Trending Priests in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leo XIV. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
645,841
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
41,025
views
views
2
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
28,990
views
views
3
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
28,866
views
views
4
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
23,071
views
views
5
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
19,323
views
views
6
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
17,422
views
views
7
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
16,653
views
views
8
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
16,269
views
views
9
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
15,463
views
views
10
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
15,424
views
views
11
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
12,660
views
views
12
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
11,634
views
views
13
César Ortiz-Echagüe Rubio
Spanish architect
11,279
views
views
14
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
10,690
views
views
15
Joachim Gauck
German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President of Germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940)
10,581
views
views
16
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
10,391
views
views
17
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
9,733
views
views
18
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
9,184
views
views
19
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
8,154
views
views
20
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
7,835
views
views
21
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
German Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
7,832
views
views
22
Margot Käßmann
German theologist and writer
7,678
views
views
23
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
7,611
views
views
24
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
7,290
views
views
25
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
7,227
views
views
26
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
6,990
views
views
27
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
6,978
views
views
28
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
6,977
views
views
29
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
6,959
views
views
30
Robert Jacquinot de Besange
French missionary (1878–1946)
6,638
views
views
31
Martin Niemöller
German theologian (1892–1984)
6,466
views
views
32
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
6,402
views
views
33
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
6,387
views
views
34
Anthony of Padua
Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
5,751
views
views
35
Martin of Tours
Christian saint (c.316/336 - 397)
5,614
views
views
36
Paul Gerhardt
German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)
5,503
views
views
37
Sunniva Gylver
Norwegian Lutheran priest
5,476
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)
5,306
views
views
39
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
5,144
views
views
40
Heiner Wilmer
German theologian and bishop
5,034
views
views
41
Clemens August von Galen
German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal, important figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism (1878–1946)
4,962
views
views
42
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
4,953
views
views
43
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
4,712
views
views
44
Thomas Müntzer
early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader during the German Peasants' War
4,638
views
views
45
Saint Boniface
8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’
4,623
views
views
46
Anselm Grün
German Benedictine padre and author
4,621
views
views
47
John of Nepomuk
Catholic saint (1340-1393)
4,507
views
views
48
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
4,345
views
views
49
Sebastian Kneipp
German Catholic clergyman, naturopath and hydrotherapist (1821-1897)
4,325
views
views
50
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
4,278
views
views
51
Reinhard Marx
German Roman Catholic cardinal
4,274
views
views
52
Wolfgang F. Rothe
German Roman Catholic priest
4,218
views
views
53
Mychal Judge
American Friar Minor and 1st WTC victim (1933–2001)
4,196
views
views
54
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
4,173
views
views
55
Eugen Drewermann
German psychologist and theologian (born 1940)
3,998
views
views
56
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Catholic cardinal from Germany
3,831
views
views
57
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
3,786
views
views
58
Julius II
pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)
3,756
views
views
59
Eduard Mörike
German poet (1804–1875)
3,690
views
views
60
Anton Faber
Austrian priest
3,684
views
views
61
Rainer Woelki
Catholic archbishop
3,620
views
views
62
Huldrych Zwingli
Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484-1531)
3,332
views
views
63
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
3,331
views
views
64
John Bosco
Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer (1815–1888)
3,240
views
views
65
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
3,148
views
views
66
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
3,134
views
views
67
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
3,074
views
views
68
Rupert of Salzburg
Frankish bishop
3,051
views
views
69
Horst Kasner
German theologian and father of Angela Merkel (1926–2011)
3,030
views
views
70
Martin Adolf Bormann
German Roman Catholic priest and missionary, lay theologian; son of Reichsleiter Martin Bormann (1930–2013)
3,014
views
views
71
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
3,001
views
views
72
Januarius
Bishop of Naples (232-305)
2,931
views
views
73
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
2,926
views
views
74
Nicholas of Cusa
German philosopher (1401 – 1464)
2,839
views
views
75
Georg Gänswein
German Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat (born 1956)
2,735
views
views
76
Adolph Kolping
German catholic priest (1813-1865)
2,608
views
views
77
Laocoön
son of Acoetes in Greek mythology, a trojan priest
2,605
views
views
78
Bert Hellinger
catholic priest and psychotherapist (1925–2019)
2,586
views
views
79
Christoph Schönborn
Austrian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal of the roman catholic church
2,554
views
views
80
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
2,530
views
views
81
Gregory I
6th-century Roman Pope, theologian and Church Father, Catholic and Orthodox saint, 64th Bishop of Rome and Doctor of the Church
2,524
views
views
82
Gaius Marius
Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
2,522
views
views
83
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
2,477
views
views
84
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
2,458
views
views
85
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
2,399
views
views
86
Pius XI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
2,394
views
views
87
Oskar Brüsewitz
German protestant Priest (1929–1976) in the former GDR
2,380
views
views
88
Marko Rupnik
Slovenian priest, theologian, mosaic artist and former Jesuit (born 1954)
2,369
views
views
89
Clement VII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
2,368
views
views
90
Franz Meurer
German Roman Catholic priest (born 1951)
2,363
views
views
91
Karl Barth
Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)
2,345
views
views
92
Jutta Dahl
2,315
views
views
93
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
2,291
views
views
94
Olaf Latzel
German pastor
2,283
views
views
95
Paul III
pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549)
2,279
views
views
96
Friedrich Naumann
German politician, editor (1860-1919)
2,279
views
views
97
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
2,278
views
views
98
Vincent de Paul
French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)
2,271
views
views
99
John Ball
English rebel and priest (1338-1381)
2,258
views
views
100
Lothar König
German Lutheran pastor
2,219
views
views