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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]
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
List of Catholic bishops in the Philippines; List of Catholic bishops in the United States; List of Catholic bishops of India; List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses) (in the world) List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses) (in the world) List of living cardinals (sortable by name, country ...
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
This is a list of notable former Catholic religious brothers: . Rick Curry (1943–2015) – American Jesuit known for his theatre ministry for the physically disabled; was a brother for 47 years before being ordained a priest in 2009 [1]