Well educated protestants converting to Catholicism

1. LUCA LIONELLO
(former ATHIEST Now a Catholic!)
Luca Lionello (born on
January 9, 1964) is an
Italian Actor who came
international attention in
2004, when he played the
role of Judas Iscariot in
Mel Gibson’s The Passion
of The Christ movie.
Luca was an atheist until
2004, when he became
Roman Catholic, owing to
his experience filming The
Passion of The Christ. He
also played the role of St.
Barnabas in Imperium: St.
Peter.

2. This is how protestant baptize their
newly recruited member. Come &

3. Did the bible just fall from the sky so protestants
can used it in attacking Catholics? No!!!!
Thanks to the CATHOLIC CHURCH who compiled
& canonized the bible on late 4th century A.D.

5. Anti-Catholic hates us, and they will die
hating us.. That’s what we called LOSSERS!

6. This is what happen when Mat 23:8-10, “
Call no man your ‘father’, for you have but
one father in heaven,” is interpreted
I’m sorry Mr. Steve, We are Protestant and our
Pastor told us not to call anyone ‘father’, So,
you are no longer my ‘father’…
hmm..Okay, My son, That’s the problem of
Protestantism and I am now planning to
join the Catholic Church…

7. Catholic Church can do exist without protest-ants. But Protestantism
cannot exist without the Church they are protesting at. Take note the
root-word ‘protest’.
“I am compelled to concede that without the Papist
(Catholic Church), we knew nothing about the bible.”
- Martin Luther (Father of Protestantism)
Take away the bible from the Catholic
Church and She will still continue to exist.
Remove the bible from the protestants and
they will cease to exist. Catholic Church
had existed 300 years before the bible was
made. For the ‘Bible’ must be a product of
the Church. Not the church/s be the
product of the bible.
After Martin Luther invented the
“Bible Alone” doctrine, there are now
40,000 protestant denominations that
sprung out and still dividing to this
day. The funny thing is, they are
united in attacking the Catholic
Church, while they are attacking each
others faith.
Remember, in Matt 16:18 Jesus said, “I will
build my ‘Church”’ – not ‘Churches’.

8. Dr. Scott Sullivan
(former Protestant Now a Catholic!)
Dr. Scott M. Sullivan is an American
professor and founder of classical Theist
Productions. He earned PhD major in
Philosophy from University of St. Thomas.
He became international Kickboxing
competitor, also received black belt in
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He completed BA in
History in University of Southern Indiana.
Scott began questioning that led to lot of
research on topics like “Existence of God”
and finding “True Religion”. It was also this
research that eventually brought about his
conversion to Catholicism.
Scott was raised in a non-denomination
evangelical protestant, and then to atheism.
In a bookstore, he stumbled upon the
Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Dr.
Peter Kreeft. This began his journey to back
to Christ and eventually to Catholic Church.
Visit his website: www.scottmsullivan.com

9. Fr. Jerry Brown
(former Episcopalian Priest Now a Catholic!)
Fr. Jerry Brown grow up in
Napa, California. His mother was
baptized Catholic but he was
baptized Presbyterian. As a teen
he told his father he wanted to
be a Catholic priest. Instead, his
father directed him to the local
Episcopal church which he joined
eventually becoming a priest.
In 1995, Fr. Jerry he began his
journey to the Catholic Church
and eventually became a priest.
He owes his conversion when he
witnessed the charity catholic
priest and nuns ministering
patients of AIDS in San Francisco.

10. Thomas Smith was a former Mormon missionary turned Protestant
Minister who was received into the Catholic Church in 1996. Thomas lives
on his family in Southeastern Idaho.
“I scoured libraries and electronic sources for early Christian writings, and
discovered as so many converts before and after me.”
THOMAS SMITH (former Mormon & Protestant Minister Now Catholic!)

