List of fictional clergy and religious figures

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
• Fray Felipe – Zorro franchise
• Brother Francis Gerard – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Brother Francisco, played by Giampiero Albertini in the Italian film Zorro (1975)
• 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 Jerome – The Twilight Zone episode The Howling Man
• Brother Kornhoer – A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Friar Lawrence – Romeo and Juliet
• Brother Maynard – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• 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
• 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
• 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 Elephant - Sister Mary Elephant
• 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
• Asia Argento - High School DxD

Priests

• Father Adelfio – Cinema Paradiso
• Father Alfredo Albini – The Pope Must Die played by Janez Vajevec
• 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 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 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 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 Fitzgibbon – Going My Way
• 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 John X. Halligan – When in Rome
• Father Keiron Hobbs – Hollyoaks
• Father Hubley (Charles Durning) – Everybody Loves Raymond
• Vaclav Havel (Know Faith) – Trinity Blood
• 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 Michael William Logan – I Confess
• 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 Matthew "Rickety Cricket" Marra – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Father Mateusz Żmigrodzki Ojciec Mateusz
• 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
• 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 Colum O'Hara – Scarlett
• Father Aidan O'Connell – BBC TV's Ballykissangel
• Father Chuck O'Malley – Going My Way and The Bells of Saint Mary's
• Father Timothy O'Dowd – Going My Way
• 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 Pierre – The Scarlet Claw
• 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 Enrico Pucci – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by manga artist Hirohiko Araki
• Father Ewan Remington – Chrono Crusade
• Father Restrepo The House of the Spirits
• 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 Telemomd – The Shoes of the Fisherman
• Father Thomas – Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
• Father Matthew Thomas – Priest (1994 movie)
• Father Tomas – The Twilight Zone episode, The Mirror
• 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 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
• 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 Grandenetti – Astro City
• Cardinal Ignatius Glick – Dogma, played by George Carlin
• Cardinal Jinette – Van Helsing
• Cardinal Kandinsky – The Pope Must Die
• Cardinal Lakota – The Shoes of the Fisherman
• Cardinal Lamberto – The Godfather Part III
• Cardinal Leone – The Shoes of the Fisherman
• 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 Rinaldi – The Shoes of the Fisherman
• Cardinal Rocco – The Pope Must Die, played by Alex Rocco
• 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 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 Bardamus I – Le Conte de Paris by Pierre Gripari
• Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Armageddon Decision by James Herbert Brennan (this novel was written in 1977)
  • Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer (this novel was written in 1999)
  • The Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling (this Pope is the real Benedict XVI in an alternate history universe)
• 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
• 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
  • 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]
  • The Third Secret: A Novel Of Suspense by Steve Berry
  • The Eleventh Commandment by Lester del Rey
• 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 Francis I
  • 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)
• 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
  • 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)
• Pope Gregory XVIII – 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 Innocent XIV
  • The Final Judgement by Denis MacEoin
  • The Fourth K by Mario Puzo
  • Il destino di Padre Brown by Paolo Gulisano (here G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown is elected pope in 1939 instead of Pius XII)
  • Conclave by Robert D. Harris
• Pope Innocent XVI – Concerning the eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli by Ronald Firbank
• Pope Innocent XVII – The Alteration by Kingsley Amis; issued a Papal Bull prohibiting the use of artificial contraception, forcing Pope John XIV to adopt the use of bacteriological weapons and declare a Holy War against Turkey to reduce population growth within the Vatican's jurisdiction.
• 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 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
  • Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
  • White Smoke: A Novel of Papal Election by Andrew Greeley
  • The Alteration by Kingsley Amis (Pope John XXIV is Harold Wilson).
  • 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 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 XL - Pavane by Keith Roberts
• 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 – 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 Kiril I – The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West, played by Anthony Quinn in the movie based on the novel
• Pope Leo XIV
  • 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
  • Mass Effect, succeeds assassinated Clement XVI
• 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 Orlando - Pavane by Keith Roberts
• Pope Oswald Leopold II – Battle Pope
• Pope Paul VII
  • The Confessor by Daniel Silva
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz – Fiat Voluntas Tua by Walter M. Miller
• 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
  • Peter the Second by Bruce Marshall (third part of a trilogy)
  • The Accidental Pope by Raymond Flynn and Robin Moore
  • 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
  • I giorni della tempesta by Antonio Socci
• Pope Peter Rabbit – Rabbit Pope, true identity of St. Peter (appointed by Jesus as first Pope) in South Park episode "Fantastic Easter Special"
• Pope Pius XIII
  • Urban the Ninth by Bruce Marshall (first part of a trilogy)
  • Réform au Vaticane by Gotlib
  • Foul Play, 1978 American movie
  • Virgin by James Patterson
  • 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
  • The Young Pope by Paolo Sorrentino, 2016 Italian TV series (Jude Law is Lenny Belardo, Pius XIII, the first American Pope)
• Pope Pius XIV – 'Le Livre/Machine by Philippe Goy
• Pope Pius XV
  • 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 Sixtus VII – robot pope in Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
• Pope Sorely I – Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller
• Pope Sylvan II – Pope in The Alteration by Kingsley Amis; mentioned by Pope John XXIV as a French Pope during the Eighteenth Century
• Pope Teilhard I – Endymion by Dan Simmons
• Pope Tertius II – Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli by Ronald Firbank
• Pope Urban IX – Urban the Ninth by Bruce Marshall (first part of a trilogy)
• 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"

