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This is a list of notable former Catholic priests. Both religious and diocesan priests, and bishops, are included. Most persons on this list can fit into one of the following categories: Left the priesthood but remained Catholic (voluntary laicization) Left the priesthood and the Catholic Church altogether (voluntary laicization)
"for his unique role in one of the poorest areas of Latin-America as a leader of the progressive minority of the Catholic Church and leading spokesman for non-violent methods to further social change where has played an important international role by contributing to a greater understanding in industrialized countries of the social reality in ...
Fr. José Manuel Gallegos, [179] [180] Democratic Party politician and part of the History of New Mexico. Fr. James Gower, [181] [182] Peace activist and co-founder of the College of the Atlantic. Msgr. Peter Guilday, [183] [184] A noted historian of the Catholic Church's history. Msgr. George G. Higgins, advocate for labor rights.
A Bulgarian Catholic priest, Capuchin friar and Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv. Vladimir Sergeyvich Pecherin: 27 June 1807 – 28 April 1885 Russian nihilist, Romantic poet, and Classicist, who later became a Roman Catholic priest in 19th-century Ireland. Walter Joseph Ciszek: November 4, 1904 – December 8 ...
Michael Thomas Schmitz [2] (born December 14, 1974) [3] is an American Catholic priest, speaker, author, and podcaster.. The Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries in the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, [4] [5] Schmitz is most notable for his social media presence, which mainly consist of his YouTube videos [6] [7] [8] and The Bible in a Year podcast, both of which are produced by the ...
Former Catholics or ex-Catholics are people who used to be Catholic for some time, but no longer identify as such. This includes both individuals who were at least nominally raised in the Roman Catholic faith, and individuals who converted to it in later life, both of whom later rejected and left it, or converted to other faiths (including the related non-Roman Catholic faiths).
English Roman Catholic priest who died in the 73rd year of his ministry [8] Corrado Bafile: 1903–2005: 101: Italian Roman Catholic cardinal [9] Giovanni Benedetti: 1917–2017: 100: Italian Roman Catholic bishop [10] Pravrajika Bhaktiprana: 1920–2022: 102: Indian Hindu sannyasini [11] Dmytro Blazheyovskyi: 1910–2011: 100: Ukrainian ...
Savonarola Italian Dominican (1452–1498) famous for the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence, finally executed for heresy; John of Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian Franciscan, working in Central Europe, where he led resistance to a Turkish invasion; Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419) Spanish Dominican; Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444), emotive Italian