List of fictional clergy and religious figures

Clergy and other religious figures have generally represented a popular outlet for pop culture, although this has tapered in recent years. Some of the more popular clergy, members of religious orders and other religious personages featured in works of fiction are listed below.

All names on list are in Western order (first name, last name) when applicable.

Christianity

Roman Catholic Church

• Ezio Auditore da Firenze (did not pray in church, and later reverted to an unknown form of Christianity) – Assassin's Creed series

Attended seminary

• Robert Chase – House

Monks and friars

• Adso of Melk (Benedictine) – The Name of the Rose novel and movie
• Ambrosio – The Monk
• Brother Brace – RuneScape
• Brother Cadfael (Benedictine) – mystery novels by Edith Pargeter
• Caraccioli (Dominican) – A General History of the Robberies and Murders Of the most notorious Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson
• Friar Carl – Van Helsing
• Friar Domingo – Shōgun, played by Michael Hordern in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun
• Brother Dominic – TV ads for Xerox photocopiers
• Fray Felipe – The Mask of Zorro
• Brother Francis Gerard – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Brother Francisco, played by Giampiero Albertini in the 1975 film version of Zorro
• Friar Fuck – Sex and the City
• Brother Edward Hamilton – Chrono Crusade
• Friar Huberd – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Father Imperius – Ladyhawke
• Frère Jacques
• Brother Kornhoer – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Friar Lawrence – Romeo and Juliet
• Brother Maynard – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• The Meddling Monk – a Rogue Time Lord in Doctor Who
• The Monk – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Fr O'Bubblegum (English) - the pocket cartoons of Osbert Lancaster
• Prior Philip (Benedictine) – The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Brother Theo (Dominican) – Babylon 5
• Friar Tuck – Robin Hood
• William of Baskerville (Franciscan) – The Name of the Rose novel and movie

Nuns

• The Abbess – The Bridge of San Luis Rey
• Sister Abigail (C. C. H. Pounder) – Orphan
• Sister Agnes (Meg Tilly) – Agnes of God
• Sister Angela – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
• Sister Angela – One-Pound Gospel
• Angela Chiaromonte – The White Sister
• Sister Ann – Sacred Flesh
• Sister Anna – Operation Pacific
• Sister Anna Baragli – Hudson Hawk
• Sister Assumpta – Father Ted
• Sister Augustine – Appointment with Danger
• Sister Sandrine Bieil - The Da Vinci Code
• Sister Barbara Bennett – Change of Habit
• Calen Hortensia – Fate/Hollow Atraxia
• Sister Catherine – Sacred Flesh
• Ciel – Tsukihime, Melty Blood and Shingetsutan Tsukihime
• Sister Clotilde – Till We Meet Again
• Sister Dominique – The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• Sister Laura Donnelly – Love is a Many Splendored Thing
• Sister Edwitha – Angels in the Outfield
• Eglentyne The Prioress – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Abbess Elizabeth – Sacred Flesh
• Sister Encarnación – Nacho Libre
• Sister Euphemia of the Five Wounds – Nuns on the Run
• Felicia – Darkstalkers
• Sister Fidelma – stories by Peter Tremayne
• Sister Frances – Women in War
• Sister Francisca – The Sea
• Sister Michelle Gallagher – Change of Habit
• Sister Gertrude – Killer Nun
• Sister Mako Graham – Yakitate!! Japan
• Sister Irene Hawkins – Change of Habit
• Sister Helen – Sacred Flesh
• Sister Helena – Sacred Flesh
• Sister Inviolata of the Immaculate Conception – Nuns on the Run
• Sister Jane – Sacred Flesh
• Sister Jude – American Horror Story: Asylum
• Sister Kate – TV series Sister Kate
• Sister Libertine – All Quiet on the Western Front
• Sister Margaret – D no Fūin and Girl Saurus series, all by manga artist Kei Kusunoki
• Mother Maria Jose - Anthony Adverse
• Sister Marie – Popetown
• Sister Marie Therese Vauzous – The Song of Bernadette
• Sister Mary Benedict – The Bells of St. Mary's
• Sister Mary Downey – Disaster! (Musical)
• Sister Mary Elephant – from the Cheech & Chong comedy skit of the same name
• Sister Mary Eunice – American Horror Story: Asylum
• Sister Mary of the Annunciation – Nuns on the Run
• Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart – Nuns on the Run
• Sister Mary Stigmata (a.k.a. "The Penguin") – The Blues Brothers
• Sister Mathieu – Killer Nun
• Sister Michelle (Mary Tyler Moore) – Change of Habit
• Sister Miyako – Kannazuki no Miko
• Sister Josepha Montafiore (Natascha McElhone) – Revelations TV miniseries
• Sister Olav – The Far Arena
• Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski – Father Dowling Mysteries TV series
• Mother Redempta – The Private War of Major Benson
• Sister Rose – Three Came Home
• Ryesbyfe Stridberg – Melty Blood
• Mother Josephine – The Garden of Allah
• Mother Maria Jose – Anthony Adverse
• Mother Miriam Ruth (Anne Bancroft) – Agnes of God
• Mother Stephen – Bless Me Father
• Mother Superior (Diana Scarwid) – Pushing Daisies – Season 2, Episode 1: "Bzzzzzzz!", Episode 2: "Circus Circus", and Episode 3: "Bad Habits"
• Mother Superior (Alida Valli) – Killer Nun
• Sister Penelope – Popetown
• Sister Phoebe – Bedazzled
• Sister Peter Marie – Oz
• Sister Teresa – Sacred Flesh
• Sister Therese – Sea Wife
• Yoko Belnades in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
• Sister Yukariko Sanada – My-HiME
• Sister Yumiko/Yumie Takagi from Hellsing
• Sister Yuko Amamiya – Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
• The Second Nun – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Sister Thornly – Time Squad
• Sister Wilhelmina – The Cardinal
• Heinkel Wolfe - Hellsing
• Unnamed Orthodox nun in The Peshawar Lancers - deranged by the destruction of Russia in a meteor shower, abandons Christianity and founds the Chernobog devil worship

Nuns from Agnes of God

• Mother Miriam Ruth
• Sister Agnes
• Sister Anne
• Sister David Marie
• Sister Elizabette
• Sister Genevieve
• Sister Geraldine
• Sister Jeannine
• Sister Joseph
• Sister Luke
• Sister Marguerite
• Sister Paul
• Sister Susanna
• Sister Therese

Nuns from Brides of Christ

• Mother Ambrose
• Novice Brigid
• Novice Denise
• Novice Therese
• Sister Agnes
• Sister Attracta
• Sister Catherine
• Sister Clare
• Sister Francine
• Sister Innocent
• Sister Patrick
• Sister Paul
• Sister Perpetua
• Sister Philomena
• Sister Pierre
• Sister Polycarp

Nuns from A Certain Magical Index

• Sister Agata
• Sister Agnese Sanctis
• Sister Angelene
• Sister Caterina
• Sister Lucia
• Sister Orsola Aquinas
• Sister Ridovia Lorenzetti

Nuns from Chrono Crusade

Unless otherwise specified, all below belong to the fictional Order of Magdalene (the Order of Mary Magdalene).

