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| The Reverend Father Chad Ripperger | |
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 Ripperger in November 2022 | |
| Archdiocese | Denver |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 7, 1997 by Edward Slattery |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-10-11) October 11, 1964 (age 60) Casper, Wyoming United States |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Residence | Keenesburg, Colorado |
| Alma mater | University of San Francisco (BA) University of St. Thomas (MA) Holy Apostles College and Seminary Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (PhD) |
Chad Alec Ripperger (born October 11, 1964) is an American Catholic priest and exorcist. He is the founder of the traditional Catholic Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (the Doloran Fathers) in the Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, United States.
Biography
Ripperger was born in Casper, Wyoming. He earned two Bachelor degrees, in theology and philosophy, from the University of San Francisco; and two Master degrees, one in philosophy from the Center for Thomistic Studies of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, and another in theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He joined the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), which sent him to Rome to receive his doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
He was ordained a Catholic priest on June 7, 1997, by Edward Slattery for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. His assignments after ordination included the diocesan St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Seward, Nebraska of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. He also taught liturgy at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska. He also served as a pastor in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother
In the early 2010s, Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa asked Ripperger to consider training exorcists for the diocese; from that, an idea developed to begin a society of exorcists. Ripperger moved into a motherhouse in 2014 and the a celebration for the formal establishment of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother was held in March of 2015. In September 2016, the Society moved to the Archdiocese of Denver. It is presently based in Keenesburg, Colorado.
References
- Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother
- "Fr. Chad Ripperger". Our Sorrowful Mother's Ministry. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- Sterling, Dana (June 8, 1997). "Priest Ordained In Traditional Mass". Tulsa World.
- Woodard, Joe (February 1, 2003). "LITURGY: the ritual of letting God find You". Calgary Herald. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- "St. Joan of Arc Chapel". The Coeur d'Alene Press. May 28, 2011. p. 28. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- "Bringing the deliverance of Christ to the afflicted" (PDF). Eastern Oklahoma Catholic. Diocese of Tulsa. September 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- Douglas, Max (January 17, 2017). "Traditionalist Society of Exorcists Moving to Denver". Church Militant. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
- The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord 2021. New York: P.J. Kenedy. 2021. p. 374. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
External links
- Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (the Doloran Fathers)
- Sensus Traditionis, his personal website
- Tumblar House profile
- 1964 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American people of German descent
- American Roman Catholic priests
- Catholic exorcists
- Catholics from Wyoming
- Catholics from Colorado
- Holy Apostles College and Seminary alumni
- People from Casper, Wyoming
- Pontifical University of the Holy Cross alumni
- University of San Francisco alumni
- University of St. Thomas (Texas) alumni
- Thomists
- Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
- American traditionalist Catholics
- American exorcists