Seminary of the Immaculate Conception

The Seminary of the Immaculate Conception was an American Roman Catholic seminary in Huntington, New York, accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, which served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre. It offered a number of academic degrees, primarily those of Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry.

History

The seminary was founded in 1926 in a house in Lloyd Harbor acquired by Thomas E. Molloy, Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, which at that time covered all of Long Island. It was an expansion of the original school, St. John's Seminary, located in Brooklyn and staffed by the priests of the Congregation of the Mission as a part of their historic commitment to the education of the clergy of the Catholic Church. It began with 25 students studying at the collegiate level. The construction of the new building to house the seminary was completed in 1930 and classes were offered there in September of that year. The student body at that point was 85 seminarians in the two-year college level and the school of theology.

Due to the expanding population in the suburban counties of Nassau and Suffolk, in 1957 the Holy See separated them from the Diocese of Brooklyn and established the Diocese of Rockville Centre to serve them. The two dioceses agreed to share operation of the seminary. Ten years later the college level segment of the school was discontinued. With the changing needs of ministry in the Catholic Church in the following decades, new programs and degrees began to be offered.

Closure

In November 2011, it was announced that the seminary would stop training priests as of September 2012. Instead, the Diocese of Rockville Centre merged their seminary program with the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Archdiocese of New York at Saint Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie).^[1] As of December 2013, the seminary continues to offer theological courses (including masters degrees) to the general public.^[2]

References

External links

Official website

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre Bishops Ordinaries Walter P. Kellenberg John R. McGann James T. McHugh William F. Murphy Present Auxiliaries Robert J. Brennan Nelson J. Perez Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski Former Auxiliaries Vincent John Baldwin James Joseph Daly Peter Anthony Libasci Alfred John Markiewicz Gerald Augustine John Ryan Emil Aloysius Wcela Paul Henry Walsh John Charles Dunne Churches Cathedral St. Agnes Cathedral Basilica Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Southampton Parishes St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church, Oyster Bay Education Higher Education Seminary of the Immaculate Conception Diocesan High Schools Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, Hicksville Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School, Riverhead St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School, West Islip Private High Schools Chaminade High School, Mineola Kellenberg Memorial High School, Uniondale Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Syosset Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead St. Anthony's High School, South Huntington St. Dominic High School, Oyster Bay St. Mary's High School, Manhasset Former High Schools Academy of Saint Joseph, Brentwood Other Cemetery of the Holy Rood Catholicism Portal