Trending Priests in USA — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leo XIV. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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1,115,314
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
70,378
views
views
2
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
50,361
views
views
3
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
42,731
views
views
4
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
42,256
views
views
5
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
37,552
views
views
6
Urbain Grandier
French priest
36,816
views
views
7
Adam Hamilton
American pastor
34,603
views
views
8
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
31,706
views
views
9
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
26,152
views
views
10
Pinhead
fictional character from the Hellraiser series
25,484
views
views
11
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
23,928
views
views
12
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
21,277
views
views
13
Chad Ripperger
American Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
20,286
views
views
14
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
19,960
views
views
15
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
18,552
views
views
16
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
16,839
views
views
17
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
15,795
views
views
18
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
15,668
views
views
19
Billy Graham
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
15,148
views
views
20
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
14,463
views
views
21
Raphael Warnock
American pastor and politician (born 1969)
13,638
views
views
22
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
11,682
views
views
23
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
11,407
views
views
24
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
11,173
views
views
25
Andy Stanley
American Christian minister
10,922
views
views
26
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
10,476
views
views
27
Jesse Jackson
American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026)
10,461
views
views
28
Carl Lentz
American pastor
10,252
views
views
29
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)
9,901
views
views
30
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
9,758
views
views
31
Richard Coles
British musician, writer, presenter and priest (born 1962)
9,734
views
views
32
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
9,524
views
views
33
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
8,806
views
views
34
James Ussher
Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656)
8,711
views
views
35
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
8,645
views
views
36
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
8,475
views
views
37
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
8,282
views
views
38
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
8,195
views
views
39
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
8,189
views
views
40
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
8,153
views
views
41
Franklin Graham
American Christian evangelist and missionary, son of Billy Graham
8,143
views
views
42
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
8,037
views
views
43
Charles Stanley
American television evangelist
7,943
views
views
44
James Golka
American Catholic archbishop
7,832
views
views
45
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
7,705
views
views
46
Jack Gilpin
American actor
7,697
views
views
47
Melchizedek
biblical person; King of Salem and priest of the Most High (Gen. 14)
7,587
views
views
48
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
7,480
views
views
49
Anthony of Padua
Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
7,432
views
views
50
Jezebel
biblical Phoenician princess
6,961
views
views
51
James the Just
Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
6,953
views
views
52
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
6,851
views
views
53
Saint Patrick
5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
6,801
views
views
54
Sam Childers
American activist
6,743
views
views
55
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
6,712
views
views
56
John of Capistrano
Franciscan friar and Catholic saint (1386–1456)
6,657
views
views
57
John Ball
English rebel and priest (1338-1381)
6,554
views
views
58
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
6,331
views
views
59
Mariam Soulakiotis
Greek Orthodox (Old Calendarist) abbess and convicted serial killer (1883-1954)
6,133
views
views
60
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
6,125
views
views
61
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
6,029
views
views
62
Ignatius of Antioch
late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
5,988
views
views
63
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
5,900
views
views
64
John Wesley
British cleric and founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
5,856
views
views
65
Desmond Tutu
South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)
5,712
views
views
66
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
5,540
views
views
67
Januarius
Bishop of Naples (232-305)
5,534
views
views
68
Paul of the Cross
Italian mystic (1694-1775)
5,530
views
views
69
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
5,465
views
views
70
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
5,443
views
views
71
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
5,399
views
views
72
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
5,361
views
views
73
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
5,358
views
views
74
Isaac Jogues
Beatified Martyred Jesuit Priest
5,277
views
views
75
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
5,208
views
views
76
Charbel Makhluf
Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)
4,983
views
views
77
Nightcrawler
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,919
views
views
78
Michael A. Aquino
American military officer and occultist
4,890
views
views
79
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Historian and Bishop of St Asaph, Wales (c.1095–1155)
4,886
views
views
80
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
4,817
views
views
81
John Henry Newman
English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)
4,791
views
views
82
Imhotep
character and the titular antagonist in the 1932 film "The Mummy"
4,788
views
views
83
Sophocles
ancient Greek playwright
4,758
views
views
84
Luis Antonio Tagle
Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-)
4,748
views
views
85
Jean de Brébeuf
Jesuit missionary and martyr (1593-1649)
4,636
views
views
86
Anthony Mary Claret
Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, missionary and saint (1807-1870)
4,629
views
views
87
Óscar Romero
Salvadoran Catholic archbishop and saint (1917–1980)
4,584
views
views
88
Thomas Cranmer
leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
4,408
views
views
89
David Jeremiah
American pastor and author
4,382
views
views
90
Gabriele Amorth
Italian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist (1925–2016)
4,378
views
views
91
Gaius Marius
Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
4,311
views
views
92
John Wycliffe
English theologian and dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
4,305
views
views
93
Stuart Long
American boxer and Catholic priest
4,276
views
views
94
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
4,257
views
views
95
Charles Spurgeon
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834-1892)
4,242
views
views
96
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
4,228
views
views
97
John Chrysostom
Church father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)
4,132
views
views
98
Aaron
male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
4,126
views
views
99
Paula White-Cain
American televangelist and pastor (born 1966)
4,113
views
views
100
Thomas Merton
priest and author (1915–1968)
4,111
views
views