St Mary's Seminary: Difference between revisions

St Mary's Seminary was established in 1850 by New Zealand's first Catholic Bishop, Jean Baptiste François Pompallier. From his arrival in 1838, Pompallier had worked energetically to train priests locally for his new mission. In April 1850 he returned from a trip to Europe with nine seminarians and established a seminary in Auckland to complete their formation. This seminary which he named "St Mary's College" had his vicar general, Fr Louis Rozet SM, as its first Rector. It survived for nineteen years, until Bishop Pompallier retired and left New Zealand in 1869. ISt Mary's Seminary educated at least twenty-four priests and many catechists who proved to be the backbone of the Maori church during the remaining decades of the 19th century.

See also

• Holy Cross College (New Zealand)
• Marist Seminary
• Holy Name Seminary

External sources

• Good Shepherd College, Auckland, website