11. Thomas Daniel Conway (born
December 15, 1933) is an
American actor, writer,
director and comedian. He
was a former protestant.
On October 2, 2014, Conway
revealed that he had
converted to the Catholic
Church.Thomas Daniel Conway
(former protestant)

12. David Armstrong (born on July
30, 1958) is an American Christian
apologist, author and blogger.
Armstrong holds a Bachelor of
Arts, Sociology (cum laude) from
Wayne University. He was raised a
Methodist and converted to
Arminian Evangelicalism in 1977,
then to Jesus Movement and
Messianic Judaism.
In 1991, Dave embraced
Catholicism largely as a result of
reading fellow convert’s writing of
John Cardinal Newman – a former
Anglican priest. He began his
website, “Biblical Evidence of
Catholicism”, in 1997.
Dave Armstrong
(former anti-catholic protestant)

13. Mark Weightman Bauerlain
(born on 1959) is an English
professor at Emory University
and book author. He earned
doctorate in English from UCLA
in 1988. He was a former anti-
catholic protestant.
In 2012, Mark announced his
conversion to Roman
Catholicism. He described
himself as educational
conservative.
Mark Bauerlain
(former anti-catholic protestant)

14. Mark P. Shea is a popular
American blogger, writer and
speaker. He was a double-jump
convert: raised more or less as an
agnostic pagan, and became a non-
denominational evangelical in
1979.
In 1987 he entered the Catholic
Church. He has been published in
the Catholic World Report, New
Oxford Review, The Door, Catholic
Digest. Shea also appeared on
EWTN and a known apologist.(former agnostic & protestant)

15. Benedict Ashley (born on
May 13, 1915) is an American
theologian and philosopher.
As a young man, Ashley
committed to atheist and
communist.
In 1948, he was baptized in
the Catholic Church through
his studies in the works of St.
Thomas Aquinas. He then
entered the Order of
Preachers (Dominicans) in
which he was ordained.
Benedict Ashley
(former atheist/communist)

16. Edward Fesser (born on May 13,
1968) is an American philosopher
and professor. He graduated from
the University of California in 1999
with a PhD in Philosophy. Fesser
had been an atheist during his
early adulthood.
His deep readings from books of
Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas
led him back to Christian belief in
God and the Catholic Faith. He is
known for his book, The Last
Superstition: A Refutation of the
New Atheism.
Edward Fesser
(former atheist)

17. Sally Read (born on 1971 in Suffolk)
is a British poet and psychiatric
nurse. She received her BA from
Open University and in masters
from University of South Dakota.
She was raised an atheist, but on
December 14, 2010 she embraced
Roman Catholicism. She live in the
Hermitage of the Three Holy
Hierarchs, which is an eparchial-rite
form of consecrated life under the
jurisdiction of the Bishop.
Sally Read
(former atheist)

18. Leah Libresco prominent American atheist blogger for the religion
website Patheos. She announced her latest decision to become Catholic
after several years of debating to smart Christians, in her atheist stand.
She wrote in her blog: “There was one religion that seemed like the most
promising way to reach back to that living Truth - the Catholic Church”.

19. Dr. Holly Ordway prominent
American atheist professor.
Holly earned PhD in Literature.
She is working as English
professor and director at
Houston Baptist University.
She wrote a book, “Not God’s
Type: An Atheist Academic Lays
Down Her Arms, a story of her
conversion to Catholicism. Visit
her website at
www.hieropraxis.com
Dr. HOLLY ORDWAY
(former atheist professor)

20. R. J. Stove (born on 1961 in
Sydney) is an Australian writer,
editor, composer and organist.
Stove graduated from Sydney
University in 1985. He is the
author of four books: Prince of
Music; The Unsleeping Eye, A
Student’s Guide to Music History
and Cesar Frank: His Life and
Times.
Stove was raised as an atheist,
but he converted to Roman
Catholicism in 2002.
R.J. STOVE
(former atheist)

21. Chris Haw (born on 1981) is an
important figure of New Monasticism.
He was baptized catholic and attended
catholic churches as a child until his
mother joined protestant – Willow
Creek Community Church. He studied
theology in Villanova University. He
wrote a book: “Jesus for President:
Politics for Ordinary Radicals” .
Chris and his wife Cassie embraced
back the Catholic faith. He write a
Christian apologetic book, “From
Willow Creek to Sacred Heart:
Rekindling My Love for Catholicism”
that described his conversion.
Chris Haw
(former evangelical protestant)

22. Abby Johnson (born on 1980) is
an American Pro-life activist who
previously worked at Planned
Parenthood (that advocates
abortion) as the clinic director.
She resigned after watching an
abortion on ultrasound. She
hold a degree in Psychology
from the Texas University.
Abby was raised a Baptist. She
and her husband joined
Lutheran and then to Episcopal
Church. In the Easter of 2012,
she embraced the Roman
Catholic Faith. Visit
abbyjohnson.org
Abby Johnson
(former protestant abortionist)

