St. Mary's College, Oscott

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St. Mary's College is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, England, though it admits students for the priesthood from various dioceses of England & Wales, as well as some overseas students. Recently it has become the Diocesan centre for the formation of candidates for the Permanent Diaconate.

The College was founded in Old Oscott, in present day Kingstanding in 1794 both for the training of priests for and for the education of lay pupils. In 1838 the college moved to a new site, which came to be known as New Oscott. The new building was designed by Augustus Pugin and Joseph Potter. The college quickly became a symbol of the rebirth of the Catholic faith in England and played a prominent part in the life of the Church in the nineteenth century. In 1889, the college was closed, but reopened the following year as a seminary only.

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Buildings in Birmingham, England
 Highrise (In height order): BT Tower | Holloway Circus Tower | Chamberlain Clock Tower | Alpha Tower | Orion Building | The Rotunda | NatWest Tower | Five Ways Tower | Centre City Tower | Hyatt Regency Hotel | 1 Snow Hill Plaza | Quayside Tower | Colmore Gate | The McLaren Building | Metropolitan House | Edgbaston House | Post & Mail Building | Jury's Inn Birmingham 

 Notable lowrise: 1-7 Constitution Hill | 17 & 19 Newhall Street | Birmingham Assay Office | Baskerville House | Central Library | Council House | Curzon Street railway station | Great Western Arcade | ICC | The Mailbox | Methodist Central Hall | Millennium Point | The Old Crown | Paradise Forum | Birmingham Proof House | Sarehole Mill | Symphony Hall | Town Hall | Victoria Law Courts 
 Major railway stations: Moor Street station | New Street station | Snow Hill station 
  Major complexes: Brindleyplace | Bull Ring, Birmingham | Pallasades Shopping Centre 
  Sports venues: Alexander Stadium | Edgbaston Cricket Ground | NIA | St. Andrews | Villa Park 
  Lists of buildings: List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham | List of Birmingham board schools | Listed buildings in Birmingham


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