St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate) founded in 1987 is a
propaedeutic seminary equipping students with philosophical training. It is located in the rural town of
Kothavalasa in the
Vizianagaram District in
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
Affiliation
The seminary is not affiliated to any university.
[Handbook and Calendar 2008-2009, '']op. cit.
''Op. cit.'' is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase ' or ''opere citato'', meaning "the work cited" or ''in the cited work'', respectively.
Overview
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'' However, the Seminary is listed as a propaedeutic seminary under the
Roman Curia.
The seminary used to offer a two-year course in philosophy.
but, from 1999, it began offering a three-year course
in philosophy to enable its students to simultaneously pursue the secular graduate degrees of
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) and
Master of Arts (M. A.) through the School of Distance Education,
Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam.
Background
St. John's Regional Seminary
St. John's Regional Seminary is the theologate of the Catholic Church of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is a major seminary training students to become priests.
St. John's Regional Seminary is situated in Ramanthapur in Hyderabad.
Affiliat ...
was founded in 1965 in
Ramanthapur,
Hyderabad to train Priests for the Catholic Church in Andhra Pradesh. Later in 1987, the seminary was split into two.
[Handbook and Calendar 2010 -2011, p. 5] The theologiate was retained in Hyderabad while the philosophate was moved to
Kothavalasa in the northern circars of
Andhra Pradesh.
Authorities and officials
According to an agreement signed between the Andhra Pradesh Bishop’s Council and th
Salesian Province of St. Joseph, Hyderabad on 24 May 1993 the management of the seminary has been entrusted to the
Salesians of Don Bosco for a period of ten years. The contract was in 2003 for a period of six years. It was renewed again in 2009 for ten more years.
The Seminary is overseen by the following Salesians:
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Provincial
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Rev.
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Fr. Raminedi Balaraju, ''
SDB''
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Rector
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*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
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Fr. Koonananickal Jose, ''SDB''
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Dean -
Br. Vincent Castilino, ''SDB''
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Principal -
Fr. Mathiekal Wilson, ''SDB''
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Administrator
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* N ...
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Fr. Cherapanath Rinoy, ''SDB''
Admissions
The seminary follows a
semester system.
[Handbook and Calendar 2010 -2011, pp. 5-9] Admission is for
Catholic pupils who are eligible to pursue priestly studies and who come from any of the ten Catholic dioceses and two archdioceses in Andhra Pradesh as well as any religious Congregation willing to send their students for Priestly formation.
Staff
Faculty[Handbook and Calendar 2010-2011, ''op. cit. p. 17'']
* Theology and Spirituality, English
**
Fr. K. Jose
**
Fr. S. Devadas
* Systematic Philosophy
**
Fr. M. Wilson
**
Fr. C. Rinoy
**
Br. V. Castilino
Visiting Faculty[Handbook and Calendar 2010-2011, ''op. cit. p. 18'']
*
Sr. Philomena D'Souza, ''FMA''
*
Fr. G. Lazar, ''
SVD''
*
Fr. Mark K. Raj, ''
SJ''
*
Fr. C. P. Varghese, ''
SDB''
*
Fr. Francis Stephen, ''MSFS''
*
Fr. P. Antony
*
Fr. P. Johnson, ''OFM Cap.''
*
Fr. Francis Stephen, ''MSFS''
Other staff
* Assistant Librarian and Clerk
**
Sri Ch. Sai Ram
* Computers
**
Sri R. Joseph
Past faculty
* Bishop
G. Prasad
Gallela Prasad (born 7 April 1962) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of the Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, from 2008 to 2018.
He is well versed in Latin as well as Telugu and English.
Biography
Prasad was bor ...
See also
''Other university-affiliated seminaries in
Andhra region''
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Master's College of Theology,
Visakhapatnam
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Bethel Bible College, Guntur
''Theological degrees:''
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Doctor of Divinity
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(D.Div.),
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(Th.D.),
Master of Theology (Th.M.),
Bachelor of Divinity
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(B.Div.),
Bachelor of Theology (Th.B.),
Licentiate in Theology, Licentiate in Sacred Scripture
''Members of the Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches''
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Archbishop
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M. Joji
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Bishop G. Prasad
Gallela Prasad (born 7 April 1962) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of the Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, from 2008 to 2018.
He is well versed in Latin as well as Telugu and English.
Biography
Prasad was bor ...
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Bishop D. M. Prakasam
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Bishop G. Dyvasirvadam
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Bishop V. E. Christopher
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Bishop B. P. Sugandhar
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''Indigenous scholars''
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B. V. Subbamma
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Y. D. Tiwari
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D. S. Amalorpavadass
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Swamy Amalorananda
References
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