23. Alex Jones (born on 1941) is an
African-American preacher and leader
who converted from Pentecostalism to
Catholicism. He studied Masters in
Pastoral Studies from Sacred Heart
Major Seminary. He was a senior
pastor of Maranatha Christian Church
and Pentecostal Church in Detroit.
In 1998 Jones road to conversion
began when he read some Catholic
material and thereafter began
conducting church services using
Catholic liturgy. Members of the
Maranatha church also joined Jones to
begin process of Catholic conversion in
2001.

24. BRENT HUBBS is a 29 year old educational leader, lay philosopher and
blogger. A former protestant preached and bible teacher. He holds a BA in
Theology from Oral Roberts University and has done graduate course in
Philosophy. He was born and raised into a reverent Pentecostal family.
On November 23, 2008, he and his entire family entered full communion with
the Catholic Church. He attributed his conversion while reading Rome Sweet
Home by Scott Hahn – who is also a Catholic convert.
Hubbs’ Family
(former protestant
preacher)

25. Dawn Eden (born on February
10, 1943) is an American author
and journalist who was formerly
a rock historian and tabloid
newspaper headline writer. Eden
was raised into Jewish
household. She is the grand-
niece of poet Alma Denny.
In 1999, Eden had a born-again
experience that led her to anti-
catholic protestant. However, In
2006, she embraced the Catholic
Church. She is featured in EWTN
and NBC’s Today Show.
Dawn Eden
(former Jewish & born-again)

26. Jennifer Fulwiler is an American
writer from Austin Texas. When
she grew up she didn’t believe in
God – for short she’s an Atheist.
She married Joe who was an anti-
catholic. However, Jennifer was
converted to Catholicism when
she read the book of C.S Lewis –
who also was a convert to
Catholicism.
Jennifer is now a columnist for
Envoy Magazine, a regular guest
on Relevant Radio and EWTN
radio networks. She is also
writing blog on her conversion on
www.ConversionDiary.com.
Jennifer Fulwiler
(former Atheist)

27. Vittorio Messori (born on
1941) is an Italian journalist
and writer. He graduated
political science in Turin.
Messori had a completely
secular upbringing. He was a
former agnostic.
In July 1964, Messori was
converted to Catholicism. He
writes several books and is
considered as most translated
catholic writer in the world.Vittorio Messori
(former Agnostic)

28. Joseph Pearce (born on 1961)
is an English born writer and
director of Center of Faith and
Culture. He was formerly an
anti-catholic protestant.
In July 1989 he was converted
to Catholicism he repudiated
his earlier views and now
writes from a catholic
perspective. Pearce attributes
his conversion from reading
the book of G.K. Chesterton –
who was also a convert.
Joseph Pearce
(former Protestant Agnostic)

29. Lila Grace Rose (born on July 27,
1988) is an American Pro-life
activist and the founder of Live
Action. She was raised as
Evangelical Protestant. She
studied in University of
California with major in History.
Rose was converted to
Catholicism. He was featured in
CNN’s documentary Right on the
Edge. She is active against
abortion in the US.
Lila Grace Rose
(former protestant)

30. Dr. Paul Schenk (born on July 27, 1988)
is an American Pro-life activist and
personalist. He studied in Luther Rice
University in biblical studies. He
received Master of Arts in Theology as
summa cum laude. He was raised as
Jewish and then to different protestant
congregations.
Schenk resigned as rector of Reformed
Episcopal Church and on November 7,
2003. And on February 29, 2004 he was
received into full communion with the
Catholic Church, by Fr. Frank Pavone in
Archdiocese of New York. Currently, he
is the parish priest in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
Paul Schenk
(former Jewish & protestant)

31. Delia Smith (born on June 18,
1941) is an English cook and TV
presenter. She is UK’s best-selling
cookery author. She was baptized
in Anglican Church and attended
Methodist Sunday School.
At the age of 22, she converted
to Roman Catholic Church. Her
first two short religious books
are, Feast for Lent and Feast for
Advent. She wrote a longer book
of prayer known as, A Journey to
God.
Delia Smith
(former protestant)

