List of exorcists
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An exorcist
is a priest or lay person who performs the rite of exorcism
. This list consists of notable people who have been known or been publicly recognized as performing exorcisms.
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...
is a priest or lay person who performs the rite of exorcism
Exorcism
Exorcism is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed...
. This list consists of notable people who have been known or been publicly recognized as performing exorcisms.
List of Catholic exorcists
This section is for Catholic priests involved in exorcism and Catholic lay people involved in deliverance.- Father Ernst Alt(1937-Present)
- Father Candido AmantiniCandido AmantiniCandido Amantini was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a full-time exorcist. He also taught Sacred Scripture and moral theology. He produced a book entitled Il Mistero di Maria, about the Virgin Mary....
(1914-1992) - Father Gabriele AmorthGabriele AmorthGabriele 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...
"(1925 to Present)" - Father Raymond J. BishopRaymond J. BishopFather Raymond J. Bishop was a Roman Catholic priest. He became one of the several priests involved in the case of exorcizing a boy from St. Louis, Missouri, who was allegedly possessed after using a Ouija board...
(1906-1978) - Father William S. BowdernWilliam S. BowdernFather William S. Bowdern, S.J. was a Jesuit Roman Catholic priest in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He was the author of The Problems of Courtship and Marriage printed by Our Sunday Visitor in 1939. He was a graduate of and taught at St. Louis University High School; he also taught at St....
(1897-1983) - Father Jeremy Davies (1935 to Present)
- Father Joseph de TonquedecJoseph de TonquedecJoseph de Tonquédec, S.J. was a well known Jesuit Roman Catholic priest and author.Father Tonquedec was born in Morlaix, France on December 27, 1868. He received his doctorate in philosophy in 1899 and his doctorate in theology in 1905. He was the professor of philosophy at Collège St...
(1868-1962) - Father Thomas J. EuteneuerThomas J. EuteneuerThomas J. Euteneuer is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida and a pro-life activist. He was president of the organization Human Life International from 2000 to 2010.-Life and career:...
- Father Angelo FantoniAngelo FantoniFather Angelo Fantoni was an Italian priest and exorcist who worked at Monte San Savino near Arezzo, Italy.He was born in Italy on May 2, 1903 to Pietro Annunziata Fantoni...
(1903-1992) - Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
- Father Jose Antonio ForteaJose Antonio ForteaJosé Antonio Fortea Cucurull is a Spanish writer and calligrapher, and a Roman Catholic priest and exorcist of the diocese of Alcalá de Henares .-Education and work:...
(1968-Present) - Father Walter HalloranWalter HalloranFather Walter Halloran, SJ was a Jesuit Roman Catholic Christian priest who, at the age of twenty-six, assisted in the exorcism of Robbie Mannheim, a thirteen year old Lutheran boy in St. Louis, Missouri who it is said became possessed after using a Ouija board...
(1921–2005) - Father Edward Hughes (1918-1980)
- Father Lawrence KennyLawrence KennyFather Lawrence Kenny was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who was also an exorcist.He participated in the exorcism, in St. Louis, Missouri, of a thirteen year old Lutheran boy who became possessed after using a Ouija board. This was the case on which William Peter Blatty based his novel The...
(1896-1977) - Father Alfred KunzAlfred Kunz (Catholic priest)Father Alfred Kunz, , was a Catholic priest who was found with his throat slit in his Roman Catholic church in Dane, Wisconsin. His murder has never been solved...
(1931-1998) - Father James J. LeBarJames J. LeBarJames J. LeBar was a Roman Catholic priest who was the chief exorcist of the Archdiocese of New York in the United States.- Early career :...
(1936-2008) - Father Malachi MartinMalachi MartinMalachi Brendan Martin Ph.D. was a Catholic priest, theologian, writer on the Catholic Church, and professor at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute. He held three doctorates and was the sole author of sixteen books covering religious and geopolitical topics, which were published in eight...
(1921–1999) - Emmanuel MilingoEmmanuel MilingoEmmanuel Milingo is a former Roman Catholic archbishop from Zambia. In 1969, aged 39, Milingo was consecrated by Pope Paul VI as Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka....
(1930-Present) No longer a Roman Catholic priest; excommunicated in 2006 - Cardinal John O'Connor (1920–2000)
- Padre Pio OFM CapPio of PietrelcinaSaint Pio of Pietrelcina was a Capuchin priest from Italy who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He was born Francesco Forgione, and given the name Pio when he joined the Capuchins; he was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to the priesthood. He became famous for his ...
(1887–1968) - Father Theophilus RiesingerTheophilus RiesingerTheophilus Riesinger a Roman Catholic priest, who later became an exorcist, was born in Germany and later resided in Marathon, Wisconsin, in the United States....
(1868-1941) - Fr.Jack Ashcraft, OSB (1967-Present)
List of Orthodox exorcists
- Avvákum PetróvAvvakumAvvakum Petrov was a Russian protopope of Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church...
(1620 or 1621-1682) - Metropolitan Philip Saliba (1965-present)
List of Protestant exorcists and deliverance ministers
- Bishop Edir MacedoEdir MacedoEdir Macedo Bezerra is a Brazilian religious leader. Macedo was raised Catholic, but by 1970 was a Pentecostal. He founded the "Neo-Pentecostal" Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil in 1977....
and other UCKGUniversal Church of the Kingdom of GodUniversal Church of the Kingdom of God is a Pentecostal Christian organisation established in Brazil on July 9, 1977, with a presence in many countries...
ministers [Pentecostal] - Rev. Christopher Neil-SmithChristopher Neil-SmithChristopher Neil-Smith was an Anglican priest originally from Hampstead best known for his practice of exorcism and parapsychological interests....
[Anglican] - Rev. Johann BlumhardtJohann BlumhardtJohann Christoph Blumhardt was a German Lutheran theologian and the father of Christoph Blumhardt.The elder Blumhardt was educated for the Reformed ministry and, after a brief term as executive for a missionary society, became pastor in Möttlingen, an obscure village of Württemberg, southern Germany...
(1805–80) [Lutheran] - Dr. Brian ConnorBrian ConnorThe Rev. Dr. Brian N. Connor is an American pastor and exorcist who also teaches people about spiritual warfare.Connor graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and holds a doctor of ministry degree....
[Baptist] - Dr. Charles H. KraftCharles H. KraftRev. Dr. Charles H. Kraft is an American anthropologist and linguist whose work since the early 1980s has focused on inner healing and spiritual warfare...
(1932-Present) - Rev. John FranklinJohn FranklinRear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...
[Christian] - Minister Shannon Ray Davis (2009-Present)
- Bill SubritzkyBill SubritzkyWilfred Allen Subritzky, from Auckland, New Zealand, was a lawyer and property developer from the mid 1950s until the mid 1980s. In 1971 he became involved in the Charismatic movement, and became an independent evangelist and healer. His company, Universal Homes, mass-produced homes in standard...