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.
All names on list are in Western order (first name, last name) when applicable.
Christianity
Catholic Church
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze (did not pray in church, and later reverted to an unknown form of Christianity) – Assassin's Creed series
Monks and friars
- Frère Jacques
- The Monk – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Friar Tuck – Robin Hood
- William of Baskerville (Franciscan) – The Name of the Rose novel and movie
- Brother Cadfael - protagonist of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters
Nuns
- The Second Nun – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Sister Fidelma - protagonist of historical mystery novels by Peter Tremayne
Priests
- Claude Frollo – The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- Father John Brown – created by G. K. Chesterton
- Father Ted Crilly – Father Ted TV series
- Father Dámaso – Noli Me Tángere (novel)
- Mr. Eko – Lost
- Belial (Betheal) Gavarre – Priest manga
- Father Dougal McGuire – Father Ted TV series
- 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
- Father Guido Sarducci – Vatican gossip columnist played by comedian Don Novello on Saturday Night Live and other TV shows and movies
- Don Camillo Tarocci – Giovannino Guareschi's tales
- Nicholas D. Wolfwood – Trigun
Bishops
- Bishop René d'Herblay of Vannes – the D'Artagnan Romances novels of Alexandre Dumas, père
Saints
- Saint Grobian – a fictional patron saint of vulgar and coarse people in various late Medieval satirical works.
Nuns
- Sister Pelagia – Pelagia and the White Bulldog and sequels by Boris Akunin
Priests
- William Collins – Pride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen; also several film and TV adaptations
- Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn – Doctor Syn series of novels by Russell Thorndike
- Father Gabriel Stokes – The Walking Dead
Fundamentalist leaders
Baptist ministers
- The Reverend Jesse Custer – Preacher, comic created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
- Chaplain Captain Albert T. Tappman – Catch-22, novel by Joseph Heller
Methodist ministers
Non-denominational/other/unspecified/fictional Protestant
- Derrial Book, Shepherd – Firefly
- Caleb – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Eric Camden – 7th Heaven
- Ivan Isaacs – Priest manga
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy – The Simpsons ("American Presbylutheran")
- Reverend Harry Powell – unspecified in The Night of the Hunter (1953)
Unspecified/pre-schism/other religious workers
- Prester John – Christian priest-king of medieval legend
- The Reverend Ashley Thomas – Emmerdale
Shinto
Miko
- Kagome Higurashi, Kikyo, and Kaede – InuYasha and Inuyasha: The Final Act
Buddhism
Monks
Shamanism
Ainu religion
- Nakoruru and Rimururu – Samurai Shodown
North American shamanist
- Nightwolf, Native American shaman – Mortal Kombat video game series
Other/unclassified
- Dhalsim, Hindu ascetic – Street Fighter video game series
- Marcus Didius Falco – Procurator of the Sacred Geese (he also officiated some wedding ceremonies)
References
External link
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