St Francis Xavier College

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There are numberous St. Xavier's educational institutions worldwide including:

Contents 1 Australia 2 Canada 3 Colombia 4 United Kingdom 5 Hong Kong 6 India 7 Japan 8 Malaysia 9 Nepal 10 Philippines 11 United States 12 Zimbabwe

[edit] Australia

• Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia. Situated on a large block of land approximately the size of 6 blocks, it contains a beautiful chapel, originally planned to be approximately four times the present size, but due to theft of funds it had to be scaled down. The chapel contains one of the best views of the City of Melbourne. Xavier College is very prominent in sports, providing two of Australia's Awesome Foursome (rowing team) and numerous AFL stars. It is also prominent in music, producing such talents as TV Rock, the creator of the Australian #1 hit Flaunt It.
• St Francis Xavier college in Canberra Australia
• St. Francis Xavier Primary School, in Melbourne, Australia
• Xavier College, in Adelaide, Australia
• Saint Francis Xaviers Regional Catholic School in Adelaide, Australia
• Xavier College Llandilo in Penrith NSW
• St Francis Xavier College, Hamilton, NSW

[edit] Canada

• St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Brockville, Ontario. Also the name of a large church immediately beside the school.
• St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. It is traditionally one of the highest rated primarily undergraduate universities in Canada, as defined by MacLean's Magazine in their annual ranking of Canadian universities.
• St. Francis Xavier Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. It is part of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and has, since 1999, offered the International Baccalaureate diploma program.
• St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia.

[edit] Colombia

• Universidad Javeriana, located in Bogotá, Colombia

[edit] United Kingdom

• St. Francis Xavier's College in Liverpool
• Saint Francis Xavier School in Richmond, North Yorkshire

[edit] Hong Kong

• The two secondary schools run by Marist brothers in Hong Kong, St. Francis Xavier's College[1] and St. Francis Xavier's School, Tsuen Wan[2], were named after the Saint

[edit] India

Delhi:

• St. Xavier's Sr. Sec. School, Raj Niwas Marg
• St. Xavier's Sr. Sec. School

Ahmedabad:

• St. Xavier's High School, Mirzapur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Bathinda:

• St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Model Town

Mumbai:

• St. Xavier's College, Bombay, one of the best colleges in India
• St. Xavier's High School, Fort
• St. Xavier's Boy's Academy, Churchgate
• St. Xavier's Technical Inst Mahim
• St. Xavier's High School & JR. College Bhandup.
• St. Francis Xavier High School,Kanjur Marg

Goa:

• St. Xavier's College, Mapusa
• St. Francis Xavier High School, Mapusa

Kolkata:

• St. Xavier's Collegiate School
• St. Xavier's College, Kolkata

Ranchi:

• St. Xavier's School, Ranchi - in Doranda
• St. Xavier's College, Ranchi

Misc.:

• St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, in the Tirunelveli, South India
• Papal Seminary (St. Francis Xavier), Pune, the National Seminary for the formation of priests in India is dedicated to the St. Francis Xavier.
• St Xaviers High School, Prem Nagar Berhampur, Orissa, India
• St. Xavier's College, Calcutta
• St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Kerala, South India

[edit] Japan

• The Japanese university Sophia University was initiated in his honour in Tokyo 1913

[edit] Malaysia

• St. Francis Xavier's Institution a high and primary school located in Malacca
• St. Xavier's Institution a high school located in Penang

[edit] Nepal

• St. Xavier's High School, located in Kathmandu, was founded in 1951

[edit] Philippines

• In the Philippines, there is a Xavier School, the best primary and secondary educational institution in the country developing its students to be Men for Others. As ranked by the latest Philippine Daily Inquirer survey, Xavier School charges the highest tuition fees for a local school. The students of Xavier School are highly sought after by top universities in the country with around 95% passing rate for the country's top 4 universities. Students of Xavier School are formed in the ways of Ignatian Spirituality that demands discipline and compassion. Another educational institute named after St. Francis Xavier is Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro), a comprehensive university in Cagayan de Oro City.

[edit] United States

• Three American universities: Xavier University in Cincinnati (est. 1831), Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans (est. 1925), and Saint Xavier University in Chicago (est. 1846)
• Malden Catholic High School, a Xaverian Brothers sponsored Catholic all-male college preparatory school in Malden, Massachusetts, founded in 1932.
• Xavier High School (New York, New York), a Catholic Jesuit all-male high school founded in 1847
• St. Xavier High School, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, was founded in 1831
• Xaverian High School located in New York City's borough of Brooklyn, New York, United States, founded in 1957
• St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky, founded in 1864.
• Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Wheaton, Maryland, founded in 1958.
• Xaverian Brothers High School located in Westwood, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1963
• Xavier High School located in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
• Xavier High School, located in Middletown, Connecticut, founded in 1963

[edit] Zimbabwe

• St Francis Xavier College is an all-boys high school, more commonly referred to as Kutama College. it was formed by Jesuits before World War II and was the first high school in Zimbabwe, to cater for indigenous students.