Diocesan College (Definition)

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A Diocesan College usually refers to a secondary level academic institution, usually an all-boys school, governed by the Roman Catholic Bishop of a diocese. Diocesan Colleges were built primarily as junior seminaries to train young main for the Roman Catholic priesthood. In Ireland, every diocese has a diocesan college; some have more than one.

In Canon Law a college^[1] refers to a collection of persons united together for a common object so as to form one body.