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

Priests

• Father Grigori – Half-Life 2 video game

Bishops

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

Priests

• The Ven. Edwin Allchin – The Cunning Man
• Reverend Amian – Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode The Horse Player
• Mr Arabin – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
• Reverend Stephen Babbington – Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
• Mr. Birchwood – Pygmalion
• Archdeacon Henry Blunt – All Gas and Gaiters TV series
• Rev. and Hon. Wilfred Bohun – The Hammer of God by G. K. Chesterton
• Rev. Caleb Dane Calthrop – The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
• Rev. Sidney Chambers – Grantchester
• Rev. Leonard Clement – The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
• Rev. 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
• Francis Davey – Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier.
• Father Donovan – American Dad! television series
• Father John Dyball – occult detective in Peter Saxon's The Guardians series
• Rev. Jack Eccles – Rabbit, Run
• 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 Thomas Garfield – Alias Nick Beal
• 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. Mahin – High Noon
• Dr Meddlar – The Liar by Stephen Fry
• Reverend Mervyn Noote – All Gas and Gaiters TV series
• Reverend Dr. Mosby – The Parent Trap
• Canon Pennyfather – At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
• 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 Smiley - Under Capricorn
• 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 Manners – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• 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

Sisters from Call the Midwife

• Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter)
• Sister Monica Joan (Judy Parfit)
• Sister Winnifred (Victoria Yeats)
• Sister Evangelina (Pam Ferris)
• Sister Bernadette (Laura Main)
• Sister Mary Cynthia (Bryony Hannah)

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^[2]

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ministers

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

Churches of Christ ministers

• Pastor Caleb Troyer – Caleb Troyer series^[3]

Congregationalist ministers

• Rev. John Ames – Gilead
• Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale – The Scarlet Letter
• Rev. Abner Hale – Hawaii novel and movie
• Rev. John Wilson – The Scarlet Letter

Lutheran pastors and priests

• Church of Sweden youth leader Joel – Bert Diaries (Berts ytterligare betraktelser)^[4]
• Priest Anna-Lena of the Church of Sweden – Sune book series (Sune och Svarta Mannen); priest during Isabelle's baptism^[5]
• Rev. Josiah Brake – A Hot July Day
• Pastor Stephen Grant – Warrior Monk
• Pastor David Ingqvist (Lake Wobegon Lutheran Church) – A Prairie Home Companion
• Pastor Fritz Kuppenbrach – Rabbit, Run
• Pastor Manders – Ghosts
• Pastor Dan Parker – Raising Helen
• Priests Abdon Rehnberg, Staffan and Maria of the Church of Sweden – Bert Diaries (Berts bekännelser)^[6]
• Rev. Keith Schroeder – The Confession

Methodist ministers

• Reverend Norman Balthus – Carnivàle
• Brother Justin Crowe – Carnivàle
• Elmer Gantry – Elmer Gantry
• Father Mapple – Moby-Dick
• Bishop Charles McNaughton – Carnivàle
• Rev. C.P. Randollph – Reverend Randollph series^[3]
• Rev. Karen Stroup – King of the Hill
• Reverend Sykes – To Kill a Mockingbird (AME)
• Dinah Morris – Adam Bede

