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
Catholic Church
Monks and friars
Nuns
Priests
Bishops
Popes
Saints
- Saint Grobian â a fictional patron saint of vulgar and coarse people in various late Medieval satirical works
- Saint Xynoris â A fictional Saint accidentally created through mistranslation
Other
- Dean Jocelin â Dean of the cathedral in William Golding's The Spire.
Eastern Orthodox Church
Monks
Nuns
Saints
Anglican/Episcopal churches
Priests
Bishops
Mormonism
Fundamentalist leaders
Baptists
Methodists
Other Protestants
Unspecified Christian
Shinto
Miko
(Names are listed by alphabetically by given name in the western convention of given-name, surname for clarity.)
Buddhism
Mahayana
Monks
Hinduism
Sadhu
Dhalsim â Street Fighter
Shamanism
Ainu religion
North American shamanism
Judaism
Unclassified, fictional, or non-specific religions
- Adiris â Babylonian priestess, Dead by Daylight
- Otto Stamper â leader of The Fold, a cult residing in The Garden of Joy, responsible for summoning The Dredge, Dead by Daylight
- Abdul Alhazred â author of the Necronomicon, mentioned in various works by Howard Philips Lovecraft
- The Lamb â unnamed protagonist of the indie video game Cult of the Lamb
- The Vestal (Junia) â former priestess of an unknown church, Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II
- The Occultist (Alhazred) â former leader of a cult, Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II
- Bensheng â leader of Happiness Metta Power Group, a fictional cult, '
- Lin Lu-ho â leader of New Spiritual Society, a cult residing in Penghu, The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon
- Priest â Nameless ally who reverses transformations in Pizza Tower. Has a pizza printed on his biretta, but his exorcist counterpart uses a crucifix, suggesting he may be Christian.
- Rhea (Seiros) â Archbishop of the Church of Seiros, and later revealed to be the holy figure Seiros, in the game '. Also appears in the spin-off '.
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