• alphabetical list of all reviewed clerical detectives (column on left below),
• alphabetical list of all reviewed authors (column on right below),
• list of clerical detectives arranged in different categories (below the above lists),
• list of some other recommended detectives from the past (below list on left),
  
• search engine (at foot of page)
  
  ** Particularly recommended author. See my Introduction
  * At least one of the author's books is recommended

Edward Candy
John Paul Carinci
Ernest Cassara
Henry Catalan
L E Chamberlain
Stephen Chance
Kate Charles
G K Chesterton
Alys Clare
Cassandra Clark
Margaret Coel
Joan Coggin
James R Coggins
David Compton
Carol Cox
Pamela Cranston
Edmund Crispin
Judith Cutler

Shirley Damsgaard
Alexandra David-Néel
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Dudley J Delffs
Traci DePree
Paul Doherty
Rev William L Doty
R E Dugdall
Susan Dunlap

Umberto Eco
Paul M Edwards
Thomas Eidson

Dean Feldmeyer
Eve Fisher
J S Fletcher
Margaret Frazer
John Fuller
Frances Fyfield

Kate Gallison
Sheyna Galyan
Alton Gansky
P L Gaus
Barbara R Geisler
Michael Gilbert
Dorothy Gilman
Juan Gómez-Jurado
Richard Goyne
Andrew M Greeley
D M Greenwood
Susanna Gregory
Giovanni Guareschi

Rev Hosea Ballou (Ernest Cassara)*
Father John Baptist (William Biersach)
Nicholas Barber (Barry Unsworth)*
Brother Barnabas (E M A Allison)*
Brother Bartholomew (David Manuel)*
The Rev Matt Beck (Charles Meyer)*
The Rev Dr Simon Bede (Barbara Byfield)*
Christine Bennett (Lee Harris)*
Brother Bernard (Catherine Jinks)
Rev Betsy Blessing (Beth Pattillo)
Rev Win Brady (William Kritlow)
Theodora Braithwaite (D M Greenwood)**
Father Joseph Bredder (Leonard Holton)
Rev Adam Bridger (Alton Gansky)*
Father Brown (G K Chesterton)
Father Brown (Stephen Kendrick)*
The Rev Ebenezer Buckle (Nicholas Brady)
The Rev Martin Buell (Margaret Scherf)*
Bishop Burdock (Walter S Sheldon)
Pastor Hank Busche (Frank E Peretti)

Brother Cadfael (Ellis Peters)*
Sister Rose Callahan (Deborah Woodworth)*
Don Camillo (Giovanni Guareschi)
The Rev Tobias Campion (Judith Cutler)*
The Ven James Castleton (C A Alington)*
Sister Cecile (Winona Sullivan)*
Antoinette Charboneau (Aleta Boudreaux)
The Rev Rodney Chelmarsh (Mollie Hardwick)
The Rev Simon Cherry (Gale Pedrick)
The Rev Ernest Clayton (Robert Barnard)*
Rabbi David Cohen (Sheyna Galyan)
The Rev Lily Connor (Michelle Blake)
Rector James Coyte (R E Dugdall)
The Ven John Craggs (C A Alington)*
Father Crumlish (Alice Scanlan Reach)**

Daniel (the prophet) (unknown)
Reverend Dean (Hal White)
Peter Decker (Faye Kellerman)
The Rev John Dennis (George A Birmingham)
Father Tim Devin (Grace and Harold Johnson)
Father Roger Dowling (Ralph McInerny)*
Father Michael Driscoll (David Compton)
Father Duffy (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)

Prioress Eleanor (Priscilla Royal)
Elizabeth Elliot (Irene Allen)*
Dom Erkenwald (Pauline King)
The Rev Peter Eversleigh (Richard Goyne)

Friar Felix Fabri (Sheri Holman)*
Faith Fairchild (Katherine Hall Page)*
Doran Fairweather (Mollie Hardwick)*
Rev Clare Fergusson (Julia Spencer-Fleming)*
Sister Fidelma (Peter Tremayne)**
Dr Mary Finney (Matthew Head)
Anne Fitzgerald (James Patterson)
Father Flaherty (Christy Kenneally)
Father Anthony Fowler (Juan Gómez-Jurado)
Dame Frevisse (Margaret Frazer)*

Father Gus Gamble (Whit Masterson)
Father Goodwin (Frances Fyfield)
Father Joe Gramel (John Paul Carinci)
Mother Lavinia Grey (Kate Gallison)*
Father Grif (Dudley J Delffs)
Canon George Grindal (Barbara Whitehead)

Kate Hanlon (Diane Noble, Traci Depree etc)
Richard Harrison (Michael David Antony)*
The Rev Msgr (Nick) Hartery (Dennis Burke)*
The Rev Det Insp Blake Hartley (John Waddington-Feather)
Lady Lupin Hastings (Joan Coggin)
Sister Mary Helen (Sister Carol Anne O'Marie)*
Abbess Helewise (Alys Clare)*
Hildegard, Abbess of Meaux (Cassandra Clark)
Rev Willa Hinshaw (Lynette Hall Hampton)
The Rev Lucas Holt (Charles Meyer)*

