Roman Catholic Church[]
Monks[]
- Adso of Melk (Benedictine) - The Name of the Rose novel & movie
- Brother Brace - RuneScape
- Brother Cadfael (Benedictine) - mystery novels by Edith Pargeter
- Caraccioli - (Dominican) - A General History of the Robberies and Murders Of the most notorious Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson
- Friar Carl - Van Helsing
- Friar Domingo - Shogun, played by Michael Hordern in the 1980 TV miniseries.
- Brother Dominic - TV ads for Xerox photocopiers
- "Friar Fuck" - Sex and the City
- Brother Edward Hamilton - Chrono Crusade
- Friar Huberd - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Father Imperius - Ladyhawke
- Friar Lawrence - Romeo and Juliet
- Brother Maynard - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Monk - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Brother Theo (Dominican) - Babylon 5
- Friar Tuck - Robin Hood
- William of Baskerville (Franciscan) - The Name of the Rose novel & movie
Nuns[]
- Sister Angela - One-Pound Gospel
- Sister Anna Baragli (Andie MacDowell) - Hudson Hawk
- Sister Barbara Bennett - Change of Habit
- Sister Carla - Lambs of God
- Ciel - Tsukihime, Melty Blood and Shingetsutan Tsukihime
- Sister Laura Donnelly - Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Eglentyne The Prioress - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Sister Euphemia - Nuns on the Run
- Felicia - Darkstalkers
- Sister Fidelma - stories by Peter Tremayne
- Sister Michelle Gallagher - Change of Habit
- Sister Mako Graham - Yakitate!! Japan
- Sister Inviolata - Nuns on the Run
- Sister Irene Hawkins - Change of Habit
- Sister Iphigenia - Lambs of God
- Sister Kate - TV series Sister Kate
- Sister Margaret - D no Fūin and Girl Saurus series, all by manga-ka Kei Kusunoki
- Sister Margarita - Lambs of God
- Sister Marie - Popetown
- Sister Mary of the Annunciation - Nuns on the Run
- Sister Mary Benedict - The Bells of St. Mary's
- Sister Mary Elephant - from the Cheech & Chong comedy skit of the same name
- Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart - Nuns on the Run
- Sister Mary Stigmata (a.k.a. "The Penguin") - The Blues Brothers
- Sister Miyako - Kannazuki no Miko
- Sister Josepha Montafiore (Natascha McElhone) - Revelations TV miniseries
- Sister Olav - The Far Arena
- Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski - Father Dowling Mysteries TV series
- Sister Penelope - Popetown
- Yoko Belnades in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
- Sister Yukariko Sanada - Mai-HiME
- The Second Nun - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Sister Thornly - Time Squad
Nuns from The Flying Nun[]
- Sister Ana
- Sister Bertrille/Elsie Ethrington (Sally Field)
- Sister Jacqueline
- Reverend Mother Superior Plaseato
- Sister Sixto
- Sister Theresa
Nuns from The Sound of Music[]
- Mother Abbess
- Sister Bernice
- Sister Berthe
- Sister Margaretta
- Sister Sophia
Nuns from Black Narcissus[]
- Sister Briony (Judith Furse)
- Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr)
- Mother Dorothea (Nancy Roberts)
- Sister Honey (Jenny Laird)
- Sister Phillipa (Flora Robson)
- Sister Ruth (Kathleen Byron)
Nuns from Chrono Crusade[]
Unless otherwise specified, all below belong to the fictional Order of Mary Magdalene.
- Sister Anna
- Sister Claire
- Sister Rosette Christopher
- Sister Azmaria Hendric
- Sister Mary
- Sister Kate Valentine
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
Deacons[]
- The Pardoner - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Priests[]
- Captain Paul Adrano - Chaplin in the US Marines in Donal Pfarrer's Novel "The Fearless Man"
- Father Alexander Anderson - Hellsing
- Father Bob - Lambs of God
- Pfarrer Guido Braun - Pfarrer Braun, a 2003 German TV series based on the Father Brown stories
- Father Ben - fictional character from (meta-fictional) television show that Father Ted watched.
