Bishop Gyula Glattfelder founded the predecessor of the College in Szeged, in the diocese’s centre after the Trianon border changes. The first academic year began in 1930. The college and the seminary were led by Jesuits until violent suspension of the functioning of religious orders in 1950. In the early 1970s, the secret theological training of the seculars was launched first in the country, in Szeged; then in 1983 accepting applicants on correspondence courses also became possible. The training of secular full-time students (theologians and religious teachers) started with the regime change. The college affiliated with the Faculty of Theology of the Péter Pázmány Catholic University in 1995.