• Sister Anna
• Sister Azmaria Hendric
• Sister Claire
• Sister Kate Valentine
• Sister Mary
• Sister Rosette Christopher

Nuns from Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

• Sister Helen
• Sister Lee
• Sister Louise
• Sister Melanie
• Sister Monica

Nuns from The Flying Nun

• Reverend Mother Superior Placido
• Sister Ana
• Sister Bertrille
• Sister Jacqueline
• Sister Sixto
• Sister Theresa

Nuns from Impure Thoughts

• Sister Atta
• Sister Edmunda
• Sister Gertrude
• Sister Joan of Arc
• Sister Juliet
• Sister Othilda
• Sister Scholastica

Nuns from In This House of Brede

• Dame Agnes
• Dame Anselma
• Dame Beatrice
• Dame Colette
• Dame Emily
• Dame Joan
• Dame Margaret
• Dame Maura
• Dame Perpetua
• Dame Phillipa
• Dame Scholastica
• Dame Thecla
• Dame Ursula
• Dame Veronica
• Dame/Mother Abbess Catherine
• Mother Abbess Hester
• Sister Barbara
• Sister Constance
• Sister Hilary
• Sister Jane
• Sister Joanna
• Sister Louise
• Sister Polycarp
• Sister Renata
• Sister Sumi
• Sister/Dame Cecily
• Sister/Sama Kazuko
• Sister/Sama Mariko
• Sister/Sama Yoko
• Sister/Sama Yuri

Nuns from The Keys of the Kingdom

• Mother Maria Veronica
• Sister Clotilde
• Sister Martha
• Sister Mercy Mary

Nuns from Lilies of the Field

• Mother Maria
• Sister Agnes
• Sister Albertine
• Sister Elizabeth
• Sister Gertrude

Nuns from The Nun's Story

• Mother Cristophe
• Mother Didyma
• Mother Emmanuel
• Mother Marcella
• Mother Mathilde
• Novice Simone
• Sister Augustine
• Sister Aurelie
• Sister Bernard
• Sister Eleanor
• Sister Ellen
• Sister Luke
• Sister Margharita
• Sister Marie
• Sister Pauline
• Sister Timothy
• Sister William

Nuns fromNunsense

• Mother Mary Regina
• Sister Julia Child of God
• Sister Mary Hubert
• Sister Mary Leo
• Sister Mary Paul
• Sister Mary Wilhelm
• Sister Robert Anne

Nuns from Satan Never Sleeps

• Sister Agness
• Sister Justine
• Sister Mary
• Sister Theresa

Nuns from The Singing Nun

• Mother Prioress
• Sister Ann
• Sister Brigitte
• Sister Cluny
• Sister Consuella
• Sister Elise
• Sister Elizabeth
• Sister Gertrude
• Sister Marthe
• Sister Marissalas
• Sister Mary
• Sister Michele
• Sister Therese

Nuns from Sister Act and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

• Mother Superior
• Sister Alma
• Sister Mary Clarence
• Sister Mary Lazarus
• Sister Mary Patrick
• Sister Mary Robert

Nuns from The Sound of Music

• Mother Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey
• Postulant Maria Rainer
• Sister Agatha
• Sister Bernice
• Sister Berthe
• Sister Catherine
• Sister Margaretta
• Sister Sophia

Nuns from Trinity Blood

• Sister Esther Blanchett (Queen of Albion)
• Sister Kate Scott (Iron Maiden)
• Sister Noélle Bor (Mistress)
• Sister Paula (Lady of Death)
• Various abesses and nuns

Nuns from The Trouble with Angels and Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

• Mother Superior
• Novice Mary Clancy
• Novice Sheila
• Sister Barbara
• Sister Celestine
• Sister Clarissa
• Sister Constance
• Sister Elizabeth
• Sister George
• Sister Liguori
• Sister Prudence
• Sister Rose Marie
• Sister Ursula

Deacons

• Deacon Sid (Tom Yi) – 7th Heaven TV series

Priests

• Father Adelfio – Cinema Paradiso
• Captain Paul Adrano – Chaplain in the US Marines in Donald Pfarrer's novel "The Fearless Man"
• Father Alfredo Albini - The Pope Must Die played by Janez Vajevec
• Father C.D[avid] "Dave" Albinizi - The Pope Must Die played by Robbie Coltrane
• Father Amaro – The Sin of Father Amaro
• Father Alexander Anderson – Hellsing
• Monsignor Marcus Apollo – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Father Arkos – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Father Barry – On the Waterfront, a character based on Father John M. Corridan
• Father Ben – fictional character from (meta-fictional) television show that Father Ted watched.
• Father Bish - The Pope Must Die played by Peter Richardson
• Father Neil Boyd – Bless Me Father
• Father Brady – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Pfarrer Guido Braun – Pfarrer Braun, a 2003 German TV series based on the Father Brown stories
• Father Brennan – The Omen
• Father Ralph de Bricassart – The Thorn Birds
• Father John Brown – created by G. K. Chesterton
• Father Donald Callahan – Stephen King's novel 'Salem's Lot and in The Dark Tower series
• Father Capitola – Neighbours
• Father Cheroki – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Father Francis Chisholm – The Keys of the Kingdom
• Joshua Christopher (eventually) – Chrono Crusade
• Father Peter Clifford – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Father Cloughessy – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Father Jerome (Jerry) Connelly – Angels with Dirty Faces
• Father Ted Crilly – Father Ted TV series
• Confessor (Jeremiah Parrish) – Astro City
• Father Thomas Cusack (Christopher Reeve) – Mortal Sins (1992 Movie)
• Father Clifford Daniels (Martin Short) – Clifford, (1994 Movie)
• Pastor Dave (Kevin McDonald) – That '70s Show
• Father David – D no Fuin
• Father Anthony Delvecchio (Al Molinaro) – Happy Days
• Father Frank Dowling – Father Dowling Mysteries TV series
• Father Charles Duddleswell – Bless Me Father
• Father Mike Dugan – Robert K. Tanenbaum's crime novels featuring Marlene Ciampi and Butch Karp
• Mr. Eko – Lost
• Father Ellerton – Priest (1994 movie)
• Father Stephen Fermoyle – The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson
• Monsignor Fitchie - The Pope Must Die, played by Paul Bartel
• Father John Flaherty (Christopher Reeve) – Monsignor
• Reverend Matthew Fordwick (John Ritter) – The Waltons
• Dom Claude Frollo – The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
• Belial (Betheal) Gavarre – Priest manga
• Father Jack Gilliam – Chrono Crusade
• Father Christian Gladstone – Windswept House by Malachi Martin
• Father Andrew Graham – Yakitate!! Japan
• Father Jack Hackett – Father Ted TV series
• Father Keiron Hobbs – Hollyoaks
• Father Hubley (Charles Durning) – Everybody Loves Raymond
• Vaclav Havel (Know Faith) – Trinity Blood
• Father Hugh Collins – Ryan's Daughter
• Father Ignatius – Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
• Father Tres Iqus (HC-IIIX, Gunslinger) – Trinity Blood
• Father Janovich – Gran Torino
• Father José – La Mala Educación
• Father Isaac Edward Leibowitz – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Father Markus Kane – Indigo Prophecy
• Father Damien Karras – The Exorcist
• Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) – Stigmata
• Father Kirei Kotomine – Fate/Stay Night
• Father Jack Landry – V
• Father Laforgue – Black Robe
• Father Jean Marie Latour – Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
• Father Peter Lonergan – The Quiet Man
• Father Lonigan – Passions
• Father Lucci – The Seventh Sign
• Father Frank 'Mac' Macanally – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Father John Majeski – All in the Family TV series
• Father Manolo – La Mala Educación
• Father Maurice – Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
• Father Maxi – South Park
• Father Enrico Maxwell (later Archbishop) – Hellsing
• Father Dougal McGuire – Father Ted TV series
• Father Lancaster Merrin – The Exorcist
• Tommy Miller – The Butterfly Effect
• Father Richard Moore – The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• Father M'Quive - Hellsing
• Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy – M*A*S*H (TV series)"M*A*S*H TV series
• Father Nicholas – Popetown
• Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) – X-Men
• Father Abel Nightroad (Kresnik/Crusnik) – Trinity Blood
• The Nun's Priest – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Father Aidan O'Connell – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Father O'Day – book Escape to Witch Mountain
• Father Chuck O'Malley – Going My Way and The Bells of Saint Mary's
• Father O'Reilly – Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
• Father Paneloux – The Plague
• The Pardoner – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• The Parson – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Father Fermin de Pas - La Regenta
• Dom Paulo of Pecos – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Father Greg Pilkington – Priest (1994 movie)
• Father Philip Prestwick – Father Dowling Mysteries TV series
• Priest (no name given) – The Power and the Glory, a novel by Graham Greene
• Father Ewan Remington – Chrono Crusade
• Father Restrepo The House of the Spirits
• Father Roberto – D no Fuin and Girl Saurus series, all by manga artist Kei Kusunoki
• Father Ronaldo - Hellsing
• Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez – Jesuit priest in A Case of Conscience by James Blish
• Father Emilio Sandoz – Jesuit priest-linguist in Mary Doria Russell's novels The Sparrow and Children of God
• Father Guido Sarducci – Vatican gossip columnist played by comedian Don Novello on Saturday Night Live and other TV shows and movies
• Fr. Frank "Buzz" Scott – The Poseidon Adventure novel by Paul Gallico and movie
• Father James – Sacred Flesh
• Father Tom Scully – Neighbours
• Father Vincent Sheahan – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Sloth, the lazy priest – Piers Plowman, a long-form poem written by William Langland in 1377
• Reverend Snow (Peter Mark Richman) – Three's Company; Chrissy Snow's (Suzanne Somers) father was a priest, who came to visit in the episode "Chrissy, Come Home" (28 February 1978)
• Father Peter – Sacred Flesh
• Father Spiletto – The Omen
• Don Camillo Tarocci – Giovannino Guareschi's tales
• Father Gabriel Stokes – The Walking Dead
• Father Thomas – Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
• Father Matthew Thomas – Priest (1994 movie)
• Father Antonio Torres – Sunset Beach
• Father Viner – Sinister Street
• Father Hugue de Watteau (Sword Dancer) – Trinity Blood
• Father Wolfgang – Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood – Trigun
• Father Zerchi – A Canticle for Leibowitz