- Father Ralph de Bricassart - The Thorn Birds
- Father Brennan - The Omen
- Father John Brown - created by G. K. Chesterton
- Father Donald Callahan - Stephen King's novel 'Salem's Lot and in The Dark Tower series
- Don Camillo Tarocci - Giovanni Guareschi's tales.
- Father Peter Clifford - BBC TV's Ballykissangel
- Father Ted Crilly - Father Ted TV series
- Confessor (Jeremiah Parrish) - Astro City
- Father David - D no Fūin
- Father Frank Dowling - Father Dowling Mysteries TV series
- Father Ellerton - Priest (1994 movie)
- Mr. Eko - Lost
- Father Stephen Fermoyle - The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson
- Father Andrew Graham - Yakitate!! Japan
- Father Jack Hackett - Father Ted TV series
- Father Ignatius - Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
- Father Ignatius - Lambs of God
- Father Damien Karras - The Exorcist
- Father Kirei Kotomine - Fate/Stay Night
- Father Laforgue - Black Robe
- Father Peter Lonergan - The Quiet Man
- Father 'Mac' Macanally - BBC TV's Ballykissangel
- Father John Majeski - All in the Family TV series
- Father Maurice - Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
- Father Enrico Maxwell (later Archbishop) - Hellsing
- Father Dougal McGuire - Father Ted TV series
- Father Lancaster Merrin - The Exorcist
- Tommy Miller - The Butterfly Effect
- Father Richard Moore - The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Father Mulcahy - M*A*S*H
- Father Nicholas - Popetown
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) - X-Men
- The Nun's Priest - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Father Aidan O'Connell - BBC TV's Ballykissangel
- Father Chuck O'Malley - Going My Way and The Bells of Saint Mary's
- Father Paneloux - The Plague
- The Parson - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Father Greg Pilkington - Priest (1994 movie)
- Father Philip Prestwick - Father Dowling Mysteries TV series
- Priest (no name given) - The Power and the Glory, a novel by Graham Greene
- Father Ewan Remington - Chrono Crusade
- Father Roberto - D no Fūin and Girl Saurus series, all by manga-ka Kei Kusunoki
- Father Ronaldo Hellsing
- Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez - Jesuit priest in A Case of Conscience by James Blish
- Father Emilio Sandez - Jesuit priest-linguist in Mary Doria Russell's novels Children of God and The Sparrow
- Father Guido Sarducci - Vatican gossip columnist played by comedian Don Novello on Saturday Night Live and other TV shows and movies
- Father Vincent Sheahan - BBC TV's Ballykissangel
- Sloth, the lazy priest - Piers Plowman, a long-form poem written by William Langland in 1377
- Fr. Frank "Buzz" Scott - The Poseidon Adventure novel by Paul Gallico and movie
- Father Spiletto - The Omen
- Father Thomas - Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
- Father Matthew Thomas - Priest (1994 movie)
- Father Wolfgang - Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Bishops[]
- Bishop of Aquila - Ladyhawke
- Bishop René Aramis of Vannes - The D'Artagnan Romances novels of Alexandre Dumas
- Bishop Aringarosa - Opus Dei Bishop in The Da Vinci Code
- Bishop Len Brennan - Father Ted TV series
- Archbishop Gilday - The Godfather Part III
- Bishop O'Hara - Sister Act
- Archbishop Richard Rushman - Primal Fear
- Bishop Blackie Ryan - Andrew Greeley novels
Cardinals[]
- "Cardinal" - Flesh & Blood (1985)
- Cardinal Sean Cronin - Andrew Greeley Novels
- Cardinal Ignatius Glick - Dogma, played by George Carlin
- Cardinal Grandenetti - Astro City
- Cardinal Lamberto - The Godfather Part III
- Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark - Sin City
Popes[]
- Pope Bernadette II - Crusade
- Pope Celestine VI - Council by Greg Tobin
- Pope David I - (Robbie Coltrane) The Pope Must Die
- 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 John Calvin - novel The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- Pope Kiril I - The Shoes of the Fisherman, played by Anthony Quinn in the movie based on that novel
- Pope Hadrian XI - The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem
- Pope Oswald - Battle Pope
- Pope Peter II - The Accidental Pope by Raymond Flynn and Robin Moore
- Pope Pius - The Pope Must Die
- Pope Pius XX - 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
- Pope Pius XV - Babylon 5 universe
- Pope Genevieve G. Rota - Lexx
- Pope Sixtus the Seventh - robot pope in Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
- Pope Urban X - Candide
- The Space Pope (Crocodylus pontifex) - Futurama
Eastern Orthodox Church[]
Monks[]
- Theodorus Philetas -The History of the Necronomicon by H. P. Lovecraft
- Elder Zosima - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Priests[]
- Father Grigori - Half-Life 2 video game
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.
