Peter Heier
Father Peter HeierTemplate:Efn (September 16, 1895 – March 24, 1982), S.V.D. was a Roman Catholic priest of Hague, North Dakota.
Peter Heier was the son of George and Magdalena (Wolf) Heier. He was born in Template:Ill (today Malodolynske), Ukraine. His family immigrated to the United States and settled in North Dakota. Heier studied for the priesthood and was stationed in Hague, North Dakota, where he also served as an exorcist. He served as a Divine Word missionary<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> in China,<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref><ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> where he was put in charge of a noted demonic possession case in 1926 and again in 1929, concerning a Chinese woman named Lautien in Henan, China.<ref> Template:Cite book</ref> The case was printed up in a pamphlet entitled Begone Satan by Father Celestine Kapsner in 1928.
Heier died in Conesus, New York.<ref>"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1MN-6Z2 : 8 January 2021), Peter Heier, Mar 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).</ref>
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