NHCP Photo Collection, 2007
Seminary of Nueva Caceres
SEMINARY OF NUEVA CACERES
THE SEMINARY OF NUEVA CACERES WAS FOUNDED BY THE RT. REV. DOMINGO COLLANTES, O.P., BISHOP OF NUEVA CACERES, MARCH 7, 1797. THE FIRST BUILDING WHICH STOOD NEAR THIS SITE WAS BADLY DAMAGED BY A TYPHOON IN OCTOBER 1856 AND DESTROYED BY FIRE AUGUST 22, 1860. THE SEMINARY WAS RECONSTRUCTED BY THE RT. REV. FRANCISCO C. GAINZA, O.P., BISHOP OF NUEVA CACERES, AND TURNED OVER TO THE VINCENTIAN FATHERS MAY 7, 1865 FOR THE TRAINING OF THE DIOCESAN CLERGY. FROM 1892 TO 1925, THE VINCENTIAN FATHERS ALSO MAINTAINED A COLLEGE FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG MEN OF THE BICOL REGION. IN THE FIRST SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE, THE SEMINARY GAVE 370 PRIESTS TO THE CHURCH AND FOUR BISHOPS TO THE PHILIPPINE HIERARCHY.
