Catholic priest Biographies

Contemporary era

Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat

b. March 19, 1977

Spanish bishop and co-prince of Andorra

Modern era

Joan Martí i Alanis

November 29, 1928 – October 11, 2009

Catholic archbishop (1928-2009)

Modern era

Ramon Malla Call

September 4, 1922 – April 18, 2014

Catholic bishop (1922-2014)

Modern era

Ramon Iglesias i Navarri

January 28, 1889 – March 31, 1972

Spanish of Urgell (1889-1972)

Modern era

Ricard Fornesa i Puigdemasa

1883 – 1943

Politician

Early Modern era

Miguel Hidalgo

May 8, 1753 – July 30, 1811

Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence

Modern era

Georges Lemaitre

July 17, 1894 – June 20, 1966

Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)

Early Modern era

Jose Maria Morelos

September 30, 1765 – December 22, 1815

Mexican priest and rebel leader Me War in the notice Independence (1765–1815)

Medieval era

Stephen Langton

1150 – July 9, 1228

English cleric; Archbishop of Canterbury

Ancient era

Brendan the Navigator

486 CE – 577 CE

Irish monastic saint

Medieval era

Arnold of Brescia

1100 – June 18, 1155

Canon regular and revolutionary

Medieval era

Cardinal Cisneros

1436 – November 8, 1517

Spanish Catholic cardinal (1436-1517)

Medieval era

Absalon

1128 – March 21, 1201

Archbishop, statesman (1128-1201)

Medieval era

Prokop the Great

1380 – May 30, 1434

Hussite priest and military leader

Ancient era

Pope Leo I

390 CE – November 11, 461 CE

Pope from 440 to 461 (390–461)

Medieval era

Pope Gregory VII

c. 1020 – May 25, 1085

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085

Medieval era

Pope Innocent III

February 22, 1160 – July 16, 1216

Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216

Medieval era

Pope Boniface VIII

1235 – October 11, 1303

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303

Pope Sylvester II

d. May 12, 1003

Pope of the Catholic Church from 938 to 1003

Medieval era

Pope Celestine V

1215 – May 19, 1296

13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to resign

Medieval era

Pope Clement V

1264 – April 20, 1314

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314 (1264–1314)

Medieval era

Pope Alexander VI

January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503

Pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)

Medieval era

Pope Julius II

December 5, 1443 – February 21, 1513

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)

Medieval era

Saint Boniface

675 CE – June 5, 754 CE

8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’

Medieval era

Cuthbert

635 CE – March 20, 687 CE

7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop, monk, hermit and saint (635–687)

Medieval era

Adalbert of Prague

956 CE – April 23, 997 CE

Bohemian missionary and saint (c.956–997)

Medieval era

Peter Lombard

c. 1100 – 1160

Medieval priest and theologian

Medieval era

Pope Formosus

816 CE – April 4, 896 CE

Pope

Pope Adrian IV

d. September 1, 1159

Pope from 1154 to 1159

Medieval era

Liutprand of Cremona

c. 922 CE – 972 CE

Italian historian, diplomat, and Bishop of Cremona (920-972)

Medieval era

William of Tyre

1130 – 1186

Medieval prelate and chronicler, archbishop of Tyre

Medieval era

Peter Damian

1007 – 1072

Eleventh-century Benedictine monk

Medieval era

Basilios Bessarion

January 2, 1403 – November 18, 1472

Greek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1403-1472)

Medieval era

Giles of Rome

1243 – December 22, 1316

Roman Catholic archbishop

Medieval era

Theodoric Borgognoni

1206 – 1298

Italian bishop

Medieval era

Juan Ruiz

1283 – 1350

14th century Castilian poet

Medieval era

Gonzalo de Berceo

1196 – 1260

13th-century Castilian poet

Medieval era

Jan van Ruusbroec

1293 – December 2, 1381

Brabantian mystic and writer (1293–1381)

Ancient era

Athanasius of Alexandria

296 CE – May 2, 373 CE

Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)

Eusebius

d. 310 CE

Catholic pope and saint

Medieval era

Cyprian

c. 1150 – October 25, 1207

Bishop of Lebus and Wrocław (died 1207)

Ancient era

Nestorius

381 CE – 451 CE

Christian theologian (c. 386–c. 451)

Ancient era

Saint Patrick

385 CE – March 17, 461 CE

5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland

Medieval era

Thomas a Kempis

1380 – July 25, 1471

German canon regular

Modern era

Padre Pio

May 25, 1887 – September 30, 1968

Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic

Medieval era

Pope Urban II

1035 – July 29, 1099

11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades

Medieval era

Thomas Becket

December 21, 1119 – December 29, 1170

English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170

Medieval era

Thomas Wolsey

1473 – November 29, 1530

English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)

Early Modern era

Talleyrand

February 2, 1754 – May 17, 1839

French diplomat (1754-1838)

Early Modern era

Claudio Monteverdi

May 15, 1567 – November 29, 1643

Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)