Giancarlo Gramolazzo
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Father Giancarlo Gramolazzo (Ortovo, Italy, 1945 - Rome, 8 November 2010) was an Italian
Roman Catholic priest
who served as an exorcist
. He was the president of the International Association of Exorcists
until his death.
Born in Ortovo, north of Italy, he join the order of Saint Luigi Orione at the age of 12, where he was ordered as a priest in 1973, to become president of the Institute of orphans of Roma-Montemario.
He was dedicated during 30 years to exorcisim, becoming president of the International Association of Exorcists
, founded in 1993 by father Gabriele Amorth
, who still remains its honourable president.
Father Gramolazzo has over thirty years experience as an exorcist.
He helped Father Gabriele Amorth
in a 1999 exorcism of a nineteen year old woman. The next day the same woman who appeared at the Vatican
underwent another exorcism performed by Pope John Paul II.
In September 2004, in Mexico City
, Mexico
, Father Gramolazzo addressed the more than five hundred participants including exorcist priests from various dioceses in the country at the annual meeting of the International Association of Exorcists.
He died in Rome at the age of 65, after a serious disease, as Radio Vatican informed on November 12, 2010. The funeral was officed in the Roman church of All Saints, presided by bishop Giovanni D'Ercole and concelebrated by 60 priests, with the presence of family members, exorcists and representatives of the Association Family of the Immaculate, founded by himself.
Italy
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Roman Catholic priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
who served as an exorcist
Exorcist
In some religions an exorcist is a person who is believed to be able to cast out the devil or other demons. A priest, a nun, a monk, a healer, a shaman or other specially prepared or instructed person can be an exorcist...
. He was the president of the International Association of Exorcists
International Association of Exorcists
International Association of Exorcists is a Roman Catholic organization that was founded in 1990 by six priests including the world-famous exorcist of Rome, Father Gabriele Amorth and Father Jeremy Davies.-History:...
until his death.
Born in Ortovo, north of Italy, he join the order of Saint Luigi Orione at the age of 12, where he was ordered as a priest in 1973, to become president of the Institute of orphans of Roma-Montemario.
He was dedicated during 30 years to exorcisim, becoming president of the International Association of Exorcists
International Association of Exorcists
International Association of Exorcists is a Roman Catholic organization that was founded in 1990 by six priests including the world-famous exorcist of Rome, Father Gabriele Amorth and Father Jeremy Davies.-History:...
, founded in 1993 by father Gabriele Amorth
Gabriele Amorth
Gabriele Amorth is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and an exorcist of the Diocese of Rome who claims to have cleansed tens of thousands of people of evil spirits. Controversially, he believes that practising yoga is satanic and leads to evil just like reading JK Rowling’s Harry Potter...
, who still remains its honourable president.
Father Gramolazzo has over thirty years experience as an exorcist.
He helped Father Gabriele Amorth
Gabriele Amorth
Gabriele Amorth is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and an exorcist of the Diocese of Rome who claims to have cleansed tens of thousands of people of evil spirits. Controversially, he believes that practising yoga is satanic and leads to evil just like reading JK Rowling’s Harry Potter...
in a 1999 exorcism of a nineteen year old woman. The next day the same woman who appeared at the Vatican
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
underwent another exorcism performed by Pope John Paul II.
In September 2004, in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Father Gramolazzo addressed the more than five hundred participants including exorcist priests from various dioceses in the country at the annual meeting of the International Association of Exorcists.
He died in Rome at the age of 65, after a serious disease, as Radio Vatican informed on November 12, 2010. The funeral was officed in the Roman church of All Saints, presided by bishop Giovanni D'Ercole and concelebrated by 60 priests, with the presence of family members, exorcists and representatives of the Association Family of the Immaculate, founded by himself.