priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

Inge, the Gloomy Dean, William Ralph Inge - English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)

Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, Jimenez de Cisneros - prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)

Cardinal Newman, John Henry Newman, Newman - English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford Movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)

Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu, Richelieu - French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)

Desmond Tutu, Tutu - South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)

James Usher, James Ussher, Usher, Ussher - Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)

William of Wykeham, Wykeham - English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)

Stefan Wyszynski, Wyszynski - Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)