The Inquisitor (Simon Quinn)

The Rev Jabal Jarrett (Freda Bream)*
Sister Joan (Veronica Black)*
Sisters John & Hyacinthe (Dorothy Gilman)*
John Jordan (Michael Lister)*
The Rev Otis Joy (Peter Lovesey)*

Ibrahim Kahn (John Waddington-Feather)
Francis Xavier Killy (Simon Quinn)
The Rev Kathryn Koerney (Cristina Sumners)
Father Robert Koesler (William X Kienzle)**
Hayden Konig (Mark Schweizer)*

Papa LaBas (Ishmael Reed)
Rina Lazarus (Faye Kellerman)
The Rev Francis Leggatt (J S Fletcher)
Catherine LeVendeur (Sharan Newman)*
Rev Eldon Littlejohn (Jan Maxwell)
Darcy Lott (Susan Dunlap)

"Mack" (William Paul Young)
Father Malecki (Ben Pastor)
Father Martin (David Bland)
Father McMahon (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)*
Brother Michael (Susanna Gregory)
The Rev Charles Mickle (Henry Charlton Beck)
Det Insp Evan Morgan (Pauline King)
Munpa (Alexandra David-Néel and Lama Yongden)*

Father Nil (Michel Benoît)
Father David Noone (Edward D Hoch)

Father John O'Malley (Margaret Coel)*
Father Fernando O'Neal (Paul Spike)
Maggie O'Neill (Madelyn Alt)
Ophelia and Abby (Shirley Damsgaard)*
Bridget O'Toole (Frank McConnell)*
The Rev Francis Oughterard (Suzette A Hill)*

The Padre (Richard Goyne)
The Rev Richard Page (Maggie Hamand)*
Brother Paul (William D Montalbano)
Mother Paul (June Wright)
Father Ian Pearse (Jonathan Rabb)
Sister Pelagia (Boris Akunin)*
Petroc of Auneford (Pip Vaughan-Hughes)
Father Pfefferkorn (Florence B Weinberg)
Allen Mackenzie Phillips (Wm Paul Young)
Bishop Purcell (Thomas Patrick McMahon)

Father Quart (Arturo Pérez-Reverte)*
Ellie Quicke (Veronica Heley)

Rev C P Randollph (Charles Merrill Smith)**
Bishop Francis X Regan (William F Love)
The Rev (Gale Pedrick)
Sister Ria (Thomas Eidson)*
Chaplain Jaime Richards (S L Linnea)
Father Roland (Rev William L Doty)*
Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife (Sharon Kahn)*
Lucius Rumsey (Christopher Leach)
Father Blackie Ryan (Andrew M Greeley)*

Burton Sands (Peter Lovesey)
Alexander Seaton (Shona MacLean)
The Rev Sebastian (James L Johnson)
Father Joseph Shanley (Jack Webb)
Sister Simon (Margaret Ann Hubbard)
Aggie Sloan-Wilcox (Emilie Richards)
Rabbi David Small (Harry Kemelman)**
John Smyth (James R Coggins)*
Father Julian Snow (Louis Buss)
Det Chief Insp Southwell (Barbara Whitehead)
Suzy Spencer (Lis Howell)
Alan Starr (Jane Langton)
Pastor James Stone (John Paul Carinci)
Rosemary Stubbs (Clare Munnings)

Toom Taggart (Paul M Edwards)*
John Taylor (Thomas Brace Haughey)
Sister Mary Teresa (Monica Quill)*
Rev Dan Thompson (Dean Feldmeyer)*
Rev Ziza Todd (David Willis McCullough)
Archdeacon Toft (Thurman Warriner)*
Father Mark Townsend (Father Brad Reynolds)*
The Rev Septimus Treloar (Stephen Chance)*
Pastor Caleb Troyer (P L Gaus)*
Reverend Tuckworth (David Holland)*
Rev Calvin Turkstra (Christopher H Meehan)

Sister Ursula (Anthony Boucher as H H Holmes)

Vane (John Fuller)*

The Rev Merrily Watkins (Phil Rickman)*
Anne Waverly (Laurie R King)*
The Rev Dr Simon Weatherspoon (Michael Langford)*
Andrea West (Pamela Cranston)
Rev Harry Westerham (Victor Whitechurch)
Geoffrey Weston (Thomas Brace Haughey)
Brother William (Umberto Eco)*
Father Mike Wilson (D Keith Mano)
Rabbi Daniel Winter (Joseph Terlushkin)


Also included: SOME NON-CLERICAL DETECTIVES FROM THE PAST

John Appleby (Michael Innes)*
Miles Bredon (Ronald Knox)
Edward Candy characters*
Gervase Fen (Edmund Crispin)*
Michael Gilbert characters**
Mallett and Pettigrew (Cyril Hare)*
Charlie Mortdecai (Kyril Bonfiglioli)*

