That would be quite a surprise to the current members of both the Protestant and Catholic branches that trace their linage back to 1190. Much like the Protestant and Catholic branches of the Knights of St. John (Hospitallers) today the branches work together on their original mission of helping the poor and providing medical service.The Teutonic Order no longer existed after 1524
IIRC most of the Catholic Teutonic Order are priest while most of the Protestant branch are hereditary knights or nobility.
As an aside, it was not too long ago that the combined branches of the Hospitallers were the largest ambulance service and had the most hospices in Germany.
And since you are on a soapbox, I'm sure you will argue my assertion that State of the Teutonic Order is what most people are referring too as the "Teutonic Order". However, most historians will assert that what remained of the "order", was merely a political tool of the Hapsburg Holy Roman Empire to maintain a claim on the territories of Ducal Prussia, since they still controlled "West Prussia" or Brandenburg.
The history of central and eastern Europe becomes very convoluted around this time.
