An exorcist is a priest or lay person who performs the rite of exorcism.
List of Catholic exorcists
In the Roman Catholic Church, any Priest ordained prior to, or outside of, the changes made by the Second Vatican Council would have received the minor title of exorcist. In the Old Catholic Church and independent Catholic jurisdictions, qualifications for the title of exorcist vary. Some of those that have been publicly recognized for their exorcisms include:
- Father Ernst Alt(1937-Present)
- Father Candido Amantini (1914-1992)
- Father Raymond J. Bishop (1906-1978)
- Father William S. Bowdern (1897-1983)
- Father Jeremy Davies (1935 to Present)
- Father Joseph de Tonquedec (1868-1962)
- Father Angelo Fantoni (1903-1992)
- Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)[1][2]
- Father Jose Antonio Fortea (1968-Present)
- Father Walter Halloran (1921–2005)
- Father Edward Hughes (1918-1980)
- Father Lawrence Kenny (1896-1977)
- Father Alfred Kunz (1931-1998)
- Neal Lozano (1949-Present) Lay Catholic Deliverance Minister
- Father James J. LeBar (1936-2008)
- Father Malachi Martin (1921–1999)
- Emmanuel Milingo (1930-Present) No longer a Roman Catholic priest; excommunicated in 2006
- Cardinal John O'Connor (1920–2000)
- Father Rufus Pereira
- Padre Pio OFM Cap (1887–1968)
- Father Theophilus Riesinger (1868-1941)
List of Orthodox exorcists
- Avvákum Petróv (1620 or 1621-1682)
- Fr. Jack Ashcraft, OSB (19??-Present)
List of Protestant (exorcists) deliverance ministers
- Bishop Edir Macedo and other UCKG ministers[3]
- Dr. Brian Connor
- Dr. Charles H. Kraft (1932-Present)
References
- ^ Pope Performs Exorcism Over Teenage Italian Girl, John Norton, September 11, 2000
- ^ The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unexplained, Religious Phenomena, page 205.
- ^ Tavolaro & Lemos (2007:135-143)
Bibliography
Tavolaro, Doulas; Lemos, Christina (2007), O Bispo - A História Revelada de Edir Macedo (in Portuguese), ISBN 9788576352655