About Fr. John Szada

Fr. John Szada is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. He attended Penn State University for his undergraduate degree and remains connected with the institution. Subsequently, he entered Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and was ordained in 1978. He pursued an interest in psychology after ordination and received a Ph.D. from Capella University in 2017. Fr. Szada was appointed the official exorcist of the diocese in 2011 and has performed numerous formal solemn exorcism rites. His keen interest, dating back to his dissertation on the topic, is in determining the cause of the affliction – mental illness or spiritual attack.