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List of Catholic priests

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name image dates description
Torquatus of Acci 1st century Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Acci, identified as Guadix, and became its first bishop.
Caecilius of Elvira 1st century a Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age.
Ctesiphon 1st 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.
Euphrasius of Illiturgis 1st century Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age.
Indaletius 1st century Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Urci (today Pechina), near the present-day city of Almería, and became its first bishop. He may have been martyred at Urci.
Hesychius of Cazorla 1st century Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Carcere, Carteia, or Carcesi, identified as Cazorla, became its first bishop, and was martyred there by stoning at La Pedriza.
Andeolus 208 an alleged Christian missionary martyred in Gaul.
Caesarius of Terracina 3rd century a deacon of Africa, martyred at Terracina in Italy.
Caius, Presbyter of Rome 3rd century a Christian author who lived and wrote towards the beginning of the 3rd century.
Elias of Palestine 3rd century an 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.
Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus 212 3rd-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.
Sabellius 215 third-century priest and theologian who most likely taught in Rome, but may have been a North African from Libya.
Noetus before and after 230 presbyter of the church of Asia Minor about AD 230. He was a native of Smyrna, he became a prominent representative of the particular type of Christology now called modalistic monarchianism or patripassianism.
Geminus of Antioch fl. c. AD 230–240 a Christian priest and writer of the early 3rd century AD.
Justin the Confessor ? - 269 a Christian martyr in the Roman Empire. He is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Malchion before and after 272 a Church Father and presbyter of Antioch during the reigns of Emperors Claudius II and Aurelian, was a well-known rhetorician most notable for his key role in the 272 AD deposition of the heretical bishop of Antioch, Paul of Samosata.
Chrysanthus and Daria 3rd century – 283.AD saints 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.
Abraham Kidunaia between c. 290-296-between c. 360-366 a Syriac Christian hermit and priest. He is venerated as a saint in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy.
Abdisho 298-345 a member of the Church of the East, was a deacon and martyr.
Absadah 300 - ? priest and martyr of the early 4th century,
Lubentius c. 300 – c. 370 S Christian saint, venerated by the Catholic Church. A patron saint of the boatmen on the River Lahn.
Anthimus of Rome ? - 303 a Christian saint. His life is largely composed of legend. He is said to have been born in Bithynia.
Acacius of Sebaste 3rd century - 304 4th-century Christian priest and hieromartyr who lived in Sebaste, Armenia, during the Diocletianic Persecution.
Amphibalus ? - 25 June 304 Early Christian priest said to have converted Saint Alban to Christianity.
Agathangelus of Rome ? - 312 Roman deacon and disciple of Clement of Ancyra, was a martyr during the reign of emperor Diocletian.
Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus ? - 330 A Roman Christian poet from Hispania who wrote in Latin.
Abrosima ? - 341 Persian Christian priest and martyr.
St. Jerome c. 342–347 – 30 September 420 Early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian.
Pusai ? - 344 A group of Christian priest and bishops and companion in martyrdom with Simeon Barsabae and others.
Chusdazat
Shemon bar Sabbae
Antipope Felix II before 355 - 22 November 365 An 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.
Hilary the Deacon before and after 355 A Sardinian deacon of the Roman church. In 355, along with Lucifer of Cagliari, Eusebius of Vercelli, and Pancratius, he was directed by Pope Liberius to plead for Athanasian orthodoxy before Constantius II at the Council of Milan.
Theodoret ? - October 22, 362 A Greek-speaking Syrian Christian priest who died a martyr in Antioch during the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate.
James, Azadanus and Abdicius ? - April 10, 380 Martyrs of the Christian Church. James was a priest and Azadanus and Abdicius deacons.
Vigilantius around 370 - 400 A Christian priest and presbyter.
Musaeus of Marseilles ? - c. 450 A priest from Massilia. According to Gennadius, he died "during the reign of Leo and Majorian", between 457 and 461. We know very little about his life.
Aldred the Scribe before and after 970 Tenth-century priest, otherwise known only as Aldred, who was a provost of the monastic community of St. Cuthbert at Chester-le-Street in 970.
Alger of Liège 1055-1131 A Belgian clergyman and canonist from Liège, author of several notable works.
Thomas Aquinas c. 1225 – 7 March 1274 Italian Dominican friar and priest, the foremost Scholastic thinker, as well one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. He was from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily.
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536 Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
Frances Xaiver 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552 a 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.
Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña 1597-1676 Spanish Jesuit missionary explorer.
Nicolas Aubry before 1604 - after 1611 French priest who accompanied Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts to Acadia in 1604.
Georg Joseph Kamel 12 April 1661 – 2 May 1706 Jesuit 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.
Antonio Vivaldi 4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741 Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music.
José Eduardo de Cárdenas 1765–1821 priest, theologist, politician, poet, Latin professor and writer of New Spain (now Mexico).
Miguel Zugastegui 14 February 1773 – 3 May 1809 Criollo Franciscan friar and revolutionary, who took part in early stages of the independence movement of Mexico. He is honored in Mexico as a martyr of the struggle for independence from Spain.
