Trending Priests in Germany — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, September 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leo XIV. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
598,400
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
37,207
views
views
2
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
26,950
views
views
3
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
26,533
views
views
4
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
21,398
views
views
5
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
18,179
views
views
6
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
16,079
views
views
7
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
15,404
views
views
8
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
15,201
views
views
9
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
14,030
views
views
10
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
14,003
views
views
11
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
11,908
views
views
12
César Ortiz-Echagüe Rubio
Spanish architect
11,279
views
views
13
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
10,542
views
views
14
Joachim Gauck
German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President of Germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940)
10,025
views
views
15
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
9,940
views
views
16
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
9,482
views
views
17
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
9,450
views
views
18
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
8,835
views
views
19
Margot Käßmann
German theologist and writer
7,437
views
views
20
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
7,428
views
views
21
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
German Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
7,418
views
views
22
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
7,400
views
views
23
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
6,960
views
views
24
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
6,848
views
views
25
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
6,805
views
views
26
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
6,793
views
views
27
Robert Jacquinot de Besange
French missionary (1878–1946)
6,637
views
views
28
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
6,577
views
views
29
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
6,533
views
views
30
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
6,441
views
views
31
Martin Niemöller
German theologian (1892–1984)
5,997
views
views
32
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
5,929
views
views
33
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
5,835
views
views
34
Sunniva Gylver
Norwegian Lutheran priest
5,472
views
views
35
Martin of Tours
Christian saint (c.316/336 - 397)
5,344
views
views
36
Anthony of Padua
Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
5,251
views
views
37
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
4,843
views
views
38
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)
4,736
views
views
39
Paul Gerhardt
German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)
4,715
views
views
40
Clemens August von Galen
German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal, important figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism (1878–1946)
4,526
views
views
41
Heiner Wilmer
German theologian and bishop
4,511
views
views
42
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
4,509
views
views
43
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
4,373
views
views
44
Thomas Müntzer
early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader during the German Peasants' War
4,319
views
views
45
Anselm Grün
German Benedictine padre and author
4,295
views
views
46
Saint Boniface
8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’
4,236
views
views
47
Mychal Judge
American Friar Minor and 1st WTC victim (1933–2001)
4,182
views
views
48
John of Nepomuk
Catholic saint (1340-1393)
4,170
views
views
49
Wolfgang F. Rothe
German Roman Catholic priest
4,121
views
views
50
Reinhard Marx
German Roman Catholic cardinal
4,056
views
views
51
Sebastian Kneipp
German Catholic clergyman, naturopath and hydrotherapist (1821-1897)
4,051
views
views
52
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
4,024
views
views
53
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
3,911
views
views
54
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
3,764
views
views
55
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Catholic cardinal from Germany
3,720
views
views
56
Eugen Drewermann
German psychologist and theologian (born 1940)
3,709
views
views
57
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
3,462
views
views
58
Rainer Woelki
Catholic archbishop
3,303
views
views
59
Eduard Mörike
German poet (1804–1875)
3,147
views
views
60
Huldrych Zwingli
Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484-1531)
3,089
views
views
61
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
3,086
views
views
62
John Bosco
Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer (1815–1888)
3,026
views
views
63
Rupert of Salzburg
Frankish bishop
3,014
views
views
64
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
2,896
views
views
65
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
2,884
views
views
66
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
2,856
views
views
67
Januarius
Bishop of Naples (232-305)
2,854
views
views
68
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
2,833
views
views
69
Horst Kasner
German theologian and father of Angela Merkel (1926–2011)
2,796
views
views
70
Nicholas of Cusa
German philosopher (1401 – 1464)
2,646
views
views
71
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
2,636
views
views
72
Georg Gänswein
German Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat (born 1956)
2,543
views
views
73
Julius II
pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)
2,493
views
views
74
Bert Hellinger
catholic priest and psychotherapist (1925–2019)
2,439
views
views
75
Laocoön
son of Acoetes in Greek mythology, a trojan priest
2,431
views
views
76
Adolph Kolping
German catholic priest (1813-1865)
2,397
views
views
77
Gaius Marius
Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
2,381
views
views
78
Gregory I
6th-century Roman Pope, theologian and Church Father, Catholic and Orthodox saint, 64th Bishop of Rome and Doctor of the Church
2,381
views
views
79
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
2,348
views
views
80
Franz Meurer
German Roman Catholic priest (born 1951)
2,320
views
views
81
Jutta Dahl
2,314
views
views
82
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
2,313
views
views
83
Oskar Brüsewitz
German protestant Priest (1929–1976) in the former GDR
2,310
views
views
84
Christoph Schönborn
Austrian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal of the roman catholic church
2,296
views
views
85
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
2,268
views
views
86
John Ball
English rebel and priest (1338-1381)
2,249
views
views
87
Marko Rupnik
Slovenian priest, theologian, mosaic artist and former Jesuit (born 1954)
2,227
views
views
88
Pius XI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
2,206
views
views
89
Clement VII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
2,202
views
views
90
Vincent de Paul
French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)
2,202
views
views
91
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
2,192
views
views
92
Friedrich Naumann
German politician, editor (1860-1919)
2,190
views
views
93
Lothar König
German Lutheran pastor
2,148
views
views
94
Karl Barth
Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)
2,142
views
views
95
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
2,141
views
views
96
Paul III
pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549)
2,133
views
views
97
Thomas Cranmer
leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
2,122
views
views
98
Olaf Latzel
German pastor
2,091
views
views
99
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
2,039
views
views
100
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
2,033
views
views