priest

(Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites; created the golden calf

(Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221)

(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)

an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God

(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)

Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621)

Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)

Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)

Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340)

bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)

English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)

prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)

a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)

South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)

a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)

Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)

English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)

Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)

a senior clergyman and dignitary

a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist

a priest who hears confession and gives absolution

(Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household

`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military

(Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests

a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome

a woman priest

a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

a bishop of highest rank

(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese

a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church

a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan

a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America

a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church

the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland

an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese

a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area

a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome

a practitioner of voodoo

a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism

a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians

in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination

a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult

(Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple

(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus

(classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus

chief lama and once ruler of Tibet

the lama next in rank to the Dalai Lama

a Native American shaman