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unusual facts about Order of Preachers



Fergus Gordon Kerr

Fergus Gordon Thomson Kerr, OP, FRSE (born 16 July 1931), a prominent scholar, widely recognized for his contributions in the areas of philosophy and theology, is a Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican Province.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta

St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Parramatta, currently Anthony Fisher OP.


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Jean-Louis Bruguès

He entered the Order of Preachers, made his novitiate in Lille (1968-1969), so he made his first religious profession on 29 September 1969 and was ordained a priest 22 June 1975 in Toulouse.

William Perault

Authors such as Gerson, Père Alexandre, Jacques Échard, and Hurter say that William Perault was never Archbishop of Lyons, as the Gallia christiana asserts, Dupin is not justified in saying that he was never more than a religious of the Order of Preachers (cf. Antoine Touron, Hist. des hommes illust., 1, l.2, 184).