back to their countries and encouraged their recatholization. Many alumni after graduating came first to Wilno to study philosophy and theology in Jesuit University of Wilno. In the 16th century the number of alumni fluctuated from 23 to 40. In 1586 the Swedish College was established as an autonomous part of the Papal Seminary. John Drews, rector of the Papal seminary at the end of the 17th century, built a new building with fancy garden and fountains. Diocesan Seminary Diocesan Seminary served as a seminary for the Bishopric of Warmia. It was funded by Stanislaus Hosius in 1567 and opened on 25 November 1567. In the 16th century it had from 17 to 24 alumni. Diocesan seminary was directed by a rector of the collegium and by a prefect (lat. praefectus), called later a regens, who was responsible for its students. The Seminary was located in the building of the Priestly Fraternity. Novitiate The novitiate of the Polish Province of Society of Jesus was opened in Braunsberg in 1568. The first person who entered the novitiate was Michał Chałkowski, whose examination took place in Braunsberg on 15 June 1569. In the years 1569-1575 126 people applied for admission to the Polish Province of Jesuits, mainly Polish nobles. The first master of novices was Robert Abercromby. The novitiate was located at first in the building of the collegium, then in the old building of the convictus. In 1586 the novitate was moved from Braniewo to Kraków. Notable teachers Robert Abercromby (1536–1613), Scottish Jesuit missionary, professor of grammar and novice master at the Collegium (1552–1598), Polish Jesuit and religious writer, preacher of Polish Kings, Professor of Humanities at the Collegium Andrew Bobola (1591–1657), Polish Jesuit, missionary, martyr, Catholic Saint, lecturer in the 1610s at the Collegium Karl Weierstraß (1815–1897), mathematics teacher in 1848-1856 Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing (1847–1923), mathematics teacher Franz Josef Niedenzu (1857–1937), Rector (1875–1945), Polish priest, professor of theology and philosophy, Rector, murdered by a Russian soldier during World War II in 1945 in Frombork Notable students Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620), Polish statesman, Grand Crown Marshal, voivode of Lublin and Kraków Mikołaj Jerzy Czartoryski (1585–1662), Polish official, voivode of Podolia and Volhynia Piotr Gembicki (1585–1657), Chancellor of Poland, Bishop of Przemyśl and Kraków Jan Stanisław Sapieha (1589–1635), Polish-Lithuanian noble and statesman, Court Marshal of Lithuania and Great Lithuanian Marshal Jan Działyński (1590-1648), Polish official, voivode of Chełmno Andrew Bobola (1591–1657), Polish