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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).
Bartholomäus Bernhardi – rector and professor at the University of Wittenberg; later left the Catholic Church for Lutheranism and became the third Lutheran pastor to marry; Philip Berrigan – American peace activist and former member of the Josephite Fathers; ordained in 1955 and secretly married a former nun in 1970 before going public in 1973
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide, as of 2017. [ 1 ] Lists
Joseph Pearce: anti-Catholic and agnostic British National Front member; became a devoted Catholic writer with a series on EWTN [295] [296] Vladimir Pecherin: Russian convert and priest whose memoirs were controversial for criticizing both the Russian government and the Catholic Church of his time [297]
Fabian Fucan (c. 1565–1621) – Japanese Catholic convert and Jesuit brother who reverted to Zen Buddhism and became a critic of Christianity [2] [3] Justo Gallego Martínez (1925–2021) – Spanish man known for constructing a church on his own from 1961 until his death; was a Trappist novice until leaving in 1961 after contracting ...
Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian [42] Eugene Maxwell Frank: 1907–2009: 101: American religious leader and Methodist Church bishop [43] Reginald C. Fuller: 1908–2011: 102: British Roman Catholic priest [44] Irineos Galanakis: 1911–2013: 101: Greek Orthodox bishop [45] José de Jesús García Ayala: 1910–2014: 103: Mexican ...
Monica Baldwin – British author; wrote I Leap Over The Wall: A Return to the World after twenty-eight Years in a Convent; Wendy Becket – British former nun, television presenter, and art historian; was a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur from 1946–1970 before leaving due to ill health and becoming a consecrated virgin and hermit
The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, it started from the day of Pentecost at the upper room of Jerusalem; [1] the Catholic tradition considers that the Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the Disciples of Jesus.