Josef Stangl

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Josef Stangl (German:

Roman Catholic bishop of Würzburg, Germany
.

Born in

Bishop of Würzburg
on 27 June 1957.

He approved the exorcism on Anneliese Michel in 1975 and 1976, ordering total secrecy,[1] "after careful consideration and good information" by Father Arnold Renz. She died of malnutrition from almost a year of semi-starvation while the rites of exorcism were performed.

Stangl

consecrated Father Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI
, as a bishop on 28 May 1977.

On 8 January 1979, Stangl withdrew as a bishop of Würzburg, and died in Schweinfurt in April 1979.

References

  1. The Windsor Star
    . 4 April 1978. Retrieved 14 May 2011.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Würzburg

1957-1979
Succeeded by