The Séminaire de Sherbrooke, also known as Séminaire

Saint-Charles-Borromée Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec ( 2021 Population 15,285) is a city in southwest-central Quebec, Canada, on the l'Assomption River. In Joliette Regional County Municipality, Saint-Charles-Borromée has the Maison Antoine-Lacombe, a heritage hom ...

, is a private educational institution located in

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. Today, the Séminaire offers five years of

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and several

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programs and

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History

Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée (known as St. Charles Seminary in English) was founded by Monseigneur

Antoine Racine Antoine Racine (January 26, 1822 – July 17, 1893) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the 1st Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Bishop of Sherbrooke from 1874 to 1893. He is burial, buried in the Cathedral in Sherbrooke. Sém ...

in 1875, the year after he became the first Bishop of Sherbrooke.Bishop Antoine Racine (1822-1893), First Catholic Bishop of Sherbrooke
A degree granting institution, perhaps its most famous alumnus was

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Louis St. Laurent, who graduated in 1902. In 1954, the original seminary became

Université de Sherbrooke The University of Sherbrooke ( French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It ...

. Université de Sherbrooke was the first

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and

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university in the

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. Following the establishment of the university, the Séminaire de Sherbrooke was reborn in 1959. In 1968, classical courses (french: cours classique) were abandoned and the institution became the responsibility of the Ministry of Education of Quebec. In 2005, the charter was amended, the positions of President (originally named by the Diocese of Sherbrooke) and the Director General (secular function) were merged into President and CEO. For the first time since the beginning of its existence, the Séminaire was directed by a layman, André Métras, who had been on the staff of the school in various roles for over 20 years.

Notable alumni

Tom Cavanagh Thomas Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He is known for a variety of roles on American television, including starring roles in '' Ed'' (2000–2004), ''Love Monkey'' (2006) and '' Trust Me'' (2009), and recurring roles on ...

References

External links

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