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Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...

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secondary school for boys intending to be Catholic

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The establishment of the Mertoyudan Seminary originated from the desire of two local male youths who graduated from Kweekschool,

Muntilan The Muntilan area is a district ( ''kecamatan'') in the Magelang Regency, Central Java. Muntilan is about 15 km south of Magelang, 10 km from Mungkid, 25 km north of Yogyakarta, and 90 km from the main town of Semarang located on the northern coast ...

in 1911 to become Catholic priests. They were Petrus Darmaseputra and Fransiskus Xaverius Satiman. In November 1911, with the support of Fr. Franciscus van Lith, SJ and Father Mertens, SJ, Darmaseputra and Satiman applied to be accepted as seminarians to become

priests. The request of these two young men, together with the rise of the Indonesian nationalist movement and a demand for local priests, created the spark to establish a seminary for Javanese young men. On May 30, 1912, through the grant of the official permission from the

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. After the achievement of Indonesia's independence in 1945, the seminary assisted in the schooling of policemen.

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