32. Timo Juhani Soini (born May 30,
1962) is a Finnish politician an
founder of the Finns Party. He is a
deputy Prime Minister of Finland.
He graduated master of political
science in Helsinki in 1998. He
was a former Lutheran protestant.
Soini embraced Catholicism on
1988, he is now a devout Catholic
which he became as a result on
his many trips to Ireland. His
views on religious and moral
issues are in line with the
teaching of the Catholic Church.
Timo Soini
(former Lutheran Protestant)

33. Newton Gingrich (born on June
17, 1943) is former speaker of US
house of representative. He was
a former protestant member.
Newt after being raised Lutheran
and spending most of his adult
life in Southern Baptist, he
converted to Roman Catholicism
in 2009. He had two previous
marriages that ended in divorce
while he was a still a protestant.
He is now happily married to a
catholic wife – Callista Gingrich,
since 2000.
Newt Gingrich
(former Lutheran & Baptist)

34. Lawrence Alan Kudlow (born on
August 20, 1947) is an American
conservative economist,
television personality and
newspaper columnist. He was
the host of CNBC’s The Kudlow
Report. He graduated in
University of Rochester in a
degree in history. He was raised
in Jewish religion.
In mid-1990s Kudlow entered a
12-step program to deal his
addiction to cocaine. He
subsequently converted to
Catholicism with the guidance of
Fr. John McCloskey III.
Lawrence Kudlow
(former Jewish)

35. Walter Jones Jr. (born on
February 10, 1943) is a
current US representative
for North Carolina’s 3rd
district. He graduated
Bachelor of Arts in Barton
College North, Carolina.
Jones was raised in Southern
Baptist Church but
embraced the Roman
Catholic Faith.
Walter Jones Jr.
(former Baptist)

36. Katharine Lucy Mary (born
on February 22, 1933) is a
first degree cousin of Queen
Elizabeth II who gain the
title Duchess of Kent. She
was a former Anglican
church member.
However, in 1994, Duchess
of Kent gained attention for
her conversion to
Catholicism. The first senior
Royal to convert publicly in
the United Kingdom.
Katharine, Duchess of Kent
(former Anglican protestant)

37. Allen R. Hunt (born January
6, 1964) is an American
author and speaker. He was a
former Methodist Pastor.
On January 2008, Hunt
announced his intention to
leave United Methodist
Church and joined
Catholicism. He now
partners with Matthew Kelly
at the Dynamic Catholic
Institute.
Allen R. Hunt
(former Methodist Pastor)

38. Piyush “Bobby” Jindal (born
June 10, 1971) is the current
governor of Louisiana, USA.
He was raised in a Hindu
household. He was converted
to Christianity while studying
in Baton Rouge. He earned
degree in Political Science,
Biology, and graduated with
honors.
In the fall of 1989, Bobby was
baptized into the Roman
Catholic Church during his
first year in Brown University.
Gov. Bobby Jindal
(former Hindu)

39. Sam Brownback (born
September 12, 1956) is the
current governor of Kansas,
USA. Studied law in Kansas
State University. He was
raised in a protestant origin
and then to evangelicalism
before his conversion to
Catholicism in 2002.
Gov. Sam Brownback
(former protestant)

40. Keith Newton (born 10 April 1952) is
an Anglican English prelate who
embraced the Roman Catholic Church on
January 2011. Newton had served as a
priest and bishop of the Anglican Church
most recently having served as Bishop of
Richborough in the Province of
Canterbury from 2002 until 31 December
2010.
On 8 November 2010, Newton
announced his intention to leave the
Church of England at the end of the year
in order to join the proposed personal
ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church
for former Anglicans.
Newton was received into the Roman
Catholic Church on 1 January 2011, at
Westminster Cathedral.
Keith Newton (former
Anglican Priest)

41. Andrew Burnham (born 19
March 1948) is a current priest
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Burnham was formerly a
bishop of the Anglican Church
and served as the third Bishop
of Ebbsfleet in the Province of
Canterbury from 2000 to 2010.
He resigned in order to be
received into the Roman
Catholic Church. He was
ordained as a Roman Catholic
priest for the Personal
Ordinariate of Our Lady of
Walsingham on 15 January
2011.
Andrew Burnham
(former Anglican Priest)

