Priest

Discover a comprehensive directory of celebrated individuals who have dedicated their lives to priesthood. Our list of famous priests includes influential figures, renowned scholars, and spiritual leaders who have made significant contributions to society and the world at large. Explore their profiles to learn about their remarkable journeys, teachings, and impact on the religious and humanitarian landscapes.

Joseph C. Martin

Catholic priest, famous fighter against alcoholism

Alexey Zaritskiy

Greek Catholic priest

Francisco de Avila

Peruvian priest

The Parish Priest of Swinbrook

Luc-Francois Lalande

One of the first priests to accept the new civil structure of the clergy of France.

Cardinal Priest

Catholic priest of the Salesian congregation

Ambrose Edward Barlow

English priest, Benedictine monk, martyr saint

Ermolai Nicomediyskiy

Early Christian holy martyr

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece; Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church

Walerian Kalinka

Polish priest and historian, close to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and during the Polish Uprising of 1830-1831, the head of the National Government, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski.

Pope since 1958

Dionigi Tettamanzi

Archbishop of Milan

Ludwik Roch Gietyngier

Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr

Menahem-Mendel Sheerson

The Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, King Moshiach

Paramhansa Yogananda

Indian mystic, spiritual teacher

Belgian priest and humanist, Nobel Peace Prize, 1958

American Amish clergyman

John Nelson Darby

Anglo-Irish priest

Old Believer monk

Girolamo Savonarola

Florentine religious and political figure

Zosima Yakytskiy and Lenskiy

Metropolitan of Moscow, full academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, full member of the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature, honorary member of the Archaeological Society

Paolo Capizucchi

Italian clergyman

Vitaliy Borovoy

Priest of the Russian Church, protopresbyter.

Pope John Paul II

Pope (264th successor of Saint Peter)

Polish Jesuit priest, missionary, late Baroque poet

Aleksandr Gorskij

Famous scientist

English cardinal, one of the most prominent church figures in England

Priest in Brandenburg

Jose Carabantes

Spanish missionary of the Capuchin order

Italian priest, chess player and theorist.

Protestant priest, theologian, editor and writer

Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr

Spanish priest, diplomat, lawyer and economist

Natan Soderblom

Nobel Peace Prize, 1930

French Roman Catholic priest, Vatican and Curial dignitary, Premonstratensian. Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture from April 22, 1997 to December 3, 2009. President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences since December 3, 2009. Theologian and historian

Spanish nobleman, founder of the Society of Jesus - this is the official name of the Jesuit order

Pierre-Jean De Smet

Catholic priest, Jesuit missionary.

Archbishop of Paraguay, President of Paraguay since August 15, 2008

Semen Shahovskoy

Spiritual writer

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi

Blessed of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, priest, monk, martyr.

Isidor Yurievsky

Priest of the Nikolskaya Church in Yuryev

266th Pope since March 13, 2013

English clergyman, natural philosopher and physicist

Vatican prelate and curial dignitary.

Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, missionary and priest

Edmund Gennings

Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr

French religious reformer