Ayutthaya 1665 · Penang since 1809
A seminary that survived four countries to keep asking one question.
Asia's oldest Catholic seminary. Forty-seven of its men were killed for the faith. It is still forming priests.
Watch it told by the seminary itself.
Their own short history film, from the official College General channel.
College General Regional Major Seminary's History · College General Seminary Penang
They called it the College of Martyrs.
Forty-seven students and teachers of this house were killed for the faith they were sent to carry. Eight have been canonised or beatified. The rest are recorded on the memorial in the grounds.
- St Laurent Imbert
- St Jacques-Honore Chastan
- St Philip Minh
- St Peter Quy
- St Paul Loc
- St Peter Luu
- St John Hoan
- Bl Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung
What a day here actually looks like.
Not a brochure answer. The hours a man keeps in this house, from rising to the Grand Silence.
Times shown are indicative of a major seminary horarium and should be confirmed against the college's own timetable.
Twenty men. Eight dioceses. One house.
They come from Penang and Kuala Lumpur, from Sabah and Sarawak, and they live together for years. Fraternity is not a side effect here. It is part of the training.
Second Year Philosophy
- Freddoline AhsiongDiocese of Sandakan
- Jayson WangArchdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
- Daniel ChanDiocese of Malacca Johore
- Solomon JohnArchdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
- Jeremia DumingguArchdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
- Jescie PetrusDiocese of Sandakan
- Natheniel EzrabelDiocese of Sibu
First Year Philosophy
- Benedict LimArchdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
- Lincoln SusahArchdiocese of Kuching
- Clive LeoDiocese of Keningau
- Gerard AbrahamArchdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
Initiation Year
- Antony MichaelDiocese of Penang
- Vincent YipDiocese of Penang
- Daniel AnthonyDiocese of Penang
- Clement LeeDiocese of Penang
- David NadenArchdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
- Andrew YeeArchdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
- Leonard NgArchdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
- Matthew WeeDiocese of Malacca Johore
- Maximillian AlexsonOrder of Friars Minor
If the question keeps returning, it is worth answering.
Speak to the vocation director of your diocese, or write to the seminary. There is no obligation in asking.
Begin discernment