archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate

a senior clergyman

• Inge, William Ralph Inge, the Gloomy Dean — English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)
• Jimenez de Cisneros, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros — prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)
• Newman, John Henry Newman, Cardinal 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)
• Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu — French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
• Tutu, Desmond Tutu — South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
• Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher — Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
• Wykeham, William of Wykeham — English prelate and statesman; founded New College at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as Chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)
• Wyszynski, Stefan Wyszynski — Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)

• clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth — a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church