List of closed Catholic seminaries in the United States

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

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

  • St. Joseph's Seminary - major seminary run by the Josephites, founded in 1888; later an independent academic seminary, but residential-only beginning in the early 1970s
  • Epiphany Apostolic College - former minor seminary run by the Josephites; founded in Baltimore in 1889 and later moved near Newburgh in 1925; eventually closed for seminary studies in 1970, and operated as a Catholic high school until 1975.

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

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

Massachusetts

  • Carmelite Junior Seminary (Hamilton) - Operated by the Carmelite friars from 1945 to 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 to 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

Minnesota

Mississippi

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 (Bloomingdale) - Operated from 1945 to 1976; run 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

Wisconsin

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