Bishops

• Bishop of Aquila – Ladyhawke
• Bishop René d'Herblay of Vannes – the D'Artagnan Romances novels of Alexandre Dumas, père
• Bishop Manuel Aringarosa – Opus Dei Bishop in The Da Vinci Code
• Bishop Bernard – Rebirth (manhwa)
• Bishop Biagio Busoni - A Certain Magical Index
• Bishop Len Brennan – Father Ted TV series
• Don Candido, Archbishop of Trebilie (or Trebiglie) – novels by Giovannino Guareschi
• Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese – The Thorn Birds, played by Christopher Plummer
• Bishop Costello – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Bishop James Cunningham of Wandsworth - murdered in Messiah by Boris Starling
• Archbishop Gilday – The Godfather Part III
• Bishop O'Hara – Sister Act
• Bishop Myriel (aka Monseigneur Bienvenue; Bishop of Digne) – Les Misérables
• Archbishop Richard Rushman – Primal Fear
• Bishop Blackie Ryan – Andrew Greeley's novels
• Archbishop of Cologne, Alfonso d'Este – Trinity Blood

Cardinals

• Cardinal – Flesh & Blood (1985)
• Cardinal Caterina Sforza – Trinity Blood
• Cardinal Daniel Houseman (Jonathan Pryce) – Stigmata
• Cardinal Dario Fungi – Gilda Live, Father Guido Sarducci accompanies him on the "college lecture circuit"
• Cardinal Francesco di Medici – Trinity Blood
• Cardinal Giorgio Mindanelli – Broken Road
• Cardinal Grandenetti – Astro City
• Cardinal Ignatius Glick – Dogma, played by George Carlin
• Cardinal Jinette – Van Helsing
• Cardinal Kandinsky - The Pope Must Die
• Cardinal Lamberto – The Godfather Part III
• Cardinal Maestroianni – Windswept House by Malachi Martin
• Cardinal Mike (no last name given) – Ghostbusters
• Cardinal Monzini - The Pope Must Die
• Cardinal Mortati – Angels & Demons
• Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark – Sin City
• Cardinal Ralph de Bricassart – The Thorn Birds
• Cardinal Ravenwood – Metalocalypse
• Cardinal Renato diMilo - The Bear and the Dragon
• Cardinal Rocco - The Pope Must Die, played by Alex Rocco
• Cardinal Rule - Time Warp (1981)
• Cardinal Sanchez – Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
• Cardinal Scarpia – Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
• Cardinal Sean Cronin – Andrew Greeley Novels
• Cardinal Tosca – "The Adventure of Black Peter"

