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.

Great German reformer

Winston Blackmore

Canadian priest and polygamist

An English priest, he was a bishop.

Djovanny da Plano Karpini

Franciscan monk who was the first Western European to find himself in the capital of the Mongol Empire, Karakorum

Catholic priest and Slovak patriot

Protestant minister from Congo, carpenter from Stanley Pool

Zosima Yakytskiy and Lenskiy

Old Believer monk

Popular theologian and certified atheist

266th Pope since March 13, 2013

Girolamo Baruffaldi

Ferrarese poet, literary scholar and priest of the Baroque era

Aleksandr Gorskij

Famous scientist

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

Ermolai Nicomediyskiy

Early Christian holy martyr

Italian priest, chess player and theorist.

Blessed Roman Catholic, priest, monk of the Franciscan order

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

Jozef Ratcinger

Pope since April 2005

Vatican prelate and curial dignitary.

Blessed of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, priest

Tihon Shevkunov

Abbot of the Sretensky Monastery, confessor of the Putin family.

Australian Church of England bishop, historian, academic, author of 20 books and social commentator.

Ruhollah Homeini

The leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, Ayatollah (the highest spiritual rank of Shiites). In 1979 he led the revolution that led to the overthrow of the Shah's regime and the establishment of an Islamic republic.

Jose Carabantes

Spanish missionary of the Capuchin order

Italian Catholic priest

The Parish Priest of Swinbrook

Stanislav Kubista

Blessed Roman Catholic Church, Priest

Slovak Catholic priest, first President of Slovakia in 1938-1945.

Polish Catholic priest, theologian

Martin Luther King

American clergyman and social activist, civil rights leader

Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr

Timothy Michael Dolan

American priest, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

English clergyman and hymnist

Michael Istochnikov

Clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, theologian.

Joseph C. Martin

Catholic priest, famous fighter against alcoholism

Laurent Cassegrain

French Catholic priest and optician.

Alexey Zaritskiy

Greek Catholic priest

Pio of Pietrelcina

Italian Capuchin priest, Catholic saint

Francisco de Avila

Peruvian priest

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

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.

Dionigi Tettamanzi

Archbishop of Milan

John Nelson Darby

Anglo-Irish priest

Girolamo Savonarola

Florentine religious and political figure

Paolo Capizucchi

Italian clergyman

Vitaliy Borovoy

Priest of the Russian Church, protopresbyter.

Pope John Paul II

Pope (264th successor of Saint Peter)