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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).
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
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)
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]
A post shared on X claims that former Communist Party member and Catholic convert Bella Dodd said that 1,100 communists became Catholic priests. Dodd said that she never met a communist priest in ...
List of Catholic priests and religious awarded the Nobel Prize; List of lay Catholic scientists; List of Chinese Catholics; List of Catholic clergy scientists; Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople; List of converts to Catholicism; List of converts to Catholicism from Islam; Herbert Cosgrove; Crown-cardinal
One of the first Catholic missionaries to arrive in the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1827. Abdisho: 298-345 A member of the Church of the East, was a deacon and martyr. Absadah: 300 - Priest and martyr of the early 4th century. Abram Joseph Ryan: February 5, 1838 – April 22, 1886 American poet, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian.
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.