Raymond J. Bishop

Template:Short description Raymond J. Bishop (January 15, 1906 – February 19, 1978) was a Catholic priest who was one of the several involved in the case of exorcising a boy in Maryland, who allegedly was possessed after using a ouija board. The case inspired author William Peter Blatty to write his 1971 novel The Exorcist.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Life

In 1949, Father Bishop taught at Saint Louis University, where one of his female students asked for help concerning her 13-year-old cousin (for reasons of anonymity referred to by the pseudonym Robbie Mannheim), who she said had been experiencing supernatural attacks after playing with a ouija board, and who had gone through one unsuccessful exorcism. Bishop contacted his close friend, Father William S. Bowdern, and they performed another exorcism on the boy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In the 1950s, Bishop was sent to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where he taught for more than 20 years. He died on February 19, 1978, in Nebraska.<ref>{{|url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/201989136:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=4ca87346db4a6df197b6b9ea813b5d6a&_phsrc=KRO114&_phstart=successSource%7Ctitle=Rev Fr Raimundus J. Bishop|}}</ref>