Pope Leo XIII in 1892) from Venegono Inferiore to Milan, thus forming the Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale. The vocational crisis in subsequent years forced a reorganization of the community and led to the closure of many facilities. In 1985 the site was closed in Seveso: the ginnasio was transferred to Venegono and after a few years began restructuring. When construction ended in 1998 the community since then living in Saronno was transferred in Seveso. With the gradual extinction of the minor Seminary (closed in 2002 after several attempts for renewal and revitalization), the comunità propedeutica was added to the biennium seminary in Seveso. The restoration of the permanent diaconate wanted by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini in 1986 found a place in the headquarters of the Seminary. Seminarists, professors and educators Popes: Pius XI Bishops and cardinals Giacomo Biffi Franco Giulio Brambilla Gabriele Giordano Caccia Adriano Caprioli Bernardo Citterio Francesco Coccopalmerio Diego Coletti Carlo Colombo Giovanni Colombo Renato Corti Mario Delpini Erminio De Scalzi Marco Ferrari Gervasio Gestori Giovanni Giudici Alessandro Maggiolini Angelo Mascheroni Attilio Nicora Giulio Oggioni Gianfranco Ravasi Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli Giovanni Saldarini Luigi Stucchi Dionigi Tettamanzi Theologians Giuseppe Colombo Franco Manzi Giovanni Moioli Pierangelo Sequeri Luigi Serenthà Sergio Ubbiali Sources Il Seminario di Venegono 1935-1985. Pagine d'un cammino, a cura di Cesare Pasini - Mario Spezzibottiani, NED, Milano 1985. Mario Panizza, «Seminario Maggiore», in Dizionario della Chiesa ambrosiana, NED, Milano 1992, vol. V, 3310-3323. La formazione del presbitero diocesano. Linee educative del Seminario di Milano, Centro Ambrosiano, Milano 1995. Dionigi Tettamanzi, San Carlo e il seminario. La formazione dei futuri presbiteri in un mondo che cambia, Centro Ambrosiano, Milano 2006. External links Seminario Arcivescovile di Milano website Permanent diaconate of Diocese of Milan Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose of Milan Seminaries and theological colleges in Italy