List of fictional clergy and religious figures

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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.

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

Contents

[edit] Christianity

[edit] Roman Catholic Church

[edit] Attended seminary

[edit] Monks and Friars

[edit] Nuns

[edit] Nuns from Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
  • Sister Helen
  • Sister Lee
  • Sister Louise
  • Sister Melanie
  • Sister Monica

[edit] Nuns from The Flying Nun
  • Sister Ana
  • Sister Bertrille/Elsie Ethrington (Sally Field)
  • Sister Jacqueline
  • Reverend Mother Superior Plaseato
  • Sister Sixto
  • Sister Theresa

[edit] Nuns from The Sound of Music
  • Mother Abbess
  • Sister Bernice
  • Sister Berthe
  • Sister Margaretta
  • Sister Sophia

[edit] Nuns from Chrono Crusade

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

[edit] Nuns from Sister Act and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
  • Mother Superior (played by Maggie Smith)
  • Sister Alma
  • Sister Mary Clarence, alias Deloris van Cartier (played by Whoopi Goldberg)
  • Sister Mary Lazarus
  • Sister Mary Patrick
  • Sister Mary Robert

[edit] Nuns from Trinity Blood
  • Sister Esther Blanchett (Queen of Albion)
  • Sister Noélle Bor (Mistress)
  • Sister Kate Scott (Iron Maiden)
  • Sister Paula (Lady of Death)
  • Various Abesses and Nuns

[edit] Deacons

[edit] Priests

[edit] Bishops

[edit] Cardinals

[edit] Popes

  • Pope John XXIV - White Smoke: A Novel of Papal Election by Andrew Greeley
  • Pope John XXIV - The Promise of God: A Novel by David Shapiro
  • Pope Bernadette II - Crusade
  • Pope Celestine VI - Conclave and Council by Greg Tobin
  • Pope Linus Stephen I - Conclave by Roberto Pazzi
  • Pope David I - (Robbie Coltrane) The Pope Must Die
  • Pope Eleanor - The Night's Dawn Trilogy who excommunicated all persons using affinity in 2090.
  • Pope Joan - female pope in De septem donis Spiritu Sancti ("The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit"), a medieval satire of the Church written circa 1250
  • Pope Joan - female pope in Robert Rankin's Armageddon: the Musical
  • Pope John Paul I - a fictional Pope loosely based on the real John Paul I in The Godfather: Part III
  • Pope Kiril I - The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West, played by Anthony Quinn in the movie based on that novel
  • Pope Gregory XVII - To Kill the Pope : An Ecclesiastical Thriller by Tad Szulc
  • Pope Gregory XVII - The Clowns of God by Morris West
  • Pope Leo XIV - Lazarus by Morris West
  • Pope Hadrian VII - Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe
  • Pope Hadrian XI - The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem
  • Pope Oswald Leopold II - Battle Pope
  • Pope Patrick I - Pope Patrick by Peter de Rosa
  • Pope Paul VII - The Confessor by Daniel Silva
  • Pope Peter II - The Accidental Pope by Raymond Flynn and Robin Moore
  • Pope Peter II - The Reckoning by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • Pope Peter II - The Third Secret: A Novel Of Suspense by Steve Berry
  • Pope Clement XV - The Last Fisherman: A Novel of the Last Pope, the Antichrist and the End of the Age by Randy England
  • Pope Clement XV - The Third Secret: A Novel Of Suspense by Steve Berry
  • Pope Innocent XIV - Glory of the Olive: A Novel of the Time of Tribulation by Susan Claire Potts
  • Pope Robert - Millennium Pope : A Novel of Spiritual Journey by Frederick J. Luhmann
  • Pope Octavian - The Call of Pope Octavian: A Novel of the 21st Century by William B. Faherty
  • Pope Gregory XVIII - The Last Pope by David Osborn
  • Pope Pius Innocent - The Last Pope by Jerry Marcus
  • Pope Pius - The Pope Must Die
  • Pope Pius XIII - Basilica by William Montalbano
  • Pope Pius XV - Babylon 5 universe
  • Pope Pius XX - 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Pope Genevieve G. Rota - Lexx
  • Pope Sixtus the Seventh - robot pope in Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
  • Pope Urban IX - In Solemn Conclave by Robert L Carneiro
  • Pope Urban X - Candide
  • The Space Pope (Crocodylus pontifex) - Futurama
  • Pope Alexander IX - First American Pope: Pontifex Maximus by Angelo Pagnotti
  • Pope Alessandro XVIII - Trinity Blood
  • Pope Snowball - Rabbit Pope, alleged descendent of Peter Rabbit South Park

