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Roman Catholic AnswerIf you have no college background, it takes a minimum of eight years, four years of college, and four years of theology. If you have a college degree, you can probably make it in six: two years of philosophy and four years of theology.
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Generally it takes five or six years of seminary study. A seminary is a college run by the Catholic Church for educating and preparing men to be priests.

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