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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
Joseph Pearce: anti-Catholic and agnostic British National Front member; became a devoted Catholic writer with a series on EWTN [296] [297] Vladimir Pecherin: Russian convert and priest whose memoirs were controversial for criticizing both the Russian government and the Catholic Church of his time [298]
Louis J. Gallagher, S.J., [72] [73] Former President of Boston College and translator. Frank Haig, S.J., [74] [75] Former President of Wheeling Jesuit University and younger brother of Alexander Haig. Father Morton A. Hill, S.J. [76] [77] Anti-Pornography activist who, in 1970, was a member of the President's Commission on Obscenity and ...
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
Döllinger, an excommunicated Roman Catholic priest and church historian, was a notable leader of the movement but was never a member of an Old Catholic church. [32] The convention decided to form the "Old Catholic Church" in order to distinguish its members from what they saw as the novel teaching in the Roman Catholic dogma of papal ...
List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church; F. List of former Catholic brothers; ... List of members of Opus Dei;
Category of people who were raised as Roman Catholics but no longer believe in or follow the teachings of the religion. Such people may still identify as Catholics, and remain Catholics according to canon law, unless they commit an act of notorious defection from the faith.