Popes

• Pope without name – Popetown
• Pope without name – Eminence by Morris West (the Pope is an anonymous Archbishop of Milan based on Carlo Maria Martini)
• Popess without name - a nun elected as the first female Pope at the end of the film The Pope Must Die, played by Mirta Zecevic
• Pope Agape I – Sky Doll by Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa
• Pope Alabaster II – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Alabaster III – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Alexander VI – The tragical history of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (this play was written in 1590 and set in 1522)
• Pope Alexander IX – First American Pope: Pontifex Maximus by Angelo Pagnotti
• Pope Alexander XVIII – Trinity Blood by Sunao Yoshida
• Pope Amen I – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Amen II – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Andrew I – The legend of the Jewish pope Andreas
• Pope Andrew IV – First American Pope: Pontifex Maximus by Angelo Pagnotti
• Pope Annalisa I – Pope Annalisa by Peter Canova (first part of The First Souls Trilogy)
• Pope Bardamus I – Le Conte de Paris by Pierre Gripari
• Pope Beda Josaphat I – Inferi on Net by Roberto Genovesi
• Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Armageddon Decision by James Herbert Brennan (this novel was written in 1977)
  • The Red Hat by Ralph McInerny (this novel was written in 1997)
  • Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer (this novel was written in 1999)
  • Benedict XVI by Paul Wiebe (this novel was written in 2003)
  • The Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling (this Pope is the real Benedict XVI in an alternate history universe)
• Pope Benedict XVII – Achetez Dieu! by Christopher Stork
• Pope Benedict XVIII – The Devil's Popess by Jehan Sylvius and Pierre de Ruynes
• Pope Benedict XXII – A Canticle for Leibowitz – Fiat Lux by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Bernardette II – Babylon 5 and Crusade
• Pope Blanquerna I – Blanquerna by Raymond Lull
• Pope Boniface X
  • Vicar of Christ by Walter F. Murphy
  • I giorni della tempesta by Antonio Socci
  • Il segreto dei porporati by Piero Degli Antoni
• Pope Brendan I – The Last Fisherman: A Novel of the Last Pope, the Antichrist and the End of the Age by Randy England
• Pope Bruno I (Antipope)– The tragical history of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (this play was written in 1590)
• Pope Callixtus IV – The Assassini by Thomas Gifford
• Pope Celestine VI
  • Lettere agli uomini di Papa Celestino VI by Giovanni Papini
  • Conclave and Council by Greg Tobin
  • Vita e morte senza miracoli di Celestino VI by Adriana Zarri
  • The Devil will come by Glenn Cooper
  • Cardinal Melville, elected Pope in We have a pope, Italian movie by Nanni Moretti
  • The Second Messiah by Glenn Meade
• Pope Celestine VIII – A Canticle for Leibowitz – Fiat Voluntas Tua by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Cerebus I – Cerebus the Aardvark
• Pope Clement XV ^[1]
  • Notre-Dame sous la Terre by Arnaud Delalande
  • The Last Fisherman: A Novel of the Last Pope, the Antichrist and the End of the Age by Randy England
  • The Third Secret: A Novel Of Suspense by Steve Berry
  • Le Jour du Dernier Pape by Philippe Remy-Wilkin
  • The Eleventh Commandment by Lester del Rey
  • In Solemn Conclave by Robert L. Carneiro
  • The Children's Crusade: Scandal at the Vatican by Eugene C. Bianchi
  • Pope Annalisa by Peter Canova (first part of The First Souls Trilogy)
• Pope Clement XVI - Mass Effect, assassinated by terrorists
• Pope Clement Paul I – The Vatican Target, German movie
• Pope Constantine Vitalian I – Suore Ninja, Italian comic-book
• Pope Computer – Project Pope by Clifford D. Simak
• Pope Crocodile I – The Space Pope (Crocodylus Primus Pontifex) in Futurama
• Pope David I – The Pope Must Die, British film, played by Robbie Coltrane
• Pope Eleanor I – The Night's Dawn Trilogy who excommunicated all persons using affinity in 2090.
• Pope Erwin IX – Papst Erwin IX by R. Zoller
• Pope Faustinus I – La Damnation de Méfisto by Pierre Gripari
• Pope Formosus II – Le Pape a disparu by Gérard Bessière (first part of a trilogy)
• Pope Francis I
  • Papa Francesco I. Storia di un papa che non è mai esistito by Pietro Imberciadori (this novel was written in 1966 and Francis's papacy is set between 1985 and 2005)
  • The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlum (this novel was written in 1975)
  • Vicar of Christ by Walter F. Murphy (this novel was written in 1979)
  • L'Anello del Pescatore by Francesco Saverio Torrese (this novel was written few months before Bergoglio's election)
  • Il curatore segreto del Vaticano by Umberto Vitiello (this novel was written few months before Bergoglio's election and in this story Francis I is elected after Benedict XVI's resignation)
  • Habemus Papam: la leggenda del Papa che abolì il Vaticano by Paolo Farinella (this novel was written few months before Bergoglio's election)
• Pope Gelasius III – Il Papa Negro by Emilio Cavaterra
• Pope Genevieve I – Lexx
• Pope Germanian I – The Alteration by Kingsley Amis (Germanian I is Martin Luther)
• Pope Gregory XVII
  • To Kill the Pope: An Ecclesiastical Thriller by Tad Szulc, a fictional story loosely based on the real assassination attempt of Pope John Paul II in 1981
  • The Clowns of God by Morris West
  • Il Quarto Segreto and L'Ultima Rivelazione by Joseph Thornborn
  • Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz – Fiat Voluntas Tua by Walter M. Miller
  • La nostra storia by Enrico Brizzi (in this alternate history universe Gregory is successor of the real Pius XII and is elected instead of John XXIII in 1942)
  • L'Anello del Pescatore by Francesco Saverio Torrese
• Pope Gregory XVIII
  • The Last Pope by David Osborn
  • Les Illuminés by Georges-Jean Arnaud
• Pope Gregory XXX – Trinity Blood by Sunao Yoshida
• Pope Hadrian VI – The tragical history of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (this play was written in 1590 and set in 1522)
• Pope Hadrian VII
  • Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe
  • The Alteration by Kingsley Amis (Hadrian VII is Thomas More)
  • One of several "historical bad characters" eliminated by assassin time travelers in Thus we frustrate Charlemagne by R. A. Lafferty
• Pope Hadrian VIII – A Case of Conscience by James Blish
• Pope Hadrian XI – The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem
• Pope Hadrian XXXVII – Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric by Rudimentary Peni
• Pope Honorius III – Broken Road
• Pope Hyacinth I – Le Pape a disparu (1972), Le Pape reparaît (1973) and Le Pape meurt à Jérusalem (1989) by Gérard Bessière (Trilogy)
• Pope Innocent XIV
  • Glory of the Olive: A Novel of the Time of Tribulation by Susan Claire Potts (first part of a trilogy)
  • The Bible Code, 2008 German movie
  • The Final Judgement by Denis MacEoin
  • The Fourth K by Mario Puzo
• Pope Innocent XVI – Concerning the eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli by Ronald Firbank
• Pope Isidor VII (Antipope)– Papst Erwin IX by R. Zoller
• Pope Joan – female pope in De septem donis Spiritu Sancti ("The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit"), a medieval satire of the Church written c. 1250
• Pope Joan – female pope in Robert Rankin's Armageddon: the Musical
• Pope John VIII – Sönke Wortmann's movie Pope Joan
• Pope John XXIII – Petrus Secundus by Harold J. Frysne (this novel was written in 1953 and here John is Paul's successor)
• Pope John XXIV
  • Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson (when this novel was written, in 1908, Antipope John XXIII was considered a true Pope)
  • Roma senza papa: Cronache romane di fine secolo ventesimo by Guido Morselli
  • Il Papa Negro. Giovanni XXIV by Emilio Cavaterra (Sequel of "Il Papa Negro")
  • Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
  • White Smoke: A Novel of Papal Election by Andrew Greeley
  • The Promise of God: A Novel by David Shapiro
  • The Alteration by Kingsley Amis (Pope John XXIV is Harold Wilson).
  • Peter's Chair by John Simpson
  • The Last Pope: Egression by John Oster
  • Le Triangle Secret by Didier Convard
  • Vatican 2035 by Pietro de Paoli
  • Shadowrun, a RPG set in the "Sixth World", an alternate history universe (John XXIV is successor of the real John Paul II and is elected instead of Benedict XVI)
• Pope John XXIV (Antipope) – The Last Fisherman: A Novel of the Last Pope, the Antichrist and the End of the Age by Randy England
• Pope John XXV
  • Shadowrun, a RPG set in the "Sixth World", an alternate history universe (John XXV is the 3rd successor of John XXIV)
  • Megalopolis, musical comedy played by Herbert Pagani
• Pope John XXIX – The Last Word by Graham Greene
• Pope John Clement I – Morte in Vaticano, Italian movie by Marcello Aliprandi, played by Terence Stamp
• Pope John Malreaux I – A French Cyber-Pope (Jean Malreaux I) in the game Torg
• Pope John Paul I – Cardinal Lamberto, a fictional character loosely based on the real John Paul I in The Godfather Part III