[edit] Eastern Orthodox Church

[edit] Monks

[edit] Priests

[edit] Bishops

  • Bishop Tikhon - The Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky, from a chapter originally excised by Russian censors but which can be found in many modern editions.

[edit] Anglican/Episcopal Churches

[edit] Priests

[edit] Bishops

[edit] Monks

[edit] Nuns

[edit] Nuns from Black Narcissus

[edit] Protestantism

[edit] Baptist Ministers

[edit] Congregationalist Ministers

[edit] Lutheran Pastors

[edit] Methodist Ministers

[edit] Presbyterian Ministers

[edit] Non-denominational/Other/Unspecified/Fictional Protestant

[edit] Unspecified/Pre-schism/Other religious workers

[edit] Shinto

[edit] Priests

[edit] Miko

[edit] Miko from Shrine of the Morning Mist

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

[edit] Kuro Miko

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

[edit] Buddhism

[edit] Mahayana

[edit] Priests

[edit] Monks

[edit] 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)

[edit] Monks from Mortal Kombat

Unless specified, all belong to the Shaolin discipline.

[edit] Vajrayana

[edit] Monks

[edit] Lamas

[edit] Judaism

[edit] left

[edit] Ainu religion

[edit] Native American shamanist

[edit] Fictional Religions

[edit] Yevonism (from Final Fantasy X)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] The Church of Aram (from The Elder Gods)

[edit] Andari

Andari are considered the equivalent of bishops.

  • Andari Estarg

[edit] Heria

Heria are Aramite priests.

  • Jalkan

[edit] Bajoran Religion (from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

[edit] The Order (from Silent Hill)

  • Dahlia Gillespie, Priestess
  • Leonard Wolf, Keeper of the Seal
  • Father 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

[edit] Nisan Religion (from Xenogears)

[edit] Great Mother

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

  • Margie Fatima
  • Sophia

[edit] Ethos (from Xenogears)

[edit] Etones

[edit] Bishop

  • Stone

[edit] Ormus (From Xenosaga)

[edit] Patriarchs

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

[edit] Cardinals

  • Cardinal Heinlein

[edit] Inquisitors

  • Chief Inquisitor Margulis
  • Pellegri

[edit] Omnianism (from Discworld)

[edit] Cenobiarch

The Cenobiarch or Supreme Iam is equivalent to the Pope.

[edit] Iam

  • Fri'it

[edit] Deacon

  • Cusp
  • Vorbis

[edit] Bishop

  • Didactylos
  • Drunah
  • Horn

[edit] Quite Reverend

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

[edit] Brother

  • Murduck
  • Nuhmrod (Master of Novices)
  • Sasho

[edit] Discworld pantheon

[edit] The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised from Discworld

[edit] The Church of Granas (from Grandia II)

[edit] Pope

  • Pope Zera

[edit] High Priestess

  • Selene

[edit] Priests

  • Carius

[edit] Songstresses

  • Elena

[edit] Sisters

  • Eurydice
  • Ismene
  • Isolde
  • Tessa
  • Velda

[edit] The Chapter of Viron (from The Book of the Long Sun)

[edit] Augers

[edit] Sibyls

[edit] Other/Unclassified

[edit] See also