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. Some of the more popular clergy, members of religious orders, and other religious personages featured in works of fiction are listed below.
Christianity
[edit]Catholic Church
[edit]Monks and friars
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
Bishops
[edit]- Bishop René d'Herblay of Vannes – the D'Artagnan Romances novels of Alexandre Dumas, père
- Bishop Len Brennan - Father Ted TV show
Popes
[edit]- Pope Joan – 9th-century legendary figure[11]
- 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 Francis I – The Vicar of Christ (1979 novel)
- Pope Gregory XVII – Earthly Powers (1980 novel)
- Pope John XXIX – The Last World (1988 short story)
- Pope John Paul I (Cardinal Lamberto) – The Godfather Part III (1990 film)[12]
- 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 Innocent XIV - Conclave (2016 novel)
- Pope Marcellus IX – Through Darkest Europe (2018 novel)
- Pope Pius XIII – The Young Pope (2016 TV series) and The New Pope (2020 TV series)[13]
- A separate Pope Pius XIII - Oblivion (2012 novel)
- Pope Francis II - The New Pope (2020 TV series)
- Pope John Paul III – The New Pope (2020 TV series)
Saints
[edit]- Saint Grobian – a fictional patron saint of vulgar and coarse people in various late Medieval satirical works[14]
Other
[edit]- Dean Jocelin - Dean of the cathedral in William Golding's The Spire.
Eastern Orthodox Church
[edit]Monks
[edit]- Father Zosima – The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky[15]
Nuns
[edit]- Sister Pelagia – Pelagia and the White Bulldog and sequels by Boris Akunin[16]
Saints
[edit]- Saint Javelin – A fictional Ukrainian saint used as a propaganda symbol in the Russo-Ukrainian War[17]
Anglican/Episcopal churches
[edit]Priests
[edit]- 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[18]
- 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[19]
- 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
[edit]- Bishop Proudie of Barchester – Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
Mormonism
[edit]Fundamentalist leaders
[edit]- Bill Henrickson – Big Love
- Roman Grant – Big Love
Baptists
[edit]- Jesse Custer – Preacher, comic created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon[20]
- Chaplain Captain Albert T. Tappman – Catch-22, novel by Joseph Heller
Methodists
[edit]- Father Mapple – Moby-Dick[21]
- Brother Justin Crow – an aspiring radio preacher in Carnivàle
- Norman Balthus – Brother Justin's guardian and mentor in Carnivàle
Other Protestants
[edit]- Derrial Book, Shepherd – Firefly
- Caleb – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Eric Camden – 7th Heaven
- Ivan Isaacs – Priest
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy – The Simpsons[22]
- Reverend Harry Powell – The Night of the Hunter (1953)[23]
- William Stryker – Marvel Comics[24]
- 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
[edit]- Prester John – Christian priest-king of medieval legend[25]
Shinto
[edit]Miko
[edit](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
- Momiji – Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive
- Nozomi Tojo - Love Live! School Idol Project[26]
- 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
[edit]Mahayana
[edit]Monks
[edit]- Kwai Chang Caine – Kung Fu
- Hoichi the Earless (Zen) – Japanese folklore[27]
Hinduism
[edit]Sadhu
[edit]Shamanism
[edit]Ainu religion
[edit]North American shamanism
[edit]Judaism
[edit]- Rabbi David Small – Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
- Rabbi Avram – The Frisco Kid
Unclassified, fictional, or non-specific religions
[edit]- 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[31]
- 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
- Lin Lu-ho - leader of New Spiritual Society, a cult residing in Penghu, The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon
References
[edit]- ^ "'Frère Jacques' lyrics: what are the lyrics to the famous French nursery rhyme?". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "7.6 The Monk's Prologue and Tale". chaucer.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Kaler, Anne K. (1997). "Who is that Monk in the Hood?: Friar Tuck, Francis of Assisi, and Robin Hood". The Journal of Popular Culture. 30 (4): 51–74. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1997.3004_51.x. ISSN 0022-3840.
- ^ "The Monk | Gothic Horror, Supernatural & Mystery | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "William of Bakersville - Detective". www.detecs.org. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Mamata, Bidisha (11 June 2009). "Master of the medieval mystery". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Victor Hugo, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Father Brown | Detective, Priest, Mystery | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ a b Harrison, Andrew (20 April 2015). "Father Ted's legacy, 20 years on: up with this sort of thing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "On 'Lost,' Eko is a man divided". TODAY.com. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Pope Joan | Legend & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Bollig, Joe (11 September 2019). "How The Godfather made me a better Christian". The Leaven Catholic Newspaper. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Mangan, Lucy (27 October 2016). "The Young Pope review – fantastically anxiety-inducing viewing for lapsed Catholics". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Definition of GROBIAN". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Anderson, Roger B. (1979). "Mythical Implications of Father Zosima's Religious Teachings". Slavic Review. 38 (2): 272–289. doi:10.2307/2497087. ISSN 0037-6779.
- ^ "Nun has sleuth skills, feminist views". Newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Debusmann, Bernd Jr (10 March 2022). "How 'Saint Javelin' raised over $1m for Ukraine". BBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "The Reverend Dr Syn, the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh". www.internationalhero.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Seth Gilliam reacts to Father Gabriel's 'Walking Dead: Ones Who Live' surprise return". EW.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Thakuri, Aaindri (26 August 2024). "Preacher: A comprehensive guide to the cast and characters in the show". www.soapcentral.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Chapter 9: The Sermon | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | Lit2Go ETC". etc.usf.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ VanHooker, Brian (22 March 2024). "10 'Simpsons' Characters Even More Obnoxious Than Comic Book Guy". Cracked.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "'Night of the Hunter': Rise and Fall of an American Con Man - Moundsville: PBS Film & Magazine". moundsville.org. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "William Stryker Powers, Enemies, History | Marvel". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Prester John | Legendary Ruler of the East | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ 神田明神 [@kanda_myoujin] (2 January 2015). "TOKYO MXテレビで、アニメ「ラブライブ！」が、1月4日23時から放送されます。 神田明神公式アイドルの「東條 希」が出演していて、神田明神もアニメ中に出てきます。 僕、ししまいも応援していますよm(_ _)m" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Miminashi Hōichi | Yokai.com". yokai.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ a b Saltzman, Mitchell (17 January 2019). "The Story So Far: Mortal Kombat". IGN. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Spiker, Christina (2020). "The Indigenous Shôjo: Transmedia representations of Ainu femininity in Japan's Samurai Spirits, 1993–2019". Journal of Anime and Manga Studies, vol. 1. doi:10.21900/j.jams.v1.502. hdl:2142/108994.
- ^ Kobek, Patricio (1 August 2019). "Nightwolf's Animal Spirits Are Revealed In Mortal Kombat DLC Trailer". TheGamer. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Hashimoto, Kazuma (10 August 2022). "Cult of the Lamb is that rare game: a fun critique of organized religion". Polygon. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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