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unusual facts about secular priest



Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

This congregation was founded at Saint-Claude, in the Department of Jura, by Adrien Gréa, then a secular priest and the young Vicar General of the Diocese of St.-Claude, a position he had accepted in 1863 at the bishop's urging, despite his feeling called to life in a religious community.

Sebastián Montero

Sebastián Montero (born in Écija) was a Spanish secular priest who was active in the later half of the sixteenth century in North America.


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Enrique Colom

A secular priest, he is an ordained priest of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, on 4 August 1974.

Juan de Castellanos

Abandoning the military profession he became a secular priest in Cartagena and, declining the positions of canon and treasurer, went as curate to Tunja.

Poughley Priory

In January 1469, Pope Paul II granted to Prior Thomas Sutton of Poughley, the annual income of whose priory was stated not to exceed £50, dispensation to hold with the priory, for the term of his natural life, some other ecclesiastical benefice, usually held by a secular priest, whether it should be a rectory or vicarage, provided he was duly presented and instituted.

Ralph Corbie

He was seized by the Parliamentarians at Hamsterley, 8 July 1644, when clothed in his Mass vestments, conveyed to London, and committed to Newgate Prison (22 July) with John Duckett, a secular priest.