List of fictional clergy and religious figures

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Christianity

Catholic Church

Monks and friars

• Frère Jacques^[1]
• The Monk – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer^[2]
• Friar Tuck – Robin Hood^[3]
• Ambrosio – The Monk^[4]
• William of Baskerville – The Name of the Rose^[5]
• Brother Cadfael – protagonist of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters^[6]

Nuns

• The Second Nun – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Sister Fidelma – protagonist of historical mystery novels by Peter Tremayne
• Ciel – Character from Tsukihime and the Melty Blood series
• Sister Jeanne – from The Devils
• Sister Bertrille (and several others) – from The Flying Nun
• Sister Boniface (and others) – from Sister Boniface Mysteries
• Sister Andrea – Evil (TV series)
• Sister Assumpta (and others) – Father Ted
• Sister Simone – from Mrs. Davis
• Sister Michael – from Derry Girls

Priests

• Claude Frollo – The Hunchback of Notre-Dame^[7]
  • Claude Frollo – from the Disney adaptation
• Father John Brown – created by G. K. Chesterton^[8]
• Father Ted Crilly – Father Ted^[9]
• Father Dámaso – Noli Me Tángere
• Mr. Eko – Lost^[10]
• Betheal Gavarre (Belial) – Priest manhwa
• Father Dougal McGuire – Father Ted TV series^[9]
• Father John Mulcahy – M*A*S*H TV series and film
• Father Burke – The Conjuring franchise
• Father Gordon – The Conjuring franchise
• The Nun's Priest – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• The Pardoner – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• The Parson – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Don Abbondio – The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
• Father Guido Sarducci – Vatican gossip columnist played by comedian Don Novello on Saturday Night Live and other TV shows and films
• Don Camillo Tarocci – Giovannino Guareschi's tales
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood – Trigun
• Enrico Pucci – a chaplain at the Green Dolphin Street Prison aspiring to achieve Heaven for all mankind, friend of DIO, main antagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
• Kirei Kotomine – main antagonist of Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, also has minor appearances in Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel and Fate/Grand Order
• Risei Kotomine – Kirei Kotomine's father, Fate/Zero
• John Ward – The main protagonist of Faith: The Unholy Trinity
• Father Garcia- Another protagonist of Faith: The Unholy Trinity
• Father David Acosta (and others) – Evil
• Father Jacob Myers (and others) – Apparitions
• Padre Manuel Vergara – 30 Coins
• Father Peter – Derry Girls
• The "Hot" Priest – Fleabag
• Damien Karras - A main character from The Exorcist

Bishops

• Bishop René d'Herblay of Vannes – the D'Artagnan Romances novels of Alexandre Dumas, père
• Bishop Len Brennan – Father Ted TV show

Popes

• Pope Andreas – legendary figure^[11]
• Pope Joan – 9th-century legendary figure^[12]
• Pope Urban X – Candide (1759 satire)
• Pope Hadrian VII – Hadrian the Seventh (1904 novel)
• Pope John XXIV – Lord of the World (1907 novel)
• Pope Sylvester III – Lord of the World (1907 novel)
• Pope Kiril I – The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968 film)
• Pope Sixtus VII – "Good News from the Vatican" (1971 short story)
• Pope Urban IX – Urban the Ninth (1973 novel)
• Pope Marx I – Marx the First (1975 novel)
• Pope Peter II – Peter the Second (1976 novel)
• Pope Germanian I (Martin Luther) – The Alteration (1976 novel)
• Pope Hadrian VII (Thomas More) – The Alteration (1976 novel)
• Pope John XXIV (implied to be Harold Wilson) – The Alteration (1976 novel)
• Pope Francis I – The Vicar of Christ (1979 novel)
• Pope Gregory XVII – Earthly Powers (1980 novel)
• Pope Gregory XVII – The Clowns of God (1981 novel)
• Pope Leo XIV – Saving Grace (1986 film)
• Pope John XXIX – "The Last Word" (1988 short story)
• Pope Leo XIV – Lazarus (1990 novel)
• Pope John Paul I (Cardinal Lamberto) – The Godfather Part III (1990 film)^[13]
• Pope David I – The Pope Must Die (1991 film)
• Pope Pius XX – 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997 novel)
• Pope Genevieve G. Rota – Lexx (1997 TV series)
• Pope Peter II – The Accidental Pope (2000 novel)
• Pope Oswald Leopold II – Battle Pope (2000 comic book series)
• Pope Peter II – The Third Secret (2005 novel)
• Pope Pius XIII – Oblivion (2012 novel)
• Pope Innocent XIV – Conclave (2016 novel) and Conclave (2024 film)
• Pope Marcellus IX – Through Darkest Europe (2018 novel)
• Pope Pius XIII – The Young Pope (2016 TV series) and The New Pope (2020 TV series)^[14]
• Pope Francis II – The New Pope (2020 TV series)
• Pope John Paul III – The New Pope (2020 TV series)

Saints

• Saint Grobian – a fictional patron saint of vulgar and coarse people in various late Medieval satirical works^[15]
• Saint Xynoris – A fictional Saint accidentally created through mistranslation

Other

• Dean Jocelin – Dean of the cathedral in William Golding's The Spire.

