Religious figure
Discover a comprehensive list of renowned religious figures, including their bios, quotes, and beliefs. Gain insights into the lives and teachings of prominent spiritual leaders who have shaped religious history and continue to inspire followers worldwide.

Cahal Brendan Daly
Ireland
IrelandIrish Cardinal

Nikodim
Ukraine
UkraineMetropolitan of Kharkov and Bogodukhovsky

Terence James Cooke
USA
USAAmerican Cardinal.

Vladimir
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian religious figure, bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, in 1993-1995 its primate with the title Patriarch of Kiev and All Rus'-Ukraine

Sathya Sai Baba
India
IndiaIndian guru

Isaiya Kopinskiy
Ukraine
UkraineOrthodox Metropolitan of Kyiv

Kumarajiva
Buddhist monk

Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
Italy
ItalyItalian cardinal and Vatican diplomat

Dorofeya Boykovich
Serbia
SerbiaAbbess of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Johannes Theodor Rudolf Kogel
Poland
PolandProtestant theologian

Alberto Genova
Italy
ItalyHoly Roman Catholic Church

Archbishop Damaskinos
Greece
GreeceBishop of the Greek Orthodox Church

Rodolfo Quezada Toruno
Guatemala
GuatemalaGuatemalan cardinal.

Parfeniy Aggeev
Russia
RussiaFounder and abbot of the Guslitsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery

Huldrychi Zwingli
Switzerland
SwitzerlandReformation figure

Pietro Parolin
Vatican
VaticanCardinal-Bishop with the title of the Church of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela 28 June 2018

Henry B. Eyring
USA
USAAmerican religious leader, since 2008 first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Dominique Dufour de Pradt
France
FranceAbbot, deputy to the States General from the Second Estate.

Pavel Golishev
Russia
RussiaArchbishop. Figure of the Russian Orthodox Church, since 1975 — in the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Aalto Marja-Sisko
Finland
FinlandFinnish minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Gregory Palamas
Greece
GreeceArchbishop of Thessalonica, medieval mystic

Ingobert
Bishop of Urgell (885-893). He spent most of his pontificate in a struggle for possession of the Urgell see with the uncanonically elected Bishop of Esclua.

Iosaf II
Russia
RussiaPatriarch of Moscow and All Rus' since 1667.

Luigi Traglia
Italy
ItalyItalian Curial Cardinal.

Clemens XIII
Italy
ItalyPope from July 6, 1758 to February 2, 1769.

Landulf II
Bishop and later Prince of Capua

Jerry Falwell
USA
USAInfluential American pastor and televangelist.

Iulius II
Italy
ItalyPope from October 31, 1503 to February 21, 1513.

Muhammad Abduh
Egypt
EgyptAn Egyptian public and religious figure, a liberal reformer, considered the founder of Islamic modernism.

Jamie Coots
USA
USAAmerican Pastor

Anthony Beshta-Borovsky
Poland
PolandBlessed of the Roman Catholic Church, Vicar General of the Diocese of Pinsk

Gilliom Monfor
France
FranceBishop of Paris (since 1095).

Patriarch Pimen (Pimen I of Moscow)
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'

Alban
The first holy martyr of the British Isles

Andrzej Maria Deskur
Vatican
VaticanPolish Curial Cardinal.

Angelo Maria Quirini
Italy
ItalyVenetian cardinal and curial dignitary, Benedictine

Niccolo Alamanni
Italy
ItalyA Roman antiquarian of Greek origin. He studied at the Roman Greek College founded by Gregory XIII, after which he was ordained as a Catholic deacon and then a priest.

Riher Reymskiy
France
FranceMonk of the monastery of St. Remigius in Reims.

Agostino Casaroli
Italy
ItalyItalian curial cardinal.

Ippolito Capilupi
Italy
ItalyItalian religious and political figure, poet

Vishnujana Swami
USA
USAKrishnaite religious figure, preacher, musician.

Varlaam Lenitskiy
Russia
RussiaArchbishop, Bishop of Suzdal and Yuryev, Bishop of Kolomensk and Kashira, Bishop of Astrakhan and Stavropol

Ali Kayaev
Dagestani scientist and religious figure, Lak by nationality

Polikarp Sikorskiy
Ukraine
UkrainePrimate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

Prabhupada Svami (Bhaktivedanta)
India
IndiaAn Indian religious leader and writer who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, better known as the Hare Krishna movement, in 1965.

Mordecai Kaplan
USA
USAAmerican rabbi, educator and religious philosopher, founder of Reconstructionism

Episkop Mileant
USA
USABishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Archbishop Vasiliy
Ukraine
UkraineBishop of the Ukrainian Exarchate and its successor, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Victor Kurylenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian religious figure, television and radio preacher

Hildegarda Bingenskaya
Germany
GermanyGerman nun, abbess of a monastery in the Rhine Valley.