José Antonio Fortea

• Honorific Prefix — The Reverend • Name — Fr. José Antonio Fortea Cucurull • Title — Catholic Priest, Exorcist, Writer • Church — Catholic Church • Born — 11 October 1968 • Birthplace — Barbastro, Spain • Denomination — Catholic Church

His father was a businessman and did not expect him to become a priest, but to take charge of the family business since he was his only son. Father Fortea acknowledges that up until his adolescence, religion lacked importance for him and that the concept of sin seemed to be an anachronism. He valued the Church on the same level of Greek Mythology. During that period of time, he had in mind to pursue studies in law school. However, when he turned 15 years old, his perspective had a radical change and, in his own words, he understood that "he was a sinner and that the Church was the truth." He attributed this change to a grace from God. The same year, he finds himself considering the possibility of becoming a priest. After looking for guidance into this new path, he took the advice of a priest who told him to join the seminary, just to rule out any doubt. Upon entering the seminary, he clearly understood that the priesthood was his calling. He then got a bachelor's degree in Theology at the University of Navarra and his master's degree in the University of Comillas. Even though his specialty in Theology was on History of the Church, his licentiate thesis was about the topic of exorcism, hence the title "Exorcism in the Present Age". The result of those investigations was published under the titled "Daemoniacum". That publication made him known for the first time in Spain. Years later, and with a greater scope of knowledge in the topic, Summa Daemoniaca was published. This book was followed by a supplemental publication called Exorcística which provides new theoretical resources and practical cases. In 2011, he travelled to Europe and South America with Norwegian documentary filmmaker Fredrik Horn Akselsen to make Eksoristen i det 21. århundre (The Exorcist in the 21st Century)secolo), a documentary that shows Fortea grappling with exorcisms, first aired on NRK TV in 2012.

• Decalogía o Saga del Apocalipsis: • Cyclus Apocalypticus (2005) • Historia de la segunda secesión de los Estados Unidos (2005) • La construcción del Jardín del Edén (2005) • Memorias del último gran maestre templario. Año del señor 2211 (2005) • El juicio (2005) • Necronerópolis (2005) • Línea trocaica (2005) • Goedia (2005) • Libro noveno. Fragmentos de la época del Apocalipsis (2005) • Libro décimo. Fragmentos de la época del Apocalipsis (2005) • Edipo Vasco, Libros Libres, 2004. • Obra Férrea Editorial Dos Latidos, Benasque 2004,

• Daemoniacum. Tratado de demonología. Belacqua, Barcelona 2002 • Summa Daemoniaca. Dos Latidos, S.L.U, 2004 • Exorcística. Cuestiones sobre el demonio, la posesión y el exorcismo, 2007. • Anneliese Michel, un caso de posesión, Editorial Polwen. Polonia, 2011. • José Antonio Fortea, Lawrence E.U. LeBlanc, Anneliese Michel: a true story of a case of demonic possession: Germany 1976, self-published, 2012. • Un Dios Misterioso, Editorial Dos Latidos. Benasque 2010.

• Eimeric, Nicolau: Manual de Inquisidores La Esfera de los Libros S.L. Traducción y prólogo de J.A. Fortea. • Memorias de un Exorcista, Editorial Martínez Roca. 2008.