• Pope John Paul II – the real Pope Wojtyła in Sister Act
• Pope John Paul III
  • En el mar de la duda by Pedro De Illanez
  • Shadowrun, a RPG set in the "Sixth World", an alternate history universe (John Paul III is successor of John XXIV elected instead of Benedict XVI)
• Pope John Paul IV – Shadowrun (John Paul IV is successor of John Paul III)
• Pope John Paul V – Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke (second part of a tetralogy)
• Pope John Paul VII – Les Illuminés by Georges-Jean Arnaud
• Pope John Pius XXIV – Panique au Vatican by Raoul Cauvin and Arthur Berckmans
• Pope Julius II – The tragical history of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (this play was written in 1590 and set in Hadrian VI's pontificate)
• Pope Julius IV – Endymion by Dan Simmons
• Pope Julius XV – The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
• Pope Justin I – Le mani sul Vaticano and Il conto vaticano by Carlo Marroni
• Pope Khoméfre I – Le Mulot by German Clavien (Latin name Khomefres Primus is inexistent, formed by Khomeini and Lefebvre)
• Pope Kiril I – The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West, played by Anthony Quinn in the movie based on the novel
• Pope Lando II – The Translation of Father Torturo by Brendan Connell
• Pope Leo XIV
  • Leone XIV, successore di Paolo VI by Bruno Boccoli
  • Il Papa Negro by Emilio Cavaterra
  • The Clowns of God by Morris West (here Leo XIV is Roberto Arnaldo, and he is distinct from Lazarus Leo XIV)
  • Lazarus by Morris West (here Leo XIV is Ludovico Gadda, and he is distinct from Clowns of God Leo XIV)
  • Urban the Ninth by Bruce Marshall (first part of a trilogy)
  • Saving Grace, 1985 American movie
  • The Secret Cardinal by Tom Grace
  • Il Giorno del Giudizio by Lucio Brunelli and Alvar Metalli
  • Mass Effect, succeeds assassinated Clement XVI
  • Jubilaeum Jihad by Alessandro Girola, succeeds Pope Francis in early 2016
• Pope Leo XIV (Antipope) – The Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling (he is elected in the US while in Italy he is elected the real Benedict XVI)
• Pope Leo XX – A Canticle for Leibowitz – Fiat Homo by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Leo XXI – A Canticle for Leibowitz – Fiat Homo by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Leo XXV – The Last Starship from Earth by John Boyd
• Pope Liber I – Roma senza papa: Cronache romane di fine secolo ventesimo by Guido Morselli
• Pope Linus VI – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Linus VII – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Linus Stephen I – Conclave by Roberto Pazzi
• Pope Lodovica I – Sky Doll by Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa
• Pope Luke I – Angels & Demons, the movie based on the novel by Dan Brown
• Pope Marx I – Marx the First by Bruce Marshall (second part of a trilogy)
• Pope Mary I – Deus X by Norman Spinrad
• Pope Matthai Reese – A Certain Magical Index, replaced at the end of the first novel series
• Pope Matthew I – Le mani sul Vaticano by Carlo Marroni
• Pope Matthias I – L'évangile selon Satan by Patrick Graham
• Pope Nicholas VI – L’Icône sans nom by Gordon Thomas
• Pope Octavian I – The Call of Pope Octavian: A Novel of the 21st Century by William B. Faherty
• Pope Oswald Leopold II – Battle Pope
• Pope Otto V (Antipope)– Papst Erwin IX by R. Zoller
• Pope Patrick I – Pope Patrick by Peter de Rosa
• Pope Paul VI – Petrus Secundus by Harold J. Frysne (this novel was written in 1953 and here Paul is John's predecessor)
• Pope Paul VII
  • The Confessor by Daniel Silva
  • Berlinguer e il Professore by Gianfranco Piazzesi
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz – Fiat Voluntas Tua by Walter M. Miller
  • Giubileo 2050 by Giuseppe Perrotta
• Pope Paul VIII – Giubileo 2050 by Giuseppe Perrotta
• Pope Paul IX
  • In Memoirs of the Twentieth Century, an early work of speculative fiction written by Samuel Madden in 1733, Paul IX was a 19th Century Jesuit Pope, who inaugurated a period of Jesuit control of the Catholic Church and of Catholic rule over much of the world.
  • December 32, 2003 by Enki Bilal (second part of a tetralogy) features a completely different *Pope Paul IX.
• Pope Peter II
  • War, Progress, and the End of History: Three Conversations, Including a Short Story of the Anti-Christ by Vladimir S. Solovyov
  • Petrus Secundus by Harold J. Frysne
  • Peter the Second by Bruce Marshall (third part of a trilogy)
  • The Accidental Pope by Raymond Flynn and Robin Moore
  • The Final Restoration by John Cantwell Kiley
  • The Reckoning by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • The Third Secret: A Novel Of Suspense by Steve Berry
  • Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
  • Glory of the Olive: A Novel of the Time of Tribulation by Susan Claire Potts (first part of a trilogy)
  • En el mar de la duda by Pedro De Illanez
  • The Roman: Peter II... The Last Pope? by George R. Araujo-Matiz
  • Fumata Bianca by Giuseppe Magnarapa
  • Forever. And beyond by S. M. Olaf (the history of the Jesuit Pope, Augusto Moretti, is written twelve years before Jesuit Pope Francis's election)
  • I giorni della tempesta by Antonio Socci
• Pope Peter II (Antipope)– L'évangile selon Satan by Patrick Graham
• Pope Peter Rabbit – Rabbit Pope, true identity of St. Peter (appointed by Jesus as first Pope) in South Park episode "Fantastic Easter Special"
• Pope Pietro Yogdis – New Testament: A Certain Magical Index, replaces Pope Matthai Reese
• Pope Pius X – The Eternal City by Hall Caine (this novel was written in 1900, three years before real Pope Pius X's election)
• Pope Pius XIII
  • Urban the Ninth by Bruce Marshall (first part of a trilogy)
  • Le 13 Octobre 2017 by Hubert Bassot
  • The Devil's Popess by Jehan Sylvius and Pierre de Ruynes
  • Le Pape a disparu by Gérard Bessière (first part of a trilogy)
  • Réform au Vaticane by Gotlib
  • Foul Play, 1978 American movie
  • The Pope Must Die, 1991 American movie
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman, the movie based on the novel by Morris West; portrayed by John Gielgud
  • Basilica by William Montalbano
  • Attacco all'Occidente by Mario Farneti (second part of a trilogy)
  • Vatican 2035 by Pietro de Paoli
  • Giubileo 2050 by Giuseppe Perrotta
  • The Young Pope by Paolo Sorrentino, 2016 Italian TV series (Jude Law is Lenny Belardo, Pius XIII, the first American Pope)
• Pope Pius XIII (Antipope) – The Red Hat by Ralph McInerny
• Pope Pius XIV
  • Le Livre/Machine by Philippe Goy
  • Giubileo 2050 by Giuseppe Perrotta
  • The Gladiator by Harry Turtledove
  • Pio XIV, pontefice di transizione (now known as Habemus Papam) by Walter Martìn, pseudonym of Mgr. Giuseppe Pace, Salesiano
• Pope Pius XV
  • Dopo Paolo VI by Walter Martìn, pseudonym of Mgr. Giuseppe Pace Salesiano (sequel of Pio XIV pontefice di transizione/Habemus Papam)
  • Babylon 5: Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps, novel derived from the Babylon 5 TV show, a 22nd-century Pope
  • Les Illuminés by Georges-Jean Arnaud
  • Les Bergères de l'Apocalypse by Françoise d'Eaubonne
• Pope Pius XVI – Angels & Demons, the movie based on the novel by Dan Brown
• Pope Pius XVII – La Damnation de Méfisto by Pierre Gripari
• Pope Pius XX – 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
• Pope Pius XXXI – L'Ultimo Papa by Roberto Vacca
• Pope Pius Innocent I – The Last Pope by Jerry Marcus
• Pope Robert I – Millennium Pope: A Novel of Spiritual Journey by Frederick J. Luhmann
• Pope Silvester III
  • Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson (when this novel was written, in 1908, real Pope Silvester III was considered an Antipope)
  • Vatican 2035 by Pietro de Paoli (the author considers Pope Silvester III an antipope)
• Pope Silvester IV - Forever. And beyond by S. M. Olaf (this fictional Pope is set in 1378 between Gregory XI and Urban VI)
• Pope Sixtus VII – robot pope in Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
• Pope Snowball I – Rabbit Pope, alleged descendent of Peter Rabbit
• Pope Sorely I – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Teilhard I – Endymion by Dan Simmons
• Pope Tertius II – Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli by Ronald Firbank
• Pope Thomas I – Vatican 2035 by Pietro de Paoli
• Pope Thomas II – Vatican 2035 by Pietro de Paoli
• Pope Timothy I – The Red Hat by Ralph McInerny
• Pope Urban IX
  • Urban the Ninth by Bruce Marshall (first part of a trilogy)
  • In Solemn Conclave by Robert L. Carneiro
  • Monsignore by Jack-Alain Léger
• Pope Urban X – Candide by Voltaire
• Pope Urban XVI – The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
• Pope Vissarion I (Antipope) – A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Victorius I (usurper) - the mob boss Vittorio Corelli who briefly crowns himself pope (Pope Vittorio I, Emperor of the Vatican) in the movie The Pope Must Die played by Herbert Lom
• Pope William I (Antipope) – parody of William A. Donohue who declares himself pope against Jesus and Benedict XVI in South Park episode "Fantastic Easter Special"