Presbyterian ministers

• Rev. Mike Hill – The North Avenue Irregulars
• Rev. Hopkins – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
• Rev. I.M. Jolly – Scotch and Wry
• Rev. Lohman – A Christmas Without Snow
• Rev. Macpherson – Local Hero
• Rev. Gideon Mack – The Testament of Gideon Mack
• Rev. David Sempill – Witch Wood
• Rev. Micah Balwhidder – Annals of the Parish

Quakers

• Elizabeth Elliot – Quaker series^[3]

Shakers

• Sister Rose Callahan – Sister Rose Callahan series^[3]

Non-denominational/other/unspecified/fictional Protestant

• Reverend Robert Alden (Dabbs Greer) – Little House on the Prairie
• Marvin O. Bagman – Good Omens
• Dr. Barrett (Edward Van Sloan) – Abe Lincoln in Illinois
• Derrial Book, Shepherd – Firefly
• Rev. Clayton Brooks (Dick Van Dyke) – Cold Turkey
• Rev. Jeremiah Brown – Inherit the Wind
• Caleb – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Eric Camden – 7th Heaven
• Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) – Rain
• 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
• Reverend Daniel Gros - (Edwin Maxwell) - Drums Along the Mohawk
• Rev. Tom Holvak (Glenn Ford) – The Family Holvak
• L. Ron Hubbard the 23rd – Robert Rankin's Armageddon the Musical
• Ivan Isaacs – Priest manga
• Reverend Cleophus James (James Brown) – pastor of the Triple Rock Church, from The Blues Brothers
• Reverend Timothy Johnson – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• 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 Uriah Ogle (Frank McGlynn Sr.) – Captain Blood (1935)
• Reverend Oliver (René Auberjonois) – Minister of Pembroke in The Patriot (2000)
• Minister Edwidge Owens (Kyle Secor) – Minister at Our Lady of Sorrows in The Purge: Election Year (2016)
• 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
• Rev. Raymond Sebastion (evangelical, denomination never revealed) – Raymond Sebastian series^[3]
• Homer J. Simpson – has been a missionary
• Mr. Sprague – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Rev. Calvin Truman Turkstra – Deadly Waters, Murder on the Grand, Murder on Sacred Ground^[3]
• Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) – Gangs of New York
• Reverend Purlie Victorious – Purlie
• Reverend Wainwright (John Litel) – Heaven Only Knows
• Reverend Wood (Charles Seel) – The Twilight Zone episode The Hunt
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood – Trigun

Miko from Shrine of the Morning Mist

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

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

Monks

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

Lamas

• Charlie Lama – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures^[7]
• Dalai Dan – Robert Rankin's Armageddon: The Musical

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

Virgo Vestalis Maxima (Chief Vestals)

• Amalia – Exilium
• Analenya – Early One Morning

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 Qalso 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.

Order of Zakarum (Diablo)

• Que-Hegan (Great Patriarch of Zakarum)-Highest divine authority
  • Dirae (mentioned in The Book of Tyrael, does not appear in the game)
• Bishops
  • Archbishop Lazarus

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

Khura'inism (from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice)

Deities

• Holy Mother, founder; reserved as the central figure of the religion, which is based around her teachings of peace. The rulers of Khura'in's monarchy are descended from her.
• Lady Kee'ra, protector; she was believed to have used violence and murder as opposed to her sister the Holy Mother. The "Purification Rite" of Khura'nism has the purpose of purifying Lady Kee'ra of her bloodshed. It is forbidden for those with "Khura'in" blood to take part in this rite.

High priests

• Tahrust Inmee

Grand priestesses

• Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in
• Amara Sigatar Khura'in (former)

Royal priestesses

• Rayfa Padma Khura'in

Reserved clergymen

• Pees'lubn Andistan'dhin; head monk of Tehm'pul Temple
• Nahyuta Sahdmadhi; highly reserved monk

Unnamed Air Nomadic religion (from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra)

• Monk Gyatso – Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Avatar Aang – Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
• Former Councilman of United Republic of Nations, and Spiritual Leader of Air Nation Tenzin – The Legend of Korra

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

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