Telšiai Bishop Vincentas Borisevičius Priest Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary

Seminary

A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...

 in Telšiai

Telšiai

Telšiai , is a city in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on Lake Mastis.-Names:...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. It was founded in 1927 by Bishop Justinas Staugaitis

Justinas Staugaitis

Justinas Staugaitis was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop, politician, educator, and author. He one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania....

.

First rector of the seminary was Vincentas Borisevičius, who later became the second bishop of Telšiai. After the Soviet occupation in 1940, the seminary was closed. By that time it had educated 150 priests. It was re-established in 1989 by Bishop Antanas Vaičius. Now, the seminary also has a preparative faculty in Žemaičių Kalvarija

Žemaiciu Kalvarija

Žemaičių Kalvarija is a small town in Plungė district municipality, Lithuania. It is known as a major site for Catholic pilgrimage....

and a mirror seminary in Telšiai. The rector of the seminary is Jonas Ačas.

External links

• Official website