Pacific Regional Seminary offers training for the Roman Catholic priesthood for candidates from the various dioceses of CEPAC and for religious congregation with houses affiliated to the Seminary.

Pacific Regional Seminary offers a Diploma in Theology and a Bachelor of Divinity which are accredited by the South Pacific Association of Theological Schools (SPATS). In addition since it is affiliated to the Urbaniana University in Rome the students of PRS who complete the requirements can also obtain a Bachelor of Theology degree.

Explore this website to find out more about the seminary, its mission and the various aspects of its programs, the people involved (faculty, staff and students) its governance, library and enrolment.

Welcome from the Rector

Welcome to the website of Pacific Regional Seminary, situated in Suva Fiji.

 

This seminary belongs to the Archbishops and Bishops of the Conference of Bishops of the Pacific Islands (CEPAC). The first pupils came from other seminaries in Australia and New Zealand to found this new Pacific Institution which opened its doors on March 6th 1972.

 

Since then more than 1000 students have enrolled of whom 125 or more are still in studies and more than 350 have been ordained to the priesthood.

The priests ordained from PRS mostly work in the dioceses of the Pacific Islands but there quite a number working outside the Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea region in places such as Australia, New Zealand, South America, United States, Philippines and Asia, Africa and Europe. While building up the churches in the Pacific it is also truly Catholic in its outreach.

 

At this time in 2012, there are 54 diocesan students from nine dioceses in CEPAC and 52 students from five religious congregations and institutes of apostolic life mainly from the CEPAC region but also including some from PNG and Solomon Islands.

 

We offer two programs accredited by the South Pacific Association of Theological Schools (SPATS): the Diploma in Theology and Bachelor of Divinity. We are also affiliated to the Faculty of Theology of the Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana, Rome and his university grant s the Bachelor of Theology to students of PRS who complete the requirements

 

We hope this website will introduce you to life at PRS and perhaps even encourage you to visit us some day.

 

 

Michael O’Connor
Rector