He graduated from the Catholic minor seminary in 1936 with the Abitur.

The village is also home to the minor seminary of St. Vincent.

He opened a series of minor seminaries for students of limited financial means called alumnates.

By 1967 some minor seminaries had already closed.

It is one of only 5 minor seminaries in Pakistan.

He began his classical course at the minor seminary of Fénétrange in 1865.

To foster local vocations, he started a minor seminary at Pathiavaram.

It became the established tradition of Chicago's minor seminaries that financial want should not prevent a seminarian from attending.

In 1978, he was named spiritual director of the minor seminary of Zadar.

At present, the minor seminary is run by Rev. Msgr.