Seminario Hispano De Santa Maria De Guadalupe - 14000 Ciudad de México

Seminario Hispano de Santa Maria de Guadalupe began on August 31st, 1999, with the Decree of Erection signed by Cardinal Norberto Rivera. He named Fr. Rodrigo Benítez as Rector and Fr. Alberto Pacheco as Legal Representative. Following the directives of Cardinal Rivera, Fr’s Benítez and Pacheco were to acquire sufficient land for the project, and begin construction of the seminary in the Southern zone of the city named Tlalpan, where there are 25 seminaries and 52 women’s religious communities. Because of the large number of spiritual communities in this area, it is seen as a small Vatican within Mexico City.

Activities at the seminary began very quickly. On August 1, 2000, while the seminary was still under construction, five seminarians pertaining to the Archdioceses of Los Angeles and Milwaukee arrived. All of them began their philosophy courses with enthusiasm in this fledgling work.

Now, twenty years after the signing of the Decree of Erection, more than 200 alumni from not less than 55 dioceses of the United States have passed through this beautiful experience of seminary formation.