 |
| Website | www |
ThePapal Seminary inPune, India, is aCatholic educational institute whose primary function is trainingpriests.
The seminary trains students from threeparticular churches in India: theLatin Church,Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, andSyro-Malankara Catholic Church. As of 2023[update], it caters to the formation of about 160 seminarians per year from most of the dioceses of India.[1][2]
PopeLeo XIII established the Papal Seminary for India,Burma andCeylon in 1890. The task of finding a suitable place for it was entrusted toMsgr. Ladislaus Zaleski. After travelling within India and Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka), he chose to locate the seminary inAmpitiya, a settlement close to Kandy. He subsequently became the Apostolic Delegate to India, Burma and Ceylon and took up residence inKandy. Zaleski insisted that the seminary be entrusted to theJesuit Missionaries of theBelgian province (at work in the Bengal Mission).[3]
The students were selected from the dioceses of India and Sri Lanka, and were to be trained as leaders of the Churches in their own countries. This was one of the first major seminaries to be supported by the Pontifical Society ofSt. Peter the Apostle.[citation needed]
The seminary opened its doors in 1893 under therectorship of Rev.Sylvain Grosjean, then Rector ofSt Xavier's School, Calcutta.[4]
In 1926 the seminary was empowered bythe Vatican to confer Ecclesiastical degrees in Philosophy and Theology.[5][6]
During its 62 years of existence in Kandy, over 700 students were ordained to the priesthood; 51 of these becamebishops and three becamecardinals.[citation needed]
The seminary moved to Pune in 1955.[7][8] The transfer of the seminary to India was driven by financial and traveling difficulties; theindependence of India in 1947 and the consequent political separation of India and Sri Lanka made it difficult for Indian seminarians to travel to Kandy.[citation needed]
The new buildings for the seminary were designed by architectSilvio Galizia.[citation needed]
The original seminary in Kandy became theNational Seminary of Our Lady of Lanka for the now independent Sri Lanka.[9]
On 10 February 1986 PopeJohn Paul II visited the seminary.[4]
On 16 December 1993Mother Teresa visited the seminary.[citation needed]
The academic work of the seminary is delivered by the sister-institutionJnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, which is on the same campus.[5]
The seminary has 16 staff members who are all eitherJesuit orDiocesan priests. It has three spiritual directors who oversee the spiritual dimension of the seminarians' lives. The house doctor,Manoj Durairaj, received thePro Ecclesia et Pontifice.[10]
In 2015 the seminary celebrated 60 years in Pune.[7][11]
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