Father Paul Francis Ratterman, C.P., Holy Cross Province (1913-1994)

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Born August 6, 1913 he professed his vows on July 30, 1933 and was ordained June 7, 1941. Father Ratterman served as associate pastor, Immaculate Conception Church, Chicago, Illinois from 1944 until 1950. From 1950 until 1956 he vicar of the Passionist monastery, Sierra Madre, California. From 1956 until 1968 was pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, Chicago. From 1968 until 1983 he was pastor of St. Gemma Church, Detroit, Michigan and then associate pastor of St Raphael’s Church, Louisville, Kentucky from 1984 until 1991. He died at Methodist Hospital, Louisville.