Saints

• Saint Grobian - a fictional patron saint of vulgar and coarse people in various late Medieval satirical works.

Eastern Orthodox Church

Monks

• Theodorus Philetas - The History of the Necronomicon by H. P. Lovecraft
• Elder Zosima – The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Nuns

• Sister Pelagia – Pelagia and the White Bulldog and sequels by Boris Akunin
• Sister Vasilisa – A Certain Magical Index

Priests

• Father Grigori – Half-Life 2 video game

Bishops

• Bishop Mitrofanii of Zavolzhsk – Pelagia and the White Bulldog and sequels by Boris Akunin
• Bishop Nikolai Tolstoy – A Certain Magical Index, killed by Sister Vasilisa
• Bishop Tikhon – The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, from a chapter originally excised by Russian censors but which can be found in many modern editions

Patriarchs

• Patriarch Krans R. Tsarskiy – A Certain Magical Index

Anglican/Episcopal churches

Priests

• The Ven. Edwin Allchin – The Cunning Man
• Mr Arabin – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Reverend Stephen Babbington – Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
• Archdeacon Henry Blunt – All Gas and Gaiters TV series
• Rev. and Hon. Wilfred Bohun – The Hammer of God by G. K. Chesterton
• Reverend Caleb Dane Calthrop – The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
• Reverend Leonard Clement – The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
• Reverend John Colchester – Death by Request by Katherine and Romilly John
• William Collins – Pride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen; also several film and TV adaptations
• Dr Daly – The Sorcerer, by Gilbert and Sullivan
• The Reverend Lord Henry d'Ascoyne ("The Parson") – Kind Hearts and Coronets, one of eight roles played by Alec Guinness in that film.
• Professor the Reverend Simon Darcourt – The Cornish Trilogy
• Archdeacon Davenant – War in Heaven by Charles Williams
• Father Donovan – American Dad! television series
• Father John Dyball – occult detective in Peter Saxon's The Guardians series
• Mr Elton – Emma by Jane Austen
• Reverend Felcher – All in the Family and Married... with Children TV series
• Rev. Claire Fergusson – written by Julia Spencer-Fleming
• Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) – License to Wed movie
• Reverend Jack Gilliam – Chrono Crusade
• Reverend Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson) – Keeping Mum (2005 movie)
• Reverend Geraldine Grainger – The Vicar of Dibley TV series
• Reverend Arnold Golightly – Doctor Who episode The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Dr Grant – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• Archdeacon Grantly – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Septimus Harding – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Reverend Julian Harmon – A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
• Revd Nigel Hartley – The Ghoul character played by Ralph Richardson in 1934 British movie starring Boris Karloff
• Graham Hess – Signs
• Fr. Ninian Hobbes – The Cunning Man
• Reverend Rosie Hoyland – Neighbours
• Fr. Charles Iredale – The Cunning Man
• Reverend Lester Lowe – character in 1983 novel Cycle of the Werewolf, by Stephen King. It was retitled Silver Bullet when it was adapted for the screen in 1985. Everett McGill played Lowe.
• Mr Magister – The Dæmons episodes of Doctor Who
• Stiyl Magnus – A Certain Magical Index
• Dr Meddlar – The Liar by Stephen Fry
• Reverend Mervyn Noote – All Gas and Gaiters TV series
• Canon Pennyfather – At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
• Mr Pinkerton – Bless Me Father
• Dean Lionel Pugh-Critchley – All Gas and Gaiters TV series
• Cyril Playfair – The Quiet Man
• Mr Quiverfull – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Archdeacon Robert - Rev.
• Mr Roundhay – The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Archdeacon Simmons – At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
• Obadiah Slope – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Reverend Adam Smallbone (Tom Hollander) - Rev. TV series
• Reverend John Smith – The Canon in Residence by Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch
• Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn – Doctor Syn series of novels by Russell Thorndike
• Reverend Timothy Thomas (Paul Hipp) - The Middle TV series
• Father Tim - Episcopal rector of Lord's Chapel in Mitford by Jan Karon
• Father Stanley Unwin (Stanley Unwin) – The Secret Service
• Reverend Wainwright (played by Nicholas Parsons) – Doctor Who serial The Curse of Fenric
• Reverend John Walters – The Curse of the Golden Cross by G. K. Chesterton
• Mike Weber (Dan Aykroyd) – Soul Man TV series
• Daniel Webster - The Book of Daniel TV series
• Reverend Jonathan Whirley (Christopher Plummer) – Dragnet (1987 movie)
• Reverend Roland Wise (Hugh Bonneville) - Rev.

Bishops

• Right Rev. Timothy Archer – The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick – fictionalised version of Episcopal Bishop of California James Pike
• The Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells – Blackadder II TV series
• Henry Brougham – The Bishop's Wife
• Beatrice Congreve – The Book of Daniel TV series
• The Episcopal Ghost – The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
• Bishop of Frattenbury – Thrilling Stories of the Railway by Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch
• Bishop Grantly – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Bishop Cuthbert Hever – All Gas and Gaiters TV series
• Bishop of London - Ralph Fiennes - Rev.
• Bishop George Postlethwaite – Emmerdale
• Bishop Proudie – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Edward Scrope, Lord Bishop of Princhester - The Soul of a Bishop (1917) by H. G. Wells
• Archbishop Laura Stuart – A Certain Magical Index
• Bishop of Tatchester - The Box of Delights, by John Masefield
• Bertram Webster – The Book of Daniel TV series

Monks

• Br. John Parlabane – The Rebel Angels

Nuns

• Index Librorum Prohibitorum – A Certain Magical Index

Nuns from Black Narcissus

• Sister Briony (Judith Furse)
• Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr)
• Mother Dorothea (Nancy Roberts)
• Sister Honey (Jenny Laird)
• Sister Phillipa (Flora Robson)
• Sister Ruth (Kathleen Byron)

Other Protestants

Lutheran

• Church of Sweden youth leader Joel - Bert Diaries (Berts ytterligare betraktelser)^[2]

Baptist ministers

• Rev. Henry Biggs - The Preacher's Wife
• The Reverend Jesse Custer – Preacher', comic created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
• Rev. Matthew Fordwick - The Waltons television program
• Reverend Reuben Gregory (Clifton Davis) – Amen
• Rev. Scroggins - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, novel by Fannie Flagg
• Chaplain Captain Albert T. Tappman – Catch-22, novel by Joseph Heller
• Rev. Grady Williams - The Grady Nutt Show^[3]

Christian ministers

• Reverend Shaw Moore (John Lithgow) – Footloose, minister responsible for banning dancing and rock music in a small town

Congregationalist ministers

• Reverend John Ames - Gilead
• Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale – The Scarlet Letter
• Abner Hale – Hawaii novel and movie

Lutheran pastors and priests

• Priest Anna-Lena of the Church of Sweden - Sune book series (Sune och Svarta Mannen); priest during Isabelle's baptism^[4]
• Pastor David Ingqvist (Lake Wobegon Lutheran Church) – A Prairie Home Companion
• Pastor Manders – Ghosts
• Pastor Dan Parker – Raising Helen
• Priests Abdon Rehnberg (Bert Ljung's confirmation priest), Staffan and Maria of the Church of Sweden, Bert Diaries (Berts bekännelser)^[5]

Methodist ministers

• Reverend Norman Balthus – Carnivàle
• Brother Justin Crowe – Carnivàle
• Elmer Gantry
• Father Mapple - Moby-Dick
• Bishop Charles McNaughton – Carnivàle
• Rev. Karen Stroup – King of the Hill
• Reverend Sykes – To Kill a Mockingbird (AME)

Presbyterian ministers

• Rev. Mike Hill – The North Avenue Irregulars
• Rev. Hopkins – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
• Rev. I.M. Jolly – Scotch and Wry
• Rev. Macpherson – Local Hero

Non-denominational/other/unspecified/fictional Protestant

• Reverend Robert Alden (Dabbs Greer) – Little House on the Prairie
• Marvin O. Bagman – Good Omens
• Derrial Book, Shepherd – Firefly
• Reverend Clayton Brooks (Dick Van Dyke) - Cold Turkey
• Rev. Jeremiah Brown – Inherit the Wind
• Caleb – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Eric Camden – 7th Heaven
• Chapel the Evergreen – Trigun
• Reverend Jimmy Lee Farnsworth (R. Lee Ermey) – Fletch Lives
• Deacon Ernest Frye (Sherman Hemsley) – Amen
• Rev. Aaron Gilstrom (Ozzy Osbourne) – Trick or Treat
• Reverend Green – Cluedo, classic detective game created by the Parker Brothers
• Ivan Isaacs – Priest manga
• L. Ron Hubbard the 23rd – Robert Rankin's Armageddon the Musical
• Reverend Cleophus James (James Brown) – pastor of the Triple Rock Church, from The Blues Brothers
• Reverend Timothy Johnson – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Billy Kosch – The Müller-Fokker Effect
• Reverend Timothy Lovejoy – The Simpsons ("American Presbylutheran")
• Rev. Lester Lowe – character in 1983 novel Cycle of the Werewolf, by Stephen King; retitled Silver Bullet when it was adapted for the screen in 1985; Everett McGill played Lowe
• Reverend Lloyd Meechum – Mama's Family; minister of the unnamed church of which the Harpers are members; henpecked husband of Church Ladies' League leader Alberta Meechum; married Vint and Naomi; officiated at Fran's funeral
• Jonas Nightengale – Leap of Faith (1992)
• Reverend Oliver (Rene Auberjonois) – Minister of Pembroke in The Patriot (2000)
• Ray Porter – Pass the Ammo (1988)
• Reverend Harry Powell – unspecified in The Night of the Hunter (1953)
• Reverend Gene Purdy – The Dead Zone TV series
• Pastor Richards – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Homer J. Simpson – has been a missionary
• Reverend Purlie Victorious - Purlie
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood – Trigun