Anglican/Episcopal Churches[]
Priests[]
- Mr Arabin - Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
- William Collins - Pride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen; also several film and TV adaptations
- The Reverend Lord Henry d'Ascoyne ("The Parson") - Kind Hearts and Coronets, one of eight roles played by Alec Guinness in that film.
- Reverend Jack Gilliam - Chrono Crusade
- Geraldine Grainger - The Vicar of Dibley TV Series
- Archdeacon Grantly - Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
- Septimus Harding - Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
- Graham Hess - Signs
- Father Lonigan on Passions
- Mr Quiverfull - Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
- Cyril Playfair - The Quiet Man
- Obadiah Slope - Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
- Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn - Doctor Syn series of novels by Russell Thorndike
- The Rev. Mr. Wainwright (played by Nicholas Parsons) - Doctor Who serial The Curse of Fenric
- Mike Weber - Soul Man TV Series
- Daniel Webster -The Book of Daniel TV Series
- Reverend Jonathan Whirley (Christopher Plummer) - Dragnet (1987 movie)
Bishops[]
- "The Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells" - Blackadder II TV series
- Henry Brougham - The Bishop's Wife
- Beatrice Congreve - The Book of Daniel TV Series
- "The Episcopal Ghost" - The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
- Bishop Grantly - Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
- Bishop Proudie - Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels by Anthony Trollope
- Bertram Webster - The Book of Daniel TV Series
Protestantism[]
Baptist Ministers[]
- Chaplain Captain Albert T. Tappman - Catch-22, novel by Joseph Heller
Congregationalist Ministers[]
- Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale - The Scarlet Letter
- Abner Hale - Hawaii novel & movie
Lutheran Pastors[]
- Pastor Ingqvist (Lake Wobegon Lutheran Church) - A Prairie Home Companion
Methodist Ministers[]
- Chaplain James J. Banquette - the man impersonated by adult bookstore janitor Miles Derry on a US Navy ship in One of the Guys, novel by Robert Clark Young
- Rev. Karen Stroup - King of the Hill
- Brother Justin Crowe - Carnivàle
- Reverend Norman Balthus - Carnivàle
- Bishop Charles McNaughton - Carnivàle
Presbyterian Ministers[]
- Rev. Macpherson - Local Hero
- Rev. I.M. Jolly - Scotch and Wry
Non-denominational/Other/Unspecified Protestant[]
- Marvin O. Bagman - Good Omens
- Derrial Book, Shepard - Firefly
- Caleb - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Chapel the Evergreen - Trigun
- Reverend Robert Alden (Dabbs Greer) - Little House on the Prairie
- Reverend Jimmy Lee Farnsworth (R. Lee Ermey) - Fletch Lives
- Reverend Felcher - All in the Family TV series
- Rev. Aaron Gilstrom (Ozzy Osbourne) - Trick or Treat (1986)
- Ivan Isaacs - Priest manga
- Billy Kosch - The Müller-Fokker Effect
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy - The Simpsons ("American Presbylutheran")
- Jonas Nightengale - Leap of Faith (1992)
- Ray Porter - Pass the Ammo (1988)
- Pastor Richards - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Nicholas D. Wolfwood - Trigun
Unspecified/Pre-Great Schism/Other religious workers[]
- Sion Eltnam Atlasia - alchemist for the Catholic Church, Tsukihime and Melty Blood
- Prester John - Christian priest-king of medieval legend