Trending Priests in France — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leo XIV. Data as of 26 October 2026.
- Source
- Wikipedia pageviews — complete hourly data from Wikimedia (CC0)
- Window
- the 7 days to 26 October 2026 · Data as of 26 October 2026
- Showing
- 100 priests — drawn from 2,346,024 articles Wikipedia recorded views for in this window
This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the French-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of France. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
Where this data comes from ›100
Ranked
156,162
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
9,059
views
views
2
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
8,444
views
views
3
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
6,993
views
views
4
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
5,940
views
views
5
Hélder Câmara
Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife (1909–1999)
5,123
views
views
6
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
4,537
views
views
7
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
4,156
views
views
8
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
3,513
views
views
9
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
3,246
views
views
10
Jerzy Popieluszko
Polish Catholic priest, martyr, blessed (1947–1984)
3,231
views
views
11
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
3,188
views
views
12
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
2,895
views
views
13
Abbé Pierre
French Catholic priest, founder of the Emmaus movement, subject of sexual abuse scandals
2,889
views
views
14
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
2,695
views
views
15
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
2,691
views
views
16
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
2,509
views
views
17
John of Capistrano
Franciscan friar and Catholic saint (1386–1456)
2,501
views
views
18
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
2,227
views
views
19
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
2,188
views
views
20
Jezebel
biblical Phoenician princess
2,141
views
views
21
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
2,105
views
views
22
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
2,088
views
views
23
Anthony of Padua
Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
1,922
views
views
24
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
1,864
views
views
25
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
1,863
views
views
26
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
1,845
views
views
27
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
1,839
views
views
28
Paolo Romeo
Italian cardinal and archbishop (1938-2026)
1,823
views
views
29
Cardinal Mazarin
French cardinal and statesman
1,724
views
views
30
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
1,679
views
views
31
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
1,576
views
views
32
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
1,491
views
views
33
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
1,486
views
views
34
Guy Gilbert
French priest
1,361
views
views
35
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
1,339
views
views
36
Jean-Marie Vianney
French priest and saint (1786–1859)
1,294
views
views
37
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop and theologian (1627-1704)
1,250
views
views
38
Jacques de Molay
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1,226
views
views
39
Martin of Tours
Christian saint (c.316/336 - 397)
1,214
views
views
40
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
1,206
views
views
41
Denis Mukwege
Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1,131
views
views
42
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
1,119
views
views
43
Jacques Hamel
French Catholic Priest, Martyr and Servant of God
1,112
views
views
44
Gaël Giraud
French economist and Catholic priest
1,095
views
views
45
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
1,092
views
views
46
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
1,090
views
views
47
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
French priest and statesman (1748-1836)
1,053
views
views
48
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
1,035
views
views
49
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
963
views
views
50
Urbain Grandier
French priest
960
views
views
51
Pius X
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint
957
views
views
52
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
923
views
views
53
Anthony Mary Claret
Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, missionary and saint (1807-1870)
916
views
views
54
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
908
views
views
55
Pius XI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
905
views
views
56
Vincent de Paul
French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)
901
views
views
57
Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
855
views
views
58
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
851
views
views
59
Charbel Makhluf
Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)
850
views
views
60
François Fénelon
French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)
783
views
views
61
Philippe Barbarin
French catholic cardinal
768
views
views
62
Mark the Evangelist
credited author of the Gospel of Mark and Christian saint; traditionally identified with John Mark (20-68)
751
views
views
63
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
751
views
views
64
Pinhead
fictional character from the Hellraiser series
749
views
views
65
Bishop Myriel
fictional Bishop from Les Misérables
732
views
views
66
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
718
views
views
67
Melchizedek
biblical person; King of Salem and priest of the Most High (Gen. 14)
715
views
views
68
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
French admiral and Discalced Carmelite friar (1889–1964)
696
views
views
69
Sophocles
ancient Greek playwright
695
views
views
70
Julius II
pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)
682
views
views
71
Marcel Lefebvre
French traditionalist Catholic archbishop
665
views
views
72
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
662
views
views
73
Paul-Adrien d'Hardemare
French catholic cleric, video blogger
627
views
views
74
Clement VII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
621
views
views
75
Benedict XV
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922
618
views
views
76
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
609
views
views
77
Francis de Sales
French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622)
607
views
views
78
Denis of Paris
3rd-century Bishop of Paris and saint
598
views
views
79
Joan of Valois
French queen who entered religious life, became a nun and later an abbess who founded the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary (canonized 1950)
593
views
views
80
François-Xavier Bustillo
Catholic bishop of Ajaccio
592
views
views
81
Henri Grégoire
French bishop (1750–1831)
591
views
views
82
John Bosco
Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer (1815–1888)
586
views
views
83
Eligius
Roman Catholic bishop and saint
585
views
views
84
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
578
views
views
85
Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon
Catholic cardinal (1523–1590)
571
views
views
86
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
562
views
views
87
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
552
views
views
88
Clement V
pope of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314 (1264–1314)
552
views
views
89
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
545
views
views
90
Paul III
pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549)
544
views
views
91
Maenad
female followers of Dionysus
539
views
views
92
Martin Niemöller
German theologian (1892–1984)
531
views
views
93
Haïm Korsia
French rabbi
526
views
views
94
Bérenger Saunière
French priest (1852-1917)
523
views
views
95
Irenaeus
2nd-century Greek bishop and Doctor of the Church
520
views
views
96
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
517
views
views
97
Aaron
male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
511
views
views
98
Georges Lemaître
Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
509
views
views
99
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
508
views
views
100
Tomás de Torquemada
Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1420-1498)
503
views
views