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.

Martin Luther
Germany
GermanyGreat German reformer

Francis Godwin
Great Britain
Great BritainAn English priest, he was a bishop.

Djovanny da Plano Karpini
France
FranceFranciscan monk who was the first Western European to find himself in the capital of the Mongol Empire, Karakorum

Zosima Yakytskiy and Lenskiy
Russia
RussiaBishop

Alimpiy
Old Believer monk

Girolamo Baruffaldi
Italy
ItalyFerrarese poet, literary scholar and priest of the Baroque era

Christodoulos
Greece
GreeceArchbishop of Athens and All Greece; Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church

Makariy
Russia
RussiaMetropolitan 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
Germany
GermanyPope since April 2005

Emelyan Kovch
Poland
PolandBlessed of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, priest

Tihon Shevkunov
Russia
RussiaAbbot of the Sretensky Monastery, confessor of the Putin family.

Jose Carabantes
Spain
SpainSpanish missionary of the Capuchin order

John Almond
Great Britain
Great BritainSaint of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr

Luc-Francois Lalande
France
FranceOne of the first priests to accept the new civil structure of the clergy of France.

Edmund Szoka
Italy
ItalyCardinal Priest

Walerian Kalinka
Poland
PolandPolish 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.

John Nelson Darby
Great Britain
Great BritainAnglo-Irish priest

Girolamo Savonarola
Italy
ItalyFlorentine religious and political figure

Pope John Paul II
Poland
PolandPope (264th successor of Saint Peter)

Lyman Abbott
USA
USAProtestant priest, theologian, editor and writer

Pierre-Jean De Smet
Belgium
BelgiumCatholic priest, Jesuit missionary.

Fernando Lugo
Paraguay
ParaguayArchbishop of Paraguay, President of Paraguay since August 15, 2008

Vitaliy Bairak
Ukraine
UkraineBlessed of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, priest, monk, martyr.

Pedro Claver
Spain
SpainSaint of the Roman Catholic Church, missionary and priest

Theodore Beza
France
FranceFrench religious reformer

Isaac Jogues
USA
USAJesuit Catholic priest, missionary and martyr

Yehuda Berg
USA
USARabbi, son of Rabbi Philip Berg, founder of the Kabbalah Study Center

Dominique Mamberti
Morocco
MoroccoVatican diplomat and curial dignitary

Michal Wozniak
Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr

Jindrich Simon Baar
Czech writer and Catholic priest

Jan Beyzym
Blessed Roman Catholic Church, Priest

Angelo De Santi
Italy
ItalyItalian priest and musicologist.

Bernhard Lichtenberg
Germany
GermanyCatholic priest

Abbot Pier
France
FranceMost popular person in France

Roman Arhutovskiy
Poland
PolandBlessed of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr, church historian

Peter Veigel
Catholic priest

Likhud Brothers
Greece
GreeceGreek Orthodox monks

William Ellery Channing
USA
USAAmerican publicist and religious figure, one of the founders of American Unitarianism

Leon Inchausti
Blessed Roman Catholic Church, Priest

Arvid August Afzelius
Sweden
SwedenSwedish romantic, representative of the so-called Gothic school

Anicet Adalbert Koplinski
Poland
PolandBlessed of the Roman Catholic Church, monk, priest, martyr.

Abban
Abbot of Kell Abban

Edmund Horace Fellowes
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish musicologist, Church of England clergyman

Ottokar Kernstock
Austria
AustriaAustrian poet, Catholic priest

Stanislaw Kazimierczyk
Poland
PolandSaint of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, preacher

Kazimierz Gostyіski
Poland
PolandBlessed of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, teacher.

Karapet Dirlugian
Armenia
ArmeniaPriest of the Armenian Catholic Church

Joseph Lallemand
France
FranceFrench theologian, priest

Norman Vincent Peale
USA
USAWriter and priest

Jakob Aljaz
Slovenia
SloveniaSlovenian theologian and mountaineer