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

• Frère Jacques^[1]
• The Monk –The Canterbury Tales byGeoffrey 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 byEllis Peters^[6]

• The Second Nun –The Canterbury Tales byGeoffrey Chaucer
• Sister Fidelma – protagonist of historical mystery novels byPeter Tremayne
• Ciel – Character fromTsukihime and theMelty Blood series
• Sister Jeanne – fromThe Devils
• Sister Bertrille (and several others) – fromThe Flying Nun
• Sister Boniface (and others) – fromSister Boniface Mysteries
• Sister Andrea –Evil (TV series)
• Sister Assumpta (and others) –Father Ted
• Sister Simone – fromMrs. Davis
• Sister Michael – fromDerry Girls
• Maggie Grace – fromDaredevil

• Claude Frollo –The Hunchback of Notre-Dame^[7]
  • Claude Frollo – from theDisney adaptation
• Father John Brown – created byG. 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 byGeoffrey Chaucer
• The Pardoner –The Canterbury Tales byGeoffrey Chaucer
• The Parson –The Canterbury Tales byGeoffrey Chaucer
• Don Abbondio –The Betrothed byAlessandro Manzoni
• Father Guido Sarducci –Vatican gossip columnist played by comedianDon Novello onSaturday Night Live and other TV shows and films
• Don Camillo Tarocci –Giovannino Guareschi's tales
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood –Trigun
• Enrico Pucci – achaplain at the Green Dolphin Street Prison aspiring to achieveHeaven for all mankind, friend ofDIO, main antagonist ofJoJo's Bizarre Adventure:Stone Ocean
• Kirei Kotomine – main antagonist ofFate/Stay Night,Fate/Zero andFate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, also has minor appearances inFate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya,Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel andFate/Grand Order
• Risei Kotomine – Kirei Kotomine's father,Fate/Zero
• John Ward – The main protagonist ofFaith: The Unholy Trinity
• Father Garcia- Another protagonist ofFaith: 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 fromThe Exorcist
• Father Paul Lantom –Daredevil
• Father Salcedo –Lord, Give Me Patience
• Father Brian Kilkenney Finn –Keeping the Faith
• Father McKenzie -Eleanor Rigby

• BishopRené d'Herblay of Vannes – theD'Artagnan Romances novels ofAlexandre Dumas, père
• Bishop Len Brennan –Father Ted TV show

• 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 beHarold 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) andConclave (2024 film)
• Pope Marcellus IX –Through Darkest Europe (2018 novel)
• Pope Pius XIII –The Young Pope (2016 TV series) andThe 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)

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

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

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

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

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

• William Collins –Pride and Prejudice, novel byJane Austen; also several film and TV adaptations
• Leonard Clement –The Murder at the Vicarage, novel byAgatha Christie
• Theodore Venables –The Nine Tailors, novel byDorothy L. Sayers
• Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn –Doctor Syn series of novels byRussell Thorndike^[19]
• Josiah Crawley –Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels byAnthony Trollope
• Theophilus Grantly –Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels byAnthony Trollope
• Dr Vesey Stanhope –Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels byAnthony Trollope
• Mark Robarts –Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels byAnthony 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)
• Reverend Green -Cluedo
• Ernest Trelaw -Timewyrm: Revelation
• Annie Trelaw -Happy Endings

• Bishop Proudie of Barchester –Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels byAnthony Trollope
• The Bishop of Tatchester -The Box of Delights

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

• Jesse Custer –Preacher, comic created byGarth Ennis andSteve Dillon^[21]
• Chaplain Captain Albert T. Tappman –Catch-22, novel byJoseph Heller

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

• 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 inHell on Wheels
• Ruth Cole – Congregationalist preacher inHell on Wheels
• Joseph Black Moon – Congregationalist preacher inHell on Wheels
• Reverend Orville Swanson – Congregationalist minister inRed Dead Redemption 2
• Reverend I. M. Jolly - Church of Scotland minister inScotch and Wry

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

(Names are listed by alphabetically by given name in thewestern convention ofgiven-name, surname for clarity.)

• Arashi Kishū –X
• Ayako Matsuzaki –Ghost Hunt
• Chikane Himemiya and Himeko Kurusugawa –Kannazuki no Miko
• Kagome Higurashi,Kikyo, andKaede –Inuyasha
• Kagami Hiiragi andTsukasa Hiiragi –Lucky Star
• Kaho Mizuki –Cardcaptor Sakura
• Machi Amayadori –Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear
• Mitsuha Miyamizu –Your Name
• Momiji –Ninja Gaiden andDead 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 andSanae Kochiya –Touhou Project
• Sakura -Urusei Yatsura
• Sangonomiya Kokomi –Genshin Impact
• Saya Kisaragi –Blood-C
• Togashi –Sengoku Blade
• Princess Tomoyo –Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
• Yae Miko –Genshin Impact
• Yae Sakura –Honkai Impact 3rd
• Utahime Iori –Jujutsu Kaisen

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

Dhalsim –Street Fighter

• Nakoruru andRimururu –Samurai Shodown^[30]

• Nightwolf –Mortal Kombat^[31]

• Rabbi David Small –Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
• Rabbi Avram –The Frisco Kid
• Rabbi Jacob "Jake" Schram –Keeping the Faith
• Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky –The Simpsons

• 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 theNecronomicon, mentioned in various works byHoward Philips Lovecraft
• The Lamb – unnamed protagonist of the indie video gameCult of the Lamb^[32]
• The Vestal (Junia) – former priestess of an unknown church,Darkest Dungeon andDarkest Dungeon II
• The Occultist (Alhazred) – former leader of a cult,Darkest Dungeon andDarkest 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 inPizza 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 gameFire Emblem: Three Houses. Also appears in the spin-offFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

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