42. John Charles Broadhurst
(born 20 July 1942) is an English
priest of the Roman Catholic
Church. Broadhurst was formerly a
bishop of the Anglican Church and
served as the Bishop of Fulham in
the Diocese of London from 1996
to 2010. On 8 November 2010
Broadhurst announced that he
intended leaving the Church of
England to become a Roman
Catholic
He resigned in order to be received
into the Roman Catholic Church
and became catholic a priest in
2011.
John Charles Broadhurst
(former Anglican Priest)

43. Nicole Kidman
When Nicole Kidman divorced Tom Cruise in 2001,
she ditched Scientology and experienced a
“spiritual homecoming”, returning to the Catholic
Church.
Nicole Kidman
(former Scientology member)

44. Frances Shand Kydd
Mother of Princess Diana,
converted to Roman
Catholicism late in life. In the
years before her death in
2004 at 68, she devoted
herself to Catholic charity
work.
France Shand Kydd
(former Anglican Church member)

45. Ulf Ekman is a former charismatic pastor and the founder of the charismatic
Livets Ord (Word of Life) organization in Sweden, which brought the Word of Faith
movement to that country. Ekman is now Catholic.
The founder of a 3,300-member mega-church in one of Sweden's largest cities announced on
March 9 his decision to leave his protestant congregation and join the Roman Catholic Church.
Ulf Ekman (former protestant pastor)

46. Tim Staples was a former
member of Southern Baptist
Church who as a teen came
back to faith in Christ through
the witness of televangelists.
During his four-year tour with
the U.S. Marine Corps, he
became friends with a Marine
well-versed in his Catholic
Faith who challenged Tim to
study Catholicism from
Catholic and historical
sources. He is now a
prominent Catholic apologist.
TIM STAPLES
Tim Staples
(former Baptist)

47. Dr. Scott Hahn (born
October 28, 1957) is a
Catholic theologian,
contemporary author,
consultant, professor, and
Christian apologist.
A former Presbyterian
minister who converted
to Catholicism, Hahn's
academic works include
Rome Sweet Home and
The Lamb's Supper: The
Mass as Heaven on Earth.
Dr. Scott Hahn
(former Presbyterian minister)

48. Anthony Charles Blair
(born May 6 1953) was a
Prime Minister in United
Kingdom. He was formerly
an Anglican Church member.
However, on December 22,
2007, it was disclosed that
Blair had joined the Catholic
Church. He was named as
one of the most influential
catholic in Great Britain.
PM Tony Blair
(former Anglican member)

49. William Henry Gates III
(born October 28, 1955) is an
American business magnate
and founder of Microsoft. He
was formerly a member of
protestant congregational
church. His wife Melinda Gates
is a catholic, of which Bill Gates
later joined on:
“The moral system of religion, I
think, are super important. We’ve
raised our kids in a religious way;
they’ve gone to the Catholic Church
that Melinda goes to and I
participate”.
Bill Gates
(former protestant member)

50. Princess Irene Emma
Elisabeth of the
Netherlands (born
August 5, 1939) is the
Princess of Lippe-
Biesterfeld. She was
converted to Catholicism
on 1964 from her former
protestant religion
Calvinism.
Princess Irene
(former Calvinist)

51. John Charles Wright
(born October 1961) is
American writer of
science fiction and
fantasy novels. He was a
former lawyer and
newspaper editor.
On 2008, at age of 42,
Wright converted from
Atheism to Catholicism.
Which he credited
through his vision of the
Virgin Mary.
John Wright
(former Atheist)

52. Lord Nicholas Charles
Windsor (born July 25,
1970) is the youngest
child of the Duke of
Kent, a great grand son
of King George V.
In a private ceremony in
2001 he was received in
the Catholic Church. He
is the first male of the
royal blood to convert to
Catholicism since King
Charles II.
Lord Nicholas Windsor
(former Anglican protestant)

53. Dr. Peter John Kreeft
(born March 16, 1937) is a
20th century philosopher,
Christian apologist and
university professor. He
had debated some known
Atheists in the US.
He was converted to
Catholicism from
Calvinism after he studied
that the Catholic Church
can traced its history back
to early times.
Dr. Peter Kreeft
(former Calvinist protestant)