Unspecified/pre-schism/other religious workers

• Douglas Baker - EastEnders
• Ethan Blake (curate) - Emmerdale
• Duncan Boyd (curate) - EastEnders
• Pope John Calvin – novel The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• The Reverend Alex Healy - EastEnders
• The Reverend Mary Lavender - EastEnders
• Olynt – Christian priest at The Last Days of Pompeii
• Pastor – El pasajero clandestino
• Bishop George Postlethwaite - Emmerdale
• Prester John – Christian priest-king of medieval legend
• The Reverend Tom Stuart - EastEnders
• The Reverend Ashley Thomas - Emmerdale
• The Reverend David Walsh - EastEnders

Shinto

Kannushi

• Rei Hino's grandfather ("Jī-chan") – Sailor Moon
• Kazuki Ōgami – Kannazuki no Miko
• Tadao Hiiragi - Lucky Star

Miko

• Tsuruhime – Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
• Motoko Aoyama – Love Hina
• Mina Hakuba – Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
• Keiko Asakura – Shaman King
• Reimu Hakurei – Touhou Project
• Sanae Kochiya – Touhou Project
• Rika Furude – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
• Chikane Himemiya – Kannazuki no Miko
• Rei Hino – Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal
• Akari Ichijo – The Last Blade video game series
• Kaede – InuYasha
• Kikyo – InuYasha and Inuyasha: The Final Act
• Hitomiko - Inuyasha: The Final Act
• Miaka Yuki – Fushigi Yuugi
• Yui Hongo – Fushigi Yuugi
• Takiko Okuda – Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden
• Himeko Kurusugawa – Kannazuki no Miko
• Kaho Mizuki – Cardcaptor Sakura
• Akina Nanamura – UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
• Kirara - Samurai 7
• Kurogane's Mother – Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
• Midoriko – InuYasha
• Sayo-chan (aka "Pocky") – KiKi KaiKai video game (and its SNES sequel Pocky & Rocky)
• Miki-chan (aka "Becky") – also from the KiKi Kai Kai/Pocky and Rocky series
• Mana Tatsumiya – Negima
• Princess Tomoyo – Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
• Rin Yagami – Atlach Nacha
• Sarina (Mizuchi Saiou) – Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Yuki – The Last Blade video game series
• Nami Yamigumo – Silent Möbius
• Ayane – Nagasarete Airantou
• Machi – Nagasarete Airantou
• Kō – Our Home's Fox Deity.
• Mirei Mikuna – Phantasy Star Universe
• Sakura – Urusei Yatsura
• Mikan Katsuragi – Rental Magica
• Arashi Kishu - X/1999
• Tsukasa Hiiragi – Lucky Star
• Kagami Hiiragi – Lucky Star
• Kureha Akabane – Night Wizard the animation
• Miko and Matsuri – Kamichu!
• Rao – Ōkami
• Kagu – Ōkamiden
• Suzuna Kuraki – Moonlight Lady
• Nono – Popotan visual novel and anime
• Akira Amatsume – Yosuga no Sora
• Miko Kazuki – Master of Martial Hearts
• Colette Brunel – "Tales of Symphonia"
• Zelos Wilder – "Tales of Symphonia"
• Shirayuki Hotogi – Aria the Scarlet Ammo
• Izumiko Suzuhara - Red Data Girl
• Mariya Yuri - Campione!
• Seishuin Ena - Campione!
• Saeki Makoto - Gingitsune
• Mayaka Ibara - Hyōka
• Luka Urushibara - Steins;Gate

Miko from Shrine of the Morning Mist

• Kurako Hieda
• Tama Hieda
• Yuzu Hieda
• Shizuka Midō
• Seiko Rikīshi
• Izumi Sakakibara
• Chika Yurikasa

Kuro Miko

While "Dark Miko" do not exist in real-world Shinto, a number of them appear in popular fiction.

• Mizuho Hamaji – Shrine of the Morning Mist
• Kukuri Shirayama – Shrine of the Morning Mist
• Tsubaki – InuYasha
• Yukie Uranami – Shrine of the Morning Mist
• Kagura – Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven

Buddhism

Mahayana

Priests

• Genjo Sanzo – Saiyuki

Abbots

• Spiritual Virtue – The Chinese Bell Murders by Robert van Gulik
• Abbot Songsten – in the Doctor Who story "The Abominable Snowmen"
• K'anpo Rinpoche – in the Doctor Who story "Planet of The Spiders"

Monks

• Mikihisa Asakura – Shaman King
• Kwai Chang Caine (Shaolin) – Kung Fu
• Chichiri (Hōjin Ri) (Chan) – Fushigi Yûgi
• Edge Master (Chan) – Soulcalibur
• Hoichi the Earless (Zen)
• Kilik (Chan) – Soulcalibur
• Miroku (Nichiren) – InuYasha
• Retsu (Zen) – Street Fighter
• Anji Yukyuzan (Zen) – Rurouni Kenshin
• Monk Gyatso - Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Avatar Aang - Avatar: The Legend of Aang

Monks from Shaolin Soccer

• Empty Hand (Brother #4)
• Hooking Leg (Brother #2)
• Iron Head (Brother #1)
• Iron Shirt (Brother #3)
• Sing (also known as "Steel Leg") (Brother #5) (Stephen Chow)
• Weight Vest (Brother #6)

Monks from Mortal Kombat

Unless specified, all belong to the Shaolin discipline.

• Bo' Rai Cho (Chan)
• Liu Kang
• Kai
• Kung Lao, the elder (aka the Great Kung Lao)
• Kung Lao, the younger

Vajrayana

Monks

• The Monk with No Name (Tibetan Buddhism) – Bulletproof Monk

Lamas

• Charlie Lama – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures^[6]
• Dalai Dan – Robert Rankin's Armageddon: The Musical

Judaism

High Priests

• Caiaphas – Jesus Christ Superstar, Early One Morning

Priests

• Annas – Jesus Christ Superstar

Rabbis

• Rabbi Gideon Abel – Heaven Help Us!, by Herbert Tarr
• Rabbi Avram Belinski (Gene Wilder) – The Frisco Kid
• Rabbi Chang (Tom Yi) – Community TV series
• Rabbi David Cohen – The Conversion of Chaplain Cohen, by Herbert Tarr
• Rabbi Copperfield – ahowy Las Vegas rabbi from the "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" episode of Family Guy
• Rabbi Richard Glass (7th Heaven)
• Rabbi Jacob (Louis de Funès) – Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
• Rabbi Katz – Kim Possible episode "Ron the Man"
• Rabbi Hyman Krustofski (voiced by Jackie Mason) – The Simpsons TV series
• Rabbi Chaim Leiber – from the novel Stone Kiss, by Faye Kellerman
• Rabbi Jewy McJewJew (David Wain) – Childrens Hospital
• Rabbi Moscowitz – Noah Gordon's novel Matters of Choice
• Rabbi Emanuel Rabinovich – creation of Eustace Mullins
• Rabbi Jacob Schram (Ben Stiller) – Keeping the Faith
• Rabbi David Small – novel Friday the Rabbi Slept Late and its sequels by Harry Kemelman
• Rabbi Tuckman (Mel Brooks) – parody of Friar Tuck in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights

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• David Markus – Matters of Choice

Taoism

Abbots

• Jade Mirror – The Haunted Monastery by Robert van Gulik
• True Wisdom – The Haunted Monastery by Robert van Gulik

Hermits

• Master Crane Robe – The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert van Gulik
• Master Gourd – Necklace and Calabash by Robert van Gulik

Shamanism

Ainu religion

• Nakoruru – Samurai Shodown
• Rimururu – Samurai Shodown
• Tamao Tamamura – Shaman King
• Horokeu Usui – Shaman King
• Pirika Usui – Shaman King

North American shamanist

• Goldva, Native American shaman – Shaman King
• Kalim, Native American shaman – Shaman King
• Nightwolf, Native American shaman – Mortal Kombat video game series
• Silva, Native American shaman – Shaman King
• Montagnais shaman – Black Robe

Paganism

Isis

High Priestesses

• Leyla/Julia Severide – Early One Morning

Priestesses

• Aliyah – Early One Morning
• Hadas – Early One Morning
• Livia – Early One Morning
• Sabrina – Early One Morning
• Tatiana – Early One Morning
• Ziva – Early One Morning

Vesta

Virgo Vestalis Maxima (Chief Vestals)

• Amalia – Exilium
• Analenya – Early One Morning

Fictional religions

In video games

Yevonism (from Final Fantasy X)

Maesters

Maesters are considered equivalent of cardinals, with the Grand Maester equivalent to the Pope.

