HELP! how can I find which diocese a priest is in?

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I have an uncle who is a Catholic priest. He believes and teaches very different things than the Catholic Church teaches and has now sent me a website with beliefs that he evidently believes. I have been trying to discuss the faith with him for a few years and he will say things like “that is a very deep document and may be difficult for you to understand”. His beliefs do not include the Trinity, the Roman Catholic Church as being the Pillar and foundation of Truth, and he believes in new revelation from these men in the 1800s
some man named “Lorber” with contradictory beliefs to what the church has always taught. They were from Germany/austria.

How do I find out which diocese he is in, is there a database for priests online? He has his own ministry and travels all over the world teaching new age things and has disturbing links on his website to crystals, yoga and other new age things. I ned to notify the proper bishop or Rome, whichever, can someone please help me in this journey to stopping this false teaching? Thank you!
 
More details would be needed. If he belongs to a diocese in the U.S., he can be looked up in the official directory published by P.J. Kenedy and Sons. Most rectories have a copy of the directory. If stuck, send me a pm after Christmas for other options.

Alternatively, ask him.
 
I would start by inquiring with the diocese that includes wherever his home mailing address is. He may not be incardinated with a diocese, though, if he associated with an Order, and your description suggests to me that he may be a Jesuit. (With no offense intended to the many good Jesuits out there. It just seems sometimes that while good Jesuits can be the best of the best, they also seem the opposite when they go wrong.)
 
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I have an uncle who is a Catholic priest. He believes and teaches very different things than the Catholic Church teaches and has now sent me a website with beliefs that he evidently believes. I have been trying to discuss the faith with him for a few years and he will say things like “that is a very deep document and may be difficult for you to understand”. His beliefs do not include the Trinity, the Roman Catholic Church as being the Pillar and foundation of Truth, and he believes in new revelation from these men in the 1800s
some man named “Lorber” with contradictory beliefs to what the church has always taught. They were from Germany/austria.

How do I find out which diocese he is in, is there a database for priests online? He has his own ministry and travels all over the world teaching new age things and has disturbing links on his website to crystals, yoga and other new age things. I ned to notify the proper bishop or Rome, whichever, can someone please help me in this journey to stopping this false teaching? Thank you!
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Lorber was a Christian mystic
 
Is he a diocesan priest or part of a religious order? If he travels a lot, that would indicate that he may not be part of a particular diocese.

One thing I would find out is where is base of operations is. Even though he travels, that should be easy to find out with some web searches. That would indicate what diocese he resides in. If he is part of an order, you will also have to find out where his superiors are located.

If neither of these work, I would suggest contacting the Papal Nuncio for the US or Cardinal Francis Arinze who is the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
 
I have found over here that our Catholic Directories include information about Priests resident in the Diocese, even if not incardinated here.
 
If he travels that extensively and is that open the bishop may already know and he may have already separated from the church.
 
he is a jesuit ordained 1961, i have an ordination card of his.
 
Your first course of action will be to his Provincial Superior rather than the Bishop. After that, you will have to find if there is any higher authority in the OFMs. If no luck at those two level that it would be the Papal Nuncio or Cardinal Arinze.
 
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