St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
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| 100 Wynnewood Road, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania 19096 United States 39°59′28″N 75°15′20″W / 39.9910851°N 75.2556834°WCoordinates: 39°59′28″N 75°15′20″W / 39.9910851°N 75.2556834°W |
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| Type | Roman Catholic seminary |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic Church |
| Established | 1832 (185 years ago) |
| Rector | Most Reverend Timothy C. Senior |
| Website | Official website |
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary is the seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Named for Saint Charles Borromeo, it is located just outside the city, at City Avenue and Lancaster Pike, in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.
The seminary is accredited by both the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
It consists of four divisions: College, Theology, Graduate School of Theology and Permanent Diaconate. Potential candidates for the priesthood pursue a program which consists of a four-year liberal arts curriculum followed by a four-year curriculum within the professional school of theology. The seminary offers the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Divinity, and Master of Arts.
The current rector is the Most Reverend Timothy C. Senior and the current Vice Rector is Reverend Fr. Joseph Bongard.
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary was founded in 1832 by Bishop Francis Kenrick, the third Bishop of Philadelphia. The seminary was initially located at the home of Bishop Kenrick on Fifth Street in Philadelphia. In 1838, it was chartered to grant academic degrees. Circumstances required the subsequent relocation of the seminary to the northwest corner of Fifth and Prune Streets, then to Saint Mary's Rectory on Fourth Street, and eventually to the southeast corner of Eighteenth and Race Streets in Philadelphia before moving, in 1871, to its present home in Overbrook.
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