Trending Priests in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 99 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leo XIV. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
7,882,542
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
435,537
views
views
2
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
392,849
views
views
3
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
351,286
views
views
4
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
276,906
views
views
5
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
271,488
views
views
6
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
201,652
views
views
7
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
188,444
views
views
8
Mychal Judge
American Friar Minor and 1st WTC victim (1933–2001)
185,426
views
views
9
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
182,302
views
views
10
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
178,080
views
views
11
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
168,022
views
views
12
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
161,917
views
views
13
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
135,370
views
views
14
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
126,756
views
views
15
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
123,808
views
views
16
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
120,951
views
views
17
Billy Graham
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
105,584
views
views
18
Nightcrawler
fictional character in Marvel Comics
104,937
views
views
19
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
93,088
views
views
20
Adam Hamilton
American pastor
88,341
views
views
21
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
88,048
views
views
22
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
84,628
views
views
23
Cori Bush
American politician, nurse, and activist (born 1976)
84,081
views
views
24
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
82,709
views
views
25
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
82,164
views
views
26
Jesse Jackson
American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026)
80,279
views
views
27
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)
78,004
views
views
28
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
73,923
views
views
29
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
68,196
views
views
30
Dale Caldwell
American politician, academic administrator and author (born 1960)
66,942
views
views
31
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
66,941
views
views
32
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
66,590
views
views
33
Raphael Warnock
American pastor and politician (born 1969)
66,243
views
views
34
Pinhead
fictional character from the Hellraiser series
65,406
views
views
35
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
63,854
views
views
36
Desmond Tutu
South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)
63,462
views
views
37
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
63,237
views
views
38
Joel Osteen
American preacher and author
63,191
views
views
39
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
63,181
views
views
40
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
62,004
views
views
41
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
60,890
views
views
42
Gaius Marius
Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
60,553
views
views
43
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
60,299
views
views
44
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
59,666
views
views
45
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
59,512
views
views
46
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
59,334
views
views
47
John Ball
English rebel and priest (1338-1381)
59,128
views
views
48
Michael A. Aquino
American military officer and occultist
57,595
views
views
49
Jezebel
biblical Phoenician princess
57,002
views
views
50
Melchizedek
biblical person; King of Salem and priest of the Most High (Gen. 14)
56,572
views
views
51
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
55,227
views
views
52
Anthony of Padua
Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
54,613
views
views
53
Saint Patrick
5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
52,333
views
views
54
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
52,266
views
views
55
John Wesley
British cleric and founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
50,331
views
views
56
Sarah Mullally
British Anglican archbishop
49,722
views
views
57
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
48,726
views
views
58
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
48,410
views
views
59
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
46,841
views
views
60
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
46,083
views
views
61
James the Just
Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
45,958
views
views
62
Paula White-Cain
American televangelist and pastor (born 1966)
44,926
views
views
63
Gregory of Nyssa
bishop of Nyssa Christian saint
44,384
views
views
64
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
44,204
views
views
65
Jonathan Cahn
American pastor & writer
43,903
views
views
66
Sophocles
ancient Greek playwright
43,242
views
views
67
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
43,162
views
views
68
Jack Gilpin
American actor
42,227
views
views
69
Richard Coles
British musician, writer, presenter and priest (born 1962)
42,210
views
views
70
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
41,986
views
views
71
Gregory I
6th-century Roman Pope, theologian and Church Father, Catholic and Orthodox saint, 64th Bishop of Rome and Doctor of the Church
41,982
views
views
72
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
40,893
views
views
73
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
40,514
views
views
74
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
40,245
views
views
75
Charbel Makhluf
Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)
39,483
views
views
76
Thomas Cranmer
leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
38,293
views
views
77
John Chrysostom
Church father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)
37,906
views
views
78
Fred Phelps
American pastor and activist (1929-2014)
37,661
views
views
79
Douglas Wilson
American covenant theologian and pastor (born 1953)
37,642
views
views
80
Raymond Leo Burke
American Catholic cardinal
36,023
views
views
81
Ignatius of Antioch
late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
35,836
views
views
82
Mariam Soulakiotis
Greek Orthodox (Old Calendarist) abbess and convicted serial killer (1883-1954)
35,657
views
views
83
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
35,453
views
views
84
Pius X
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint
35,411
views
views
85
Thomas Merton
priest and author (1915–1968)
34,954
views
views
86
Brandon Lake
American Christian musician
34,857
views
views
87
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
American Baptist pastor and politician (1908–1972)
34,839
views
views
88
Charles Spurgeon
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834-1892)
34,733
views
views
89
John F. MacArthur
American Baptist pastor and theologian (1939–2025)
34,410
views
views
90
John Wycliffe
English theologian and dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
33,828
views
views
91
Franklin Graham
American Christian evangelist and missionary, son of Billy Graham
32,910
views
views
92
Luis Antonio Tagle
Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-)
32,762
views
views
93
John Henry Newman
English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)
32,127
views
views
94
Charles Stanley
American television evangelist
31,903
views
views
95
William Stryker
fictional character in Marvel Comics
31,529
views
views
96
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
31,151
views
views
97
Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and German politician (Sudeten German Party, NSDAP), MdR, executed war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1898–1946)
30,969
views
views
98
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
30,818
views
views
99
Irenaeus
2nd-century Greek bishop and Doctor of the Church
30,621
views
views