Welcome to the official website of the Seminary of Saints Peter & Paul, Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria. The Seminary of Saints Peter & Paul is a regional seminary that trains candidates for the Roman Catholic Priesthood. The formation programme includes studies in Philosophy and Theology.
As a regional seminary, Great Bodija, as it is called by those who in one way or another have experienced her products, caters for the training needs of the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Lagos, Ibadan and Benin City.
However, the seminary also serves the training need of dioceses and congregations outside the aforementioned provinces upon request by local ordinaries or superiors who wish their candidates journey with and through us.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SS. PETER AND PAUL MAJOR SEMINARY, BODIJA
What is now known as the Seminary of SS. Peter and Paul, Bodija, Ibadan, began in Ivianokpodi, Edo State in 1908 as St. Martin’s Seminary, Ivianokpodi. It then moved to Asaba in 1927 before being transferred to Benin City in 1933 where it was called St. Paul’s Seminary. It finally came to Ibadan in 1957 and was then named Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary, Ibadan. The Seminary is the result of a 1695 directive of the Congregation for the Evangelization of People’s (Propaganda Fide), to the effect that all missionary congregations must encourage vocations among indigenous populations, as a testament of the success of their mission and the survival and continuous growth and development of the local churches.
IVIANOKPODI (1908-1927)
Ivianokpodi…