The idea of moving the seminary in Płock or constituting a second one began to grow at the beginning of the 17th century. Moving the seminary was postulated by the cathedral chapter during its ordinary session on September 9th, 1618 as well as on its spring and autumn sessions in 1631. This intent, however, was not implemented in the 17th century. It was Seweryn Kazimierz Szczuka, the suffragan of Chełmno and the canon of Płock who - at the beginning of the 18th century – returned to the idea and introduced it to the bishop of Płock, Ludwik Bartłomiej Załuski, who will-ingly accepted it and on May 6th, 1710 passed a founding decree for the second semi-nary in the Płock diocese, seated in Płock. The seminary was located in a house situated on the Canonical Square at the Wyszogrodzka Gate. It was at that place that the missionaries ran the seminary for the next several dozen years. By the decision of the bishop of Płock, Michał Jerzy Poniatowski from June 20th, 1781, the seminary was moved to the former Benedictine Abbey opposite the main entrance of the cathedral and – after the fall of the January Uprising, in autumn 1867 – to Franciscan Reformati monastery is where the seminary is seated nowadays.
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