Chad Ripperger

{{Short description|American Roman Catholic priest and exorcist}}

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| archdiocese = Denver

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|11}}

| birth_place = Casper, Wyoming
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| 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)

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| religion = Catholic Church

| ordination = June 7, 1997

| ordained_by = Edward Slattery

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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){{Cite web |url=https://dolorans.org/ |title=Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother |access-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109150819/https://dolorans.org/ |url-status=live }} in the Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, United States.

Biography

Ripperger was born in Casper, Wyoming. He earned two bachelor's degrees, in theology and philosophy, from the University of San Francisco; and two master's 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.{{cite web | url=https://osmm.org/node/63 | title=Fr. Chad Ripperger | publisher=Our Sorrowful Mother's Ministry | access-date=January 12, 2019 | archive-date=August 15, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815173415/https://osmm.org/node/63 | url-status=live }}

He was ordained a Catholic priest on June 7, 1997, by Edward Slattery for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.{{cite news |last1=Sterling |first1=Dana |title=Priest Ordained In Traditional Mass |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-priest-ordained-in-tradition/159328357/ |work=Tulsa World |date=8 June 1997}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Woodard |first1=Joe |title=LITURGY: the ritual of letting God find You |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-liturgy-the-ritual-of-le/159329019/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Calgary Herald |date=1 February 2003}} He also served as a pastor in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.{{cite news |title=St. Joan of Arc Chapel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-coeur-dalene-press-st-joan-of-arc/159329961/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=The Coeur d'Alene Press |date=28 May 2011 |page=28}}

= 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 then a celebration for the formal establishment of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother was held in March 2015.{{cite news |title=Bringing the deliverance of Christ to the afflicted |url=https://lancasterlatinmass.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fatherparinello.pdf |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Eastern Oklahoma Catholic |publisher=Diocese of Tulsa |date=September 2015 |archive-date=March 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331005645/https://lancasterlatinmass.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fatherparinello.pdf |url-status=live }} In September 2016, the Society moved to the Archdiocese of Denver.{{cite news |last1=Douglas |first1=Max |title=Traditionalist Society of Exorcists Moving to Denver |url=https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/traditionalist-society-of-exorcists-moving-to-denver |work=Church Militant |date=January 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118081114/https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/traditionalist-society-of-exorcists-moving-to-denver |archive-date=Jan 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}} It is presently based in Keenesburg, Colorado.{{cite book |title=The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord 2021 |date=2021 |publisher=P.J. Kenedy |location=New York |page=374 |url=https://archive.org/details/officialcatholic2021unse |access-date=19 November 2024}}

References

External links

[https://dolorans.org/ Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (the Doloran Fathers)]
[http://sensustraditionis.org/ Sensus Traditionis, his personal website]
[https://www.tumblarhouse.com/collections/fr-chad-ripperger/ Tumblar House profile]

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