Gommar DePauw
| Gommar DePauw | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1918 |
| Died | 6 May 2005 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
Gommar A. DePauw (11 October 1918 – 6 May 2005) was a Belgian-American traditionalist Catholic priest and founder of an organization that he called the Catholic Traditionalist Movement.[1]
Sociologist and anthropologist of religion Michael W. Cuneo called dePauw, "the first Catholic traditionalist/separatist of any prominence in the United States", because of his early opposition to post-Vatican II changes in Catholic liturgy and practice.[2]
Education and career
From 1952 to 1963 DePauw taught canon law at Mount Saint Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. In 1955 he requested and was granted excardination from the Diocese of Ghent to the Archdiocese of Baltimore and was named academic dean of the seminary.[3]
On 23 June 1968 DePauw established the Ave Maria Chapel in Westbury, Long Island.[3]
Fr. DePauw never broke communion with the visible Catholic Church, retaining incardination until his death in the suburbicarian diocese of Tivoli.[4]
References
- Back to citation "National Catholic Reporter 12 January 1966 — Catholic Research Resources Alliance".
- Back to citation Cuneo, Michael W. (1999). The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicsm (Revised ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780801862656. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Cuneo, Michael W., The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicism, JHU Press, 1999, p. 90ISBN 9780801862656
- Back to citation "Reclaiming a Lost Voice in Catholic Moral Theology". Homiletic & Pastoral Review. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
Bibliography
- Conciliar or Catholic, 1967 lecture by DePauw
- The Educational Rights of the Church and Elementary Schools in Belgium[], DePauw's book from Catholic University of America Press
Further reading
- Marcello, Albert (28 August 2020). "Reclaiming a Lost Voice in Catholic Moral Theology: Who Was Fr. Gommar DePauw?". Homiletic & Pastoral Review. Retrieved 26 April 2023.