List of exorcists

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

• Candido Amantini (1914–1992)
• Gabriele Amorth (1925)
• Raymond J. Bishop (1906–1978)
• William S. Bowdern (1897–1983)
• Jeremy Davies (1935–present)
• 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)

Orthodox exorcists

• Avvákum Petróv (1621–1682)
• Father Jack Ashcraft (2005-Present)

Anglican exorcists

• Christopher Neil-Smith (1920–1995)
• Bill Subritzky

Lutheran exorcists

• Johann Blumhardt (1805–1880)

Baptist, Evangelical, and Pentecostal exorcists

• Brian Connor [Baptist]
• Charles H. Kraft [Evangelical] (1932)
• Bob Larson [Evangelical]
• Edir Macedo^[3] [Pentecostal] (1945)

References

1. Pope Performs Exorcism Over Teenage Italian Girl, John Norton, September 11, 2000
2. The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unexplained, Religious Phenomena, page 205.
3. Tavolaro, Doulas; Lemos, Christina (2007), O Bispo - A História Revelada de Edir Macedo (in Portuguese), ISBN 978-85-7635-265-5