St. Thomas Aquinas’ Major Seminary is a higher institution for the formation of candidates for the Roman Catholic Priesthood. It is owned by the Bishops of the Abuja Ecclesiastical Province of the Catholic Church in Nigeria comprising of the Archdiocese of Abuja, the Dioceses of Makurdi, Lokoja, Idah, Otukpo, Lafia, Gboko and Katsina-Ala. The origins of the institution go back to 1985, when the Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province decided and agreed to establish a Second Campus to decongest the Provincial Major Seminary of St. Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos. Most Rev. Donal Murray, CSSP Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Makurdi gave approval for the use of the land of the Minor Seminary of the Diocese: St. James’ Minor Seminary, Makurdi. The chairman of the committee set up for the Seminary was Most Rev. Patrick F. Sheehan, OSA, and emeritus Bishop of Yola Diocese. Rev. Fr. John U. Gangwari was appointed as the Director of Makurdi Campus from 1986 – 1987.