- Josef Stangl
Josef Stangl (
March 12 ,1907 -April 8 ,1979 ) was aRoman Catholic Bishop ofWürzburg ,Germany .Born in
Kronach ,Bavaria , Stangl became apriest onMarch 16 ,1930 , and he was appointed byPope Pius XII as bishop of Würzburg onJune 27 ,1957 .He approved the
exorcism onAnneliese Michel "after careful consideration and good information" by FatherArnold Renz . On8 January 1979 , Stangl withdrew as a bishop of Würzburg and died three months later in April 1979.Stangl consecrated Father Joseph Ratzinger, now
Pope Benedict XVI , as a Bishop onMay 28 ,1977 .He died in
Schweinfurt two years later.External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bstangl.html Bishop Stangl at catholic-hierarchy.org]
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