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Former Lutherans become Catholic priests July 03, 2007

Two former Lutheran ministers have been ordained to the priesthood for the Catholic Church in Germany in recent weeks, and one in Austria.

Father Hans-Tilmann Golde, a former Lutheran and the married father of 3 children, was ordained on June 30 for the Diocese of Eichstatt. In May another former Lutheran cleric, Gerhard Stille, was ordained in Paderborn.

Father Gerhard Hoberth, yet another ex-Lutheran, was recently ordained as a priest of the Vienna, Austria, archdiocese.

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