death_date consecration nationality article_title coat_of_arms birth_date term_end death_place title term_start image name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place motto type appointed successor religion ordination birth_name
08 april 1979 12 september 1957 german josef stangl
 wappenstangl.jpg 12 march 1907 8 january 1979 schweinfurt , west germany bishop of würzburg 12 september 1957 josef stangl 1962.jpg josef stangl josef schneider julius august döpfner kronach , german empire domino plebem perfectam bishop 27 june 1957 paul-werner scheele roman catholic 16 march 1930 josef stangl
josef stangl

josef stangl -lrb- 12 march 1907 -- 8 april 1979 -rrb- was roman catholic bishop of würzburg , germany .
born in kronach , bavaria , stangl became a priest on 16 march 1930 , and he was appointed by pope pius xii as bishop of würzburg on 27 june 1957 .
he approved the exorcism on anneliese michel in 1975-1976 , ordering total secrecy , `` 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 .