Alexis Bachelot 22 February 1796 – 5 December 1837 French priest known for being the first Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands.
Vladimir Sergeyvich Pecherin 27 June 1807 – 28 April 1885 Russian nihilist, Romantic poet, and Classicist, who later became a Roman Catholic priest in 19th-century Ireland.
Félix Caballero before 1812 - 1840 Dominican 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.
Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Gagarin 1 August 1814; - 19 July 1882 Russian Jesuit, known also as Jean-Xavier after his conversion from Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism.
Ivan Mikhailovich Martinov 7 October 1821, – 26 April 1894, Russian Jesuit priest. After his conversion to Catholicism and consequent exile, he placed his vast knowledge of Slavic culture at the service of a better understanding between the Russian Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Jean-Pierre Pernin February 22, 1822 – October 9, 1909 a French Roman Catholic priest, who came to the United States in 1864 as a missionary, working in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. As Catholic pastor of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, he survived the Peshtigo fire on October 8–9, 1871.
Gregor Johann Mendel 20 July 1822 - 6 January 1884 Austrio-Czech Augustinian friar and founder of the modern science of genetics.
Leopold Moczygemba October 18, 1824 – February 23, 1891 A Polish priest and founder of the first Polish-American parish in Panna Maria and Bandera, Texas.
Abraham Armand before 1827- after 1827 One of the first Catholic missionaries to arrive in the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1827.
Emmeran M. Bliemel 29 September 1831 – 31 August 1864 Benedictine Catholic priest who died in the Battle of Jonesborough during the American Civil War.
Pablo de Anda Padilla July 5, 1830 – June 29, 1904 Catholic priest and founder of the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate.
Abram Joseph Ryan February 5, 1838 – April 22, 1886 American poet, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian.
Damien of Molokai 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889 A Belgian missionary who traveled to Molokaʻi and died after contracting leprosy in December of 1884 and died 5 years later.
Peter Matthias Abbelen 8 August 1843 – 24 August 1917 the Roman Catholic vicar general of the Milwaukee Archdiocese and later the spiritual director for the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Milwaukee.
José María de Yermo y Parres 10 November 1851 – 20 September 1904 Mexican Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor.
John Augustus Tolton April 1, 1854 – July 9, 1897 African American who served as first openly Black Catholic priest in the United States, ordained in Rome in 1886. He was preceded by the Healy brothers, Catholic priests who passed as White.
Francis Trasuns October 16, 1864 – April 6, 1926 Latgalian 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).
Maximin Alff 24 July 1866 – 17 May 1923 German reverend and a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in 1887, He was for a time professor of philosophy at Miranda de Ebro, Spain. He came to Honolulu from Spain, arriving on 25 October 1894.
Henry Cyril Dieckhoff 1869-1950 Russian Catholic priest and linguist.
Lu Zhengxiang 12 June 1871 - 15 January 1949 Chinese diplomat and a Roman Catholic priest and monk. He was twice Premier of the Republic of China and led his country's delegation at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
Donal O'Sullivan 1890 - 5 July 1916 Irish priest and chaplain in the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles killed during the Battle of the Somme.
Georges Lemaître 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966 Belgian physicist and Astronomer. Proposed what would become known as the Big Bang Theory.
Maximilian Kolbe 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941 Conventual Franciscan friar who was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Nicholas Kao Se Tseien 15 January 1897 - 11 December 2007 Chinese Trappist priest in Hong Kong who was the oldest-living Catholic priest and also the oldest person ever to have had a cataract operation.
Hugh O'Flaherty 28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963 Irish Catholic priest, a senior official of the Roman Curia and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism. During the Second World War, O'Flaherty was responsible for saving 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews. His ability to evade the traps set by the German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Chief Herbert Kappler earned him the nickname "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican".
Beda Chang 1905 – November 11, 1951 Chinese Jesuit priest who was martyred after being tortured during a wave of persecution by the communist government.
Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang 1920 – February 5, 2012 An Apostolic Administrator sent to the Laogai system by the People's Republic of China.
Tissa Balasuriya August 29, 1924 – January 17, 2013 Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest and theologian. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Jaffna.
David Bauer November 2, 1924 – November 9, 1988 Canadian 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.
Martin Adolf Bormann 14 April 1930 – 11 March 2013 Son of Nazi Martin Bormann who works against Holocaust denial.
Mary Bastian 1948 – 6 January 1985 Sri Lankan Tamil human rights activist and Catholic priest who was shot and killed along with 10 other civilians on January 6, 1985, during the Sri Lankan Civil War, allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army.
Robert Barron November 19, 1959 - ? American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester since 2022.
Mike Schmitz December 14, 1974 - ? American Catholic priest, speaker, author, and podcaster.

Eastern Catholic Churches

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Catholic exorcists

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See also

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References

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