• Grand Maester Mika
• Maester Seymour Guado
• Maester Wen Kinoc
• Maester Kelk Ronso
• Maester Jyscal Guado (predecessor and father to Maester Seymour Guado)

Summoners

Summoners are a cross between miko and priests; they fall into the ranks of "summoner" and "high summoner" (the title of High Summoner is posthumously bestowed upon a summoner when they defeat Sin).

• High Summoner Yunalesca (first high summoner)
• High Summoner Gandof
• High Summoner Ohalland
• High Summoner Yocun
• High Summoner Braska
• High Summoner Yuna (received title non-posthumously)
• Summoner Belgemine (killed on pilgrimage)
• Summoner Ginnem (killed on pilgrimage)
• Unnamed sister of O'aka XXIII and Wantz (killed on pilgrimage)
• Summoner Dona (quit pilgrimage)
• Summoner Isaaru (quit pilgrimage)
• Summoner Zuke (quit pilgrimage)

Acolytes

Acolytes of the Yevon church are common, but the only one that plays a major role in the game is a young woman named Shelinda.

Arms of the Church

The Yevon Church also has many militant arms in addition to the Summoners.

• The Warrior Monks serve as protectors of the Maesters and the City of Bevelle itself. Maester Kinoc is the leader of the Warrior Monks and Auron was a former member of the Warrior Monks.
• The Guardians serve as protectors of the Summoners, but are not directly related to the church. A Summoner chooses their Guardians and can choose non-Yevonites if they wish.
• The Crusaders are a kind of army the exists to protect towns and temples from Sin. Unlike the Guardians, Crusaders are directly related to the church. The Crusaders used to be called the "Crimson Blades" until they were absorbed into the church.

The Church of Aram (from The Elder Gods)

Andari

Andari are considered the equivalent of bishops.

• Andari Estarg

Heria

Heria are Aramite priests.

• Jalkan

The Order (from Silent Hill)

• Dahlia Gillespie, Priestess
• Leonard Wolf, Keeper of the Seal
• Vincent, Priest
• Claudia Wolf, Priestess
• Jimmy Stone, Priest of the Valtiel Sect
• George Rostin, Priest of the Valtiel Sect
• Toby Archbolt, Priest of the Holy Mother Sect

Ethos, Ormus, and Nisan Religion (from Xenogears/Xenosaga)

Great Mother

Great Mothers are akin to popes, the leaders of the religion.

• Margie Fatima
• Sophia

Etones

• Billy Lee Black

Bishop

• Stone

Ormus

Patriarchs

• Patriarch Julius XVIII
• Patriarch Sergius XIV
• Patriarch Sergius XVII

Cardinals

• Cardinal Heinlein

Inquisitors

• Chief Inquisitor Margulis
• Pellegri

The Church of Granas (from Grandia II)

Pope

• Pope Zera

High Priestess

• Selene

Priests

• Carius

Songstresses

• Elena

Sisters

• Eurydice
• Ismene
• Isolde
• Tessa
• Velda

In television

Bajoran Religion (from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

• Vedek Bareil Antos
• Kai Opaka Sulan
• Kai Winn Adami

Origin (from Stargate SG-1)

Oricis

• Adria

Priors

• The Doci, the leader of the Priors
• Damaris
• Gerak
• Daniel Jackson
• Several unnamed priors

Omnianism (from Discworld)

Cenobiarch

The Cenobiarch or Supreme Iam is equivalent to the Pope.

• Unnamed Cenobiarch
• Brutha

Iam

• Fri'it

Deacon

• Cusp
• Vorbis

Bishop

• Didactylos
• Drunah
• Horn

Quite Reverend

• Mightily-Exalted-Are-Those-Who-Praise-Om Oats

Brother

• Murduck
• Nuhmrod (Master of Novices)
• Sasho

Discworld pantheon

• Hughnon Ridcully, High Priest of Blind Io – Discworld

The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised

• See under History Monks

In literature

The Chapter of Viron (from The Book of the Long Sun)

Augers

• Patera Quetzal, Prolocutor of Viron
• Patera Remora, Coadjutor
• Patera Caldé Silk
• Patera Bull
• Patera Feeler
• Patera Gulo
• Patera Incus
• Patera Jerboa
• Patera Moray
• Patera Pike

Sibyls

• Maytera Betel
• Maytera Marble
• Maytera Mint
• Maytera Mockorange
• Maytera Rose
• Maytera Wood

Other/unclassified

• Reverend Behemial Far Traveller (aka Rev Bem), Wayist – Andromeda
• Bheid, Awes Priest – The Redemption of Althalus
• Brother Cavill, Colonial cleric – Battlestar Galactica
• Father Changstein-El-Gamal, First Amalgamated Church – Futurama
• Father Cornello, priest of the sun god Leto – Fullmetal Alchemist
• Dhalsim, Hindu ascetic – Street Fighter video game series
• Supreme Bishop Digby of the Fosterites – Stranger in a Strange Land
• Elosha, Colonial Priestess – Battlestar Galactica
• V. Rev. Lieutenant Theo Fobius – Schlock Mercenary
• The Reverend Foster, founder of the Fosterites – Stranger in a Strange Land
• Revered Jim Ignatowski (né James Caldwell), Church of the Peaceful – Taxi
• Yui Hongo, Priestess of Seiryu – Fushigi Yûgi
• Imhotep, Mortuary priest – Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
• Kalon, the New Priest of Apollo – The Eye of Apollo, a Father Brown story by G. K. Chesterton
• Kaori Kanzaki, Supreme Pontiff of the Amakusa Christians – A Certain Magical Index
• Wilbur Mercer, founder of Mercerism – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• The Very Irreverend Joffy Next, Global Standard Deity – Thursday Next books
• Reverend Lionel Preacherbot, Robotology – Futurama
• (unnamed)Priest who taught Scar – Fullmetal Alchemist
• Valentine Michael Smith of the Church of All Worlds – Stranger in a Strange Land
• Saiji Tatemiya, Substitute Pontiff of the Amakusa Christians – A Certain Magical Index
• Reverend Wayne, Asherah cult priest – Snow Crash
• Miaka Yūki, Priestess of Suzaku – Fushigi Yûgi
• Zadoc, High Priest of The Internet Oracle
• Zagato, High Priest of the Pillar religion – Magic Knight Rayearth
• Takiko Okuda, Priestess of Genbu – Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden
• Marcus Didius Falco – Procurator of the Sacred Geese (he also officiated some wedding ceremonies)
• Arbaces, Isis priest – The Last Days of Pompeii
• Sinuhe, Amon priest (individuals only could be medecins in ancient Egypt if they were ordered priests) - The Egyptian
• Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Muslim, Master Assassin and Assassin Mentor (his father Umar was Muslim while his mother Maud, a Christian, died after giving birth to Altaïr. He started to have doubts about the existence of God after his encounter with the Apple of Eden, became an atheist later for sometime and thought that there may or may not be an afterlife but ultimately reverted to Islam by the near end of his life) - Assassin's Creed series
• Aveline de Grandpré, Assassin, practitioner of voodoo - Assassin's Creed series

See also

• List of religious ideas in science fiction
• List of religious ideas in fantasy fiction

References