However, Pompallier who was in Europe in 1850, returned to New Zealand with more priests, the first Sisters of Mercy and ten seminarians, who were to be trained in St Mary's Seminary founded in that year.
However, Pompallier who was in Europe in 1850, returned to New Zealand with more priests, the first Sisters of Mercy and ten seminarians, whose training was quickly completed. All but one of them were ordained within five weeks and that training was the origin of St Mary's Seminary founded in that year.