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Terry A. Davis – Raised as Catholic, before becoming an Atheist, and later a Independent Fundamentalist Christian. [5] Rod Dreher – Started in Methodism; conversions to Catholicism [6] then Eastern Orthodoxy. [7] Daveed Gartenstein-Ross – Jewish parents; conversions to Islam then Christianity. [8] Newt Gingrich – Lutheran to Baptist to ...
He and his wife first became interested in the faith after the birth of their first child. A friendship with a Catholic priest later helped lead to Hank and his wife's conversion in 1959. He was known to frequently read Thomas à Kempis' 15th-century book The Imitation of Christ, which he kept in his locker. [1] [2]
1521 – Rajahnate of Cebu (Roman Catholic Church) 1523 – Sweden goes from Catholic to Lutheran; 1528 – Schleswig-Holstein goes from Catholic to Lutheran; 1534 – England goes from Catholic to Anglican; 1536 – Denmark-Norway and Iceland go from Catholic to Lutheran; 1553 – England returns from Anglican to Catholic
This category refers to people whose conversion to the Roman Catholic Church is relevant or significant to their notability. This category requires maintenance to avoid irrelevant or inappropriate entries. See also Category:Converts to Eastern Catholicism for those who converted to another branch of the Catholic Church.
In 1998, almost five years after he took "early retirement" as Lutheran bishop, Archbishop Joseph MacNeil invited Jacobson to consider becoming a priest. Jacobson and his wife Carolyne, who live on a farm near Bashaw, Alberta, began the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Bashaw in 1999 and became Roman Catholics at the Easter Vigil of 2000.
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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).