An exorcist is a person who is believed to be able to cast out the devil or other demons. This list consists of notable people who have been known or been publicly recognized as performing exorcisms.
Catholic exorcists edit
- Candido Amantini (1914–1992)
- Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016)
- Raymond J. Bishop (1906–1978)
- William S. Bowdern (1897–1983)
- Jeremy Davies (1935–2022)
- Joseph de Tonquedec (1868–1962)
- Thomas J. Euteneuer (1962)
- Angelo Fantoni (1903–1992)
- Pope John Paul II[1][2] (1920–2005)
- José Antonio Fortea (1968)
- Walter Halloran (1921–2005)
- Edward Hughes (1918–1980)
- Lawrence Kenny (1896–1977)
- James J. LeBar (1936–2008)
- Malachi Martin (1921–1999)
- Emmanuel Milingo (1930)
- Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)
- Theophilus Riesinger (1868–1941)
- Peter Heier (1895–1982)
- Peter Mary Rookey (1916–2014)
- Tadig Kozh (Placide Guillermic) (1788-1873)
- Vince Lampert
- Chad Ripperger
Orthodox exorcists edit
- Avvákum Petróv (1621–1682)
Anglican exorcists edit
- Christopher Neil-Smith (1920–1995)
- Bill Subritzky (1925-2015)
Lutheran exorcists edit
- Johann Blumhardt (1805–1880)
Baptist, Evangelical, and Pentecostal exorcists edit
- Brian Connor (Baptist)
- Charles H. Kraft (Evangelical) (1932)
- Bob Larson (Evangelical)
- Edir Macedo[3] (Pentecostal) (1945)
- Derek Prince (Pentecostal)
- Frank Hammond (Baptist) (1921–2005)
Nondenominational Christian exorcists edit
References edit
- ^ "Pope Performs Exorcism Over Teenage Italian Girl". www.beliefnet.com.
- ^ The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unexplained, Religious Phenomena, page 205.
- ^ Tavolaro, Doulas; Lemos, Christina (2007), O Bispo – A História Revelada de Edir Macedo (in Portuguese), ISBN 978-85-7635-265-5