St. John's Regional Seminary is the theologate of the Catholic Church of

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and

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. It is a major seminary training students to become

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. St. John's Regional Seminary is situated in

Ramanthapur Ramanthapur lies in the eastern part of the city of Hyderabad, located in the Indian state of Telangana. It lies between Uppal and Amberpet, on the road from Uppal to Kachiguda. The area has been drastically developed when compared to the ear ...

in Hyderabad.

Affiliation

The seminary is listed as a Major Seminary under the

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Background

St. John's Regional Seminary was founded in 1965 in

, Hyderabad, to train priests for the Catholic Church in Andhra Pradesh. In 1987, the seminary was divided into two. The theologiate was retained in Hyderabad while the philosophate (

St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate) St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate) founded in 1987 is a propaedeutics, propaedeutic seminary equipping students with philosophical training. It is located in the rural town of Kothavalasa in the Vizianagaram District in Andhra Pradesh, ...

) was moved to

Kothavalasa Kothavalasa is a town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Kothavalasa mandal of Vizianagaram revenue division. It is located 30 km from the city of Visakhapatanam Geography Kothavalasa is locat ...

in the northern circars of

Board of Governors

The ten

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s and two

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s in the state of Andhra Pradesh are ''

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'' members of the Board of Governors of St. John's Regional Seminary: * Archdiocese of Hyderabad – Archbishop Poola Anthony * Archdiocese of

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– Archbishop Mallavarapu Prakash * Diocese of

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– Bishop Rayarala Vijaya Kumar * Diocese of

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– Bishop Polimera Jaya Rao * Diocese of

Vijayawada Vijayawada ( ), formerly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and a major commercial hub in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. The city forms an integral part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is situated on th ...

– Bishop Telagathoti Joseph Raja Rao * Diocese of

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– Bishop Chinnabathini Bhagyaiah * Diocese of

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– Apostolic Administrator – Bishop Gali Bali * Diocese of

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– Administrator – Anthonappa Chowrappa * Diocese of

Nalgonda Nalgonda is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Nalgonda district, as well as the headquarters of the Nalgonda mandal in the Nalgonda revenue division. It is located about from the state c ...

– Bishop Govindu Joji * Diocese of

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– Bishop Udumala Bala * Diocese of

Khammam Khammam is the city in Khammam district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the headquarters of the Khammam district and Khammam Tehsil, mandal also. It is located about east of the state capital ...

– Bishop M. Paul

Admissions

The seminary follows a semester system. Admission is for Catholic pupils who are eligible to pursue priestly studies and from any of the ten Catholic dioceses and two archdioceses in Andhra Pradesh.''Ref.'' Board of Governors above.

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