Eastern Orthodox Church

Monks

• Father Zosima – The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky^[16]

Nuns

• Sister Pelagia – Pelagia and the White Bulldog and sequels by Boris Akunin^[17]

Saints

• Saint Javelin – A fictional Ukrainian saint who was used as a propaganda symbol in the Russo-Ukrainian War^[18]

Anglican/Episcopal churches

Priests

• William Collins – Pride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen; also several film and TV adaptations
• Leonard Clement – The Murder at the Vicarage, novel by Agatha Christie
• Theodore Venables – The Nine Tailors, novel by Dorothy L. Sayers
• Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn – Doctor Syn series of novels by Russell Thorndike^[19]
• Josiah Crawley – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Theophilus Grantly – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Dr Vesey Stanhope – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Mark Robarts – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Father Gabriel Stokes – The Walking Dead^[20]
• Ashley Thomas – Emmerdale
• Harriet Finch – Emmerdale
• Charles Anderson – Emmerdale
• Billy Mayhew – Coronation Street
• Adam Smallbone – Rev.
• Father Jack – Six Feet Under
• Sidney Chambers – Grantchester
• Daniel Webster – The Book of Daniel
• Canon John Tallis – works of Madeleine L'Engle
• Geraldine Granger — The Vicar of Dibley
• Alf Bloxby (books) / Jez Bloxby (TV) – Agatha Raisin (TV series)

Bishops

• Bishop Proudie of Barchester – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope

Mormonism

Fundamentalist leaders

• Bill Henrickson – Big Love
• Roman Grant – Big Love

Baptists

• Jesse Custer – Preacher, comic created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon^[21]
• Chaplain Captain Albert T. Tappman – Catch-22, novel by Joseph Heller

Methodists

• Father Mapple – Moby-Dick^[22]
• Brother Justin Crow – an aspiring radio preacher in Carnivàle
• Norman Balthus – Brother Justin's guardian and mentor in Carnivàle

Other Protestants

• Derrial Book, Shepherd – Firefly
• Caleb – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Eric Camden – 7th Heaven
• Ivan Isaacs – Priest
• Reverend Timothy Lovejoy – The Simpsons^[23]
• Reverend Harry Powell – The Night of the Hunter (1953)^[24]
• William Stryker – Marvel Comics^[25]
• Reverend Nathaniel Cole – Congregationalist minister in Hell on Wheels
• Ruth Cole – Congregationalist preacher in Hell on Wheels
• Joseph Black Moon – Congregationalist preacher in Hell on Wheels
• Reverend Orville Swanson – Congregationalist minister in Red Dead Redemption 2

Unspecified Christian

• Prester John – Christian priest-king of medieval legend^[26]

Shinto

Miko

(Names are listed by alphabetically by given name in the western convention of given-name, surname for clarity.)

• Arashi Kishū – X
• Ayako Matsuzaki – Ghost Hunt
• Chikane Himemiya and Himeko Kurusugawa – Kannazuki no Miko
• Kagome Higurashi, Kikyo, and Kaede – Inuyasha
• Kagami Hiiragi and Tsukasa Hiiragi – Lucky Star
• Kaho Mizuki – Cardcaptor Sakura
• Machi Amayadori – Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear
• Mitsuha Miyamizu – Your Name
• Momiji – Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive
• Nozomi Tojo – Love Live! School Idol Project^[27]
• Koyori – Samurai Aces
• Pocky – Pocky & Rocky
• Sailor Mars (Rei Hino) – Sailor Moon
• Sakura Miko – Hololive
• Rika Furude – Higurashi: When They Cry
• Ruka (Luka) Urushibara – Steins;Gate
• Reimu Hakurei and Sanae Kochiya – Touhou Project
• Saya Kisaragi – Blood-C
• Togashi – Sengoku Blade
• Princess Tomoyo – Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
• Yae Miko and Sangonomiya Kokomi – Genshin Impact
• Yae Sakura – Honkai Impact 3rd
• Utahime Iori – Jujutsu Kaisen

Buddhism

Mahayana

Monks

• Kwai Chang Caine – Kung Fu
• Hoichi the Earless (Zen) – Japanese folklore^[28]
• Liu Kang – Mortal Kombat^[29]
• Kung Lao – Mortal Kombat^[29]

Hinduism

Sadhu

Dhalsim – Street Fighter

Shamanism

Ainu religion

• Nakoruru and Rimururu – Samurai Shodown^[30]

North American shamanism

• Nightwolf – Mortal Kombat^[31]

Judaism

• Rabbi David Small – Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
• Rabbi Avram – The Frisco Kid

Unclassified, fictional, or non-specific religions

• Adiris – Babylonian priestess, Dead by Daylight
• Otto Stamper – leader of The Fold, a cult residing in The Garden of Joy, responsible for summoning The Dredge, Dead by Daylight
• Abdul Alhazred – author of the Necronomicon, mentioned in various works by Howard Philips Lovecraft
• The Lamb – unnamed protagonist of the indie video game Cult of the Lamb^[32]
• The Vestal (Junia) – former priestess of an unknown church, Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II
• The Occultist (Alhazred) – former leader of a cult, Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II
• Bensheng – leader of Happiness Metta Power Group, a fictional cult, The Amazing Grace of Σ [zh]
• Lin Lu-ho – leader of New Spiritual Society, a cult residing in Penghu, The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon
• Priest – Nameless ally who reverses transformations in Pizza Tower. Has a pizza printed on his biretta, but his exorcist counterpart uses a crucifix, suggesting he may be Christian.
• Rhea (Seiros) – Archbishop of the Church of Seiros, and later revealed to be the holy figure Seiros, in the game Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Also appears in the spin-off Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.