Sancta Maria Mater et Regina Seminarium
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| Type | Private seminary |
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| Established | 1999 |
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Cagay, Roxas City, Capiz in the Philippines, Roxas City, Capiz,  Philippines
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| Colors | White blue |
| Nickname | Mariani |
Sancta Maria, Mater et Regina, Seminarium (Saint Mary, Mother and Queen, Seminary), formerly St. Pius X Seminary - Cagay Campus, is a seminary of the Archdiocese of Capiz, Philippines and one of the schools in Capiz. It is home to the Archdiocese's Philosophy and Theology seminarians. It has produced eighteen priests and three deacons in its eleven years of existence. SMMRS was founded by the former Archbishop of Capiz, Most Rev. Onesimo C. Gordoncillo, D.D.
In 1999, the college of St. Pius X Seminary transferred in Cagay,Roxas City, Capiz and named the school Sancta Maria, Mater et Regina, Seminarium (SMMRS) in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The St. Pius X Seminary Alumni Association, Inc., or PIANS, is a non-profit and non-stock corporation whose membership is composed of persons who have studied for at least one year in St. Pius X Seminary. It's not an ordinary alumni association because the seminary is not an ordinary educational institution created and incorporated solely under a national law, and regulated by the appropriate government agencies, such as the Department of Education and the SEC, but was also created under the laws of the Church and regulated by the Vatican, and administered by the bishop through his priests. Further, its purpose is not only to educate but also to train boys and young men for the presbytery and the future leaders of the Church.
Since the opening of the seminary almost 50 years ago, there are usually ordinations every year. Three Pians have become bishops. Though the association is composed of Pians (ex-seminarians), it is not a religious or ecclesiastical organization or corporation like the Children of Mary, Knights of Columbus and Couples for Christ.
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