Corpus Christi College, Melbourne

Corpus Christi College
College crest
Location	180 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°48′9″S 144°58′7″E
Founder	Daniel Mannix
Established	1922; 102 years ago (1922)[1]
Gender	Male only
Rector	Fr Cameron Forbes
Undergraduates	circa 60
Tutors	8
Chapel	Corpus Christi Chapel
Website	corpuschristicollege.org.au

Corpus Christi College is the regional seminary (and theologate) of the Roman Catholic dioceses in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The seminary was founded by Daniel Mannix on 25 December 1922, at the Werribee Park Mansion (then the Chirnside Mansion) in Werribee.^[2]

The seminary is administered by a board of episcopal trustees comprising the archbishops of Melbourne and Hobart, the bishops of Ballarat, Sandhurst and Sale, and the auxiliary bishops of Melbourne. The Archbishop of Melbourne is the permanent chair of the trustees.^{[citation needed]}

Educational scope

Corpus Christi College trains priests for the archdioceses of Melbourne and Hobart and the dioceses of Ballarat, Sandhurst and Sale, as well as the Archdiocese of Adelaide, the Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn, the Diocese of Bathurst, the Military Ordinariate of Australia, and the Archdiocese of Hanoi and the Diocese of Vinh in Vietnam. The college attracts male seminarians from Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Korea and Myanmar.^{[citation needed]}

The college is located at St George's Church in Carlton, near St Patrick's Cathedral and in proximity to Catholic Theological College, the University of Melbourne and the Australian Catholic University campuses. St George's Church was built in 1855 and, after extensive use as a school, the church now serves as the seminary chapel.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

• Mark Coleridge, an archbishop^[3][4]
• Arthur Fox, a former bishop^[5]
• Denis Hart, a former archbishop^[3]
• Cardinal George Pell AC, a former archbishop who served as College Rector in the 1980s^[3]
• Gerald Ridsdale, a defrocked priest subsequently convicted of charges relating to child sexual abuse^[3]

Former colleges

• Corpus Christi, Werribee (built 1923, sold 1973)^{[citation needed]}
• Corpus Christi, Glen Waverley (built 1959, sold 1972), now the Victoria Police Academy (and for years known to former seminarians as "Coppers Christi")^{[citation needed]}
• Corpus Christi, Clayton (occupied 1973-1999)^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

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  Werribee Park mansion with former Corpus Christi extensions to right.
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  Former Glen Waverley chapel of Corpus Christi College, now the Victoria Police Academy.

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Australia

References

1. The Capuchin Annual. Capuchin Annual. 1959. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
2. "100 years of Corpus Christi College". Archdiocese of Melbourne. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
3. Tomazin, Farrah; Vedelago, Chris; Cuthbertson, Debbie (18 September 2019). "How a Melbourne seminary became the breeding ground for paedophile rings". The Age. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
4. "Archbishop Mark Coleridge". Profile: Q+A. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
5. "Bishop Arthur Francis Fox". Former bishops. Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale. n.d. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

External links

• Official website