a new seminary building was constructed in the 1950s, with space for c. 250 seminarians. the current number (2018), however, is only 15. on 15 april 2015, the diocese of reggio announced that it was putting the episcopal seminary up for sale, due to a serious financial emergency. on 28 april 2018, it was announced that the episcopal seminary would become one of the new seats for the university of modena-reggio (unimore). it would become the home of the "facoltà di educazione e scienze umane".