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 exorcism
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)
- Walter Halloran (1921–2005)
- Peter Heier (1895–1982)
- Edward Hughes (1918–1980)
- Lawrence Kenny (1896–1977)
- Tadig Kozh (Placide Guillermic) (1788–1873)
- James J. LeBar (1936–2008)
- Malachi Martin (1921–1999)
- Emmanuel Milingo (1930)
- Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)
- Theophilus Riesinger (1868–1941)
- Peter Mary Rookey (1916–2014)
- José Antonio Fortea (born 1968)
- Vince Lampert (born 1963)
- Chad Ripperger (born 1964)
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) (1946–2014), also taught people about spiritual warfare.
- Frank Hammond (Baptist) (1921–2005)
- Edir Macedo[3] (Pentecostal) (born 1945)
- Derek Prince (Pentecostal) (1915–2003)
- Charles H. Kraft (Evangelical) (born 1932)
- Bob Larson (Evangelical) (born 1944)
References
edit- ^ "Pope Performs Exorcism Over Teenage Italian Girl". www.beliefnet.com.
- ^ The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unexplained, Religious Phenomena, page 205.
- ^ Tavolaro, Douglas; Lemos, Christina (2007). O Bispo – A História Revelada de Edir Macedo (in Portuguese). ISBN 978-85-7635-265-5.