Francis MacNutt

Francis Scott MacNutt (April 22, 1925 - January 12, 2020)[1]) was an American former Roman Catholic priest.

[4] He taught at a seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, for several years before moving back to St Louis in 1966 to become executive director of the National Catholic Preaching Conference.

[5] As a young Roman Catholic priest, he was prominent and influential in the charismatic renewal in the 1960s,[6] and during the 1970s he became associated with the practices of speaking in tongues and faith healing and appeared on television with Ruth Carter Stapleton, the sister of President Carter.

[2] In 1993, MacNutt received a dispensation from Church authorities, and their marriage was celebrated with a ceremony officiated by the Most Reverend John Snyder, Bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, at Marywood Retreat Center in Jacksonville.

This conference was held in Jacksonville, with the purpose of bringing the MacNutts' teachings to the worldwide Church.