List of Catholic priests

This is an incomplete list of Catholic priests.

Roman & Eastern Catholic Church +nameimage dates description Abrosima 341Persian Christian priest and martyr.Abraham of Arrazd5th centuryAn Armenian priest and a disciple of the Leontine martyrs.Abraham Armandbefore 1827- after 1827One of the first Catholic missionaries to arrive in the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1827.Abdisho298-345A member of the Church of the East, was a deacon and martyr.Absadah300 -Priest and martyr of the early 4th century.Abram Joseph RyanFebruary 5, 1838 – April 22, 1886American poet, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian.Abraham a Sancta ClaraJuly 2, 1644 – December 1, 1709A Catholic preacher in Austria.Abraham Kidunaiabetween c. 290-296-between c. 360–366a Syriac Christian hermit and priest. He is venerated as a saint in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy.Acacius of Sebaste3rd century - 3044th-century Christian priest and hieromartyr who lived in Sebaste, Armenia, during the Diocletianic Persecution.Adamnán of Iona624 – 704An abbot of Iona Abbey (r. 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. He was the author of the Life of Columba (Latin: Vita Columbae), probably written between 697 and 700.Æthelwold of Farne7th century A late 7th-century hermit and priest who lived on Inner Farne, off the coast of the English county of Northumberland.Agapetus6th centuryA deacon of the church of Hagia Sophia at Constantinople (about 500). He was a reputed tutor of Justinian, and author of a series of exhortations in seventy-two short chapters addressed around 527 to Justinian (Patrologia Graecae, LXXXVI, 1153–86).Agathangelus of Rome 312Roman deacon and disciple of Clement of Ancyra, was a martyr during the reign of emperor Diocletian.Alban of Mainz4th century - 5th century A Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr in the Late Roman Empire.Aldred the Scribebefore and after 970Tenth-century priest, otherwise known only as Aldred, who was a provost of the monastic community of St. Cuthbert at Chester-le-Street in 970.Alexis Bachelot22 February 1796 – 5 December 1837French priest known for being the first Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands.Alfred Magill RandolphAugust 31, 1836 – April 6, 1918The first bishop of Southern Virginia in The Episcopal Church.Alger of Liège1055-1131A Belgian clergyman and canonist from Liège, author of several notable works.Amabilis of Riom 475 A French saint. Sidonius Apollinaris brought Amabilis to serve at Clermont. He served as a cantor in the church of Saint Mary at Clermont and as a precentor at the cathedral of Clermont and then as a parish priest in Riom.Amphibalus 25 June 304Early Christian priest said to have converted Saint Alban to Christianity.Antonio Vivaldi4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music.Antipater of Bostra 5th century - late 5th century A Greek prelate who served as Metropolitan bishop of Bostra in the Roman province of Arabia and was one of the foremost critics of Origen.Andeolus208an alleged Christian missionary martyred in Gaul.Anthimus of Rome 303a Christian saint. His life is largely composed of legend. He is said to have been born in Bithynia.Antipope Felix IIbefore 355 - 22 November 365An archdeacon of Rome, was installed as Pope in 355 AD after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe to a sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius.Athanasius of Alexandria5th century A presbyter of the church in that city, and a son of Isidora, the sister of Cyril of Alexandria.Augustine of Canterbury6th century – most likely 26 May 604A Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English".Avitus of Braga 5th century An early fifth-century literary priest of Braga Portugal, who travelled to consult with Augustine and attend the Council of Jerusalem in 415 that found against Pelagius.Avitus I of Clermont525 - 600 A Bishop of Clermont in the 6th century.Beda Chang1905 – November 11, 1951Chinese Jesuit priest who was martyred after being tortured during a wave of persecution by the communist government.St. Bracchio 576A French abbot. Bracchio had been a Thuringian nobleman who had served in the court of Sigiswald of Clermont. Gregory of Tours writes that Bracchio's name meant “bear’s whelp” in the Germanic language.Cælin7th century Chaplain and one of four brothers named by Bede as active in the early Anglo-Saxon Church. The others were Cedd, Chad, and Cynibil.Caecilius of Elvira1st century a Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. Caesarius of Terracina3rd centurya deacon of Africa, martyred at Terracina in Italy.Caius, Presbyter of Rome3rd centuryA Christian author who lived and wrote towards the beginning of the 3rd century.Chandra FernandoAugust 9, 1942 – June 6, 1988A priest from the town of Baticaloa in minority Tamil-dominated eastern province of Sri Lanka. He was known for his human rights activism. He was assassinated by unknown men on June 6, 1988.Chrysanthus and Daria3rd century – 283.ADSaints of the Early Christian period. Their names appear in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, an early martyrs list, and a church in their honour was built over their reputed grave in Rome.Chrysippus of Jerusalem5th century A Christian priest and ecclesiastical writer who was active during the middle of the 5th century. He is best known as an author of homiletic literature.Coifi7th century A priest recorded by Bede in the Ecclesiastical History of the English People as having presided over the temple at Goodmanham in the Northumbria in 627.Constantius of Lyon 480 A cleric from what is now the Auvergne in modern-day France, who wrote the Vita Germani, or Life of Germanus, a hagiography of Germanus of Auxerre.Ctesiphon1st century Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Bergi, Vergi(s), or Vergium, identified as Berja, and is said to have become its first bishop, but the Diocese of Vergi was probably only founded around 500.Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña1597-1676Spanish Jesuit missionary explorer.Cuana of Kilcoonagh6th century An early Christian missionary active in the northeast of the parish of Ballymacward, County Galway, sometime around or after 500. He was the founder of the church at Kilcoonagh.Cynibil7th century One of four Northumbrian brothers named by Bede as prominent in the early Anglo-Saxon Church. The others were Chad of Mercia, Cedd and Caelin.Cynidr6th century A 6th-century Welsh Catholic pre-congregational saint of South Wales and first bishop of Glasbury, Powys, he was the son of St Gwladys, grandson of King Brychan.Damien of Molokai3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889A Belgian missionary who traveled to Molokaʻi and died after contracting leprosy in December 1884 and died 5 years later.Daniel Westermannc. 1989 –A Catholic priest of the Diocese of Lansing currently stationed at St. John Vianney Seminary in Minnesota.Daniele Comboni15 March 1831 – 10 October 1881An Italian Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa from 1877 until his death in 1881. He worked in the missions in Africa and was the founder of both the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and the Comboni Missionary Sisters.David BauerNovember 2, 1924 – November 9, 1988Canadian ice hockey player and coach, educator and Catholic priest. He was a member of the Basilians, and established a program to develop players for the Canada men's national ice hockey team.Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.Domingos Maubere12 May 1952 – 16 May 2025East Timorese Catholic priest and activistDonal O'Sullivan1890 – 5 July 1916Irish priest and chaplain in the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles killed during the Battle of the Somme.Eddie DohertyOctober 30, 1890 – May 4, 1975An American newspaper reporter, author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter. Twice-widowed, he married once more to Catherine de Hueck Doherty, founder of the Madonna House Apostolate, and later was ordained a priest in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.Andzej Derdziukborn 1962Polish born priest of the Catholic Church, holding the title of Professor of Theological Sciences since September 2011Edmond Kelly 1897 – 1955 (as priest)Irish Military Chaplain during World War I and later Parish Priest in the Diocese of Cashel and Emly, where he constructed multiple new schools.Elias of Palestine3rd centuryAn early Christian martyr. A priest, Elias was one of four Christians who led Mass for the persecuted Christians condemned to work in the Palestinian quarries in the wake of the Diocletianic Persecution.Elmer W. HeindlJune 14, 1910 – July 17, 2006An American U.S. Army chaplain during the Second World War. Enlisting in 1942, Heindl served in the Pacific theater, including Guadalcanal, New Britain, Bougainville, Manila and the Philippines. He became one of the most highly decorated chaplains of the war.Emmeran M. Bliemel29 September 1831 – 31 August 1864Benedictine Catholic priest who died in the Battle of Jonesborough during the American Civil War.Eugippius460 - 535A disciple and the biographer of Saint Severinus of Noricum.Eugene Mattioli30 May 1931 -An Italian missionary, who was the longest serving Catholic missionary in Arabia and completed 60 years of service in the Vicariate and retired on 30 June 2018. He is one of the people credited with establishing the presence of the Catholic Church in the Arabian Peninsula.Euphrasius of Illiturgis1st century Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age.Eutyches of Constantinoplec. 380 – c. 456A presbyter and archimandrite at Constantinople. He first came to notice in 431 at the First Council of Ephesus, for his vehement opposition to the teachings of Nestorius.Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus2123rd-century Christian saints who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Caracalla. Felix, a priest, Fortunatus and Achilleus, both deacons, were sent by Irenaeus, to Valence, to convert the locals.Félix Caballerobefore 1812 - 1840Dominican priest. He played an important part in the history of the missions of Baja California, and also the opening up of the route to Tucson, Arizona.Frances Xaiver7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552a Catholic missionary and saint who co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese Empire, led the first Christian mission to Japan.Francis TrasunsOctober 16, 1864 – April 6, 1926Latgalian priest, theologian and politician. He was a member of the State Duma of the Russian Empire (in 1906) and a member of the Latvian parliament (1922–1926).Francisco Fernández Carvajal 1938 -A Spanish Roman Catholic priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and author of several books.Franz Justus RarkowskiJune 8, 1873 – February 9, 1950The Catholic military bishop of Nazi Germany.Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus 330A Roman Christian poet from Hispania who wrote in Latin.Geminus of Antiochfl. c. AD 230–240a Christian priest and writer of the early 3rd century AD.Gennadius of Massilia 496a 5th-century Christian priest, monk, and historian best-known work is De Viris Illustribus ("Of Famous Men"), a biography of over 90 contemporary significant Christians, which continued a work of the same name by Jerome.Georg Joseph Kamel12 April 1661 – 2 May 1706Jesuit missionary, pharmacist and naturalist known for producing the first comprehensive accounts of Philippine flora and fauna and for introducing Philippine nature to the European learned world.Georges Lemaître17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966Belgian physicist and Astronomer. Proposed what would become known as the Big Bang Theory.Germanus of Granfelden612 - 675the first abbot of Moutier-Grandval Abbey and Swiss martyr. Gregor Johann Mendel20 July 1822 - 6 January 1884Austrio-Czech Augustinian f