CLERGY
Anglican/Episcopal priests
The Rev Claire Aldington (Isabelle Holland)
The Revd Callie Anson (Kate Charles)
The Archdeacons (C A Alington)
The Rev Dr Charles Ashworth (Susan Howatch)
Canon Hubert Avril (Margery Allingham)
The Rev Matt Beck (Charles Meyer)
The Rev Dr Simon Bede (Barbara Byfield)
The Rev Ebenezer Buckle (Nicholas Brady)
The Rev Martin Buell (Margaret Scherf)
The Rev Tobias Campion (Judith Cutler)
The Ven James Castleton (C A Alington)
The Rev Rodney Chelmarsh (Mollie Hardwick)
The Rev Simon Cherry (Gale Pedrick)
The Rev Ernest Clayton (Robert Barnard)
The Rev Lily Connor (Michelle Blake)
Rector James Coyte (R E Dugdall)
The Ven John Craggs (C A Alington)
The Rev John Dennis (George A Birmingham)
The Rev Peter Eversleigh (Richard Goyne)
Rev Clare Fergusson (Julia Spencer-Fleming)
Mother Lavinia Grey (Kate Gallison)
Father Grif (Dudley J Delffs)
Canon George Grindal (Barbara Whitehead)
The Rev Det Insp Blake Hartley (John Waddington-Feather)
The Rev Lucas Holt (Charles Meyer)
The Rev Jabal Jarrett (Freda Bream)
The Rev Otis Joy (Peter Lovesey)
The Rev Kathryn Koerney (Cristina Sumners)
The Rev Francis Leggatt (J S Fletcher)
The Rev Charles Mickle (Henry Charlton Beck)
The Rev Margaret Moon (Aline Templeton)
Father Fernando O'Neal (Paul Spike)
The Rev Francis Oughterard (Suzette A Hill)
The Padre (Richard Goyne)
The Rev Richard Page (Maggie Hamand)
Rev Ziza Todd (David Willis McCullough)
Archdeacon Toft (Thurman Warriner)
The Rev Septimus Treloar (Stephen Chance)
Reverend Tuckworth (David Holland)
The Rev Merrily Watkins (Phil Rickman)
The Rev Dr Simon Weatherspoon (Michael Langford)
The Rev Harry Westerham (Victor L Whitechurch)
Father Mike Wilson (D Keith Mano)

Other Protestant ministers
Rev Burke Anderson (Gary E Parker)
Rev Hosea Ballou (Ernest Cassara)
Rev Betsy Blessing (Beth Pattillo)
Rev Win Brady (William Kritlow)
Rev Adam Bridger (Alton Gansky)
Pastor Hank Busche (Frank E Peretti)
Reverend Dean (Hal White)
Rev Willa Hinshaw (Lynette Hall Hampton)
Rev C P Randollph (Charles Merrill Smith)
Chaplain Jaime Richards (S L Linnea)
The Rev Sebastian (James L Johnson)
Pastor James Stone (John Paul Carinci)
Rosemary Stubbs (Clare Munnings)
Rev Dan Thompson (Dean Feldmeyer)
Rev Ziza Todd (David Willis McCullough)
Rev Calvin Turkstra (Christopher H Meehan)

Prison chaplain
John Jordan (Michael Lister)

Amish pastor
Pastor Caleb Troyer (P L Gaus)

Roman Catholic priests
Father Alfonso (N J Matthews)
Father John Baptist (William Biersach)
Father Joseph Bredder (Leonard Holton)
Father Brown (G K Chesterton)
Father Brown (Stephen Kendrick)
Bishop Burdock (Walter S Sheldon)
Don Camillo (Giovanni Guareschi)
Father Crumlish (Alice Scanlan Reach)
Father Tim Devin (Grace and Harold Johnson)
Father Roger Dowling (Ralph McInerny)
Father Michael Driscoll (David Compton)
Father Duffy (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
Father Flaherty (Christy Kenneally)
Father Anthony Fowler (Juan Gómez-Jurado)
Father Gus Gamble (Whit Masterson)
Father Goodwin (Frances Fyfield)
Father Joe Gramel (John Paul Carinci)
The Rev Msgr (Nick) Hartery (Dennis Burke)
Father Robert Koesler (William X Kienzle)
Father McMahon (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
Father Malecki (Ben Pastor)
Father Nil (Michel Benoît)
Father David Noone (Edward D Hoch)
Father John O'Malley (Margaret Coel)
Father Ian Pearse (Jonathan Rabb)
Father Pfefferkorn (Florence B Weinberg)
Bishop Purcell (Thomas Patrick McMahon)
Father Quart (Arturo Pérez-Reverte)
Bishop Francis X Regan (William F Love)
Father Roland (Rev William L Doty)
Father (later Bishop) Blackie Ryan (Andrew M Greeley)
Father Joseph Shanley (Jack Webb)
Father Julian Snow (Louis Buss)
Father Mark Townsend (Father Brad Reynolds)
Vane (John Fuller)

2000 year old Coptic priest?
Simon Ark (Edward D Hoch)

Ex-priest
Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie (Arthur Hailey)

Monks/friars (also see under Medieval/historical monks)
Father Anselm (William Brodrick)
Brother Bartholomew (David Manuel)
Dom Erkenwald (Pauline King)
Brother Paul (William D Montalbano)

Medieval/historical monks/clergy
Brother Athelstan (Paul Doherty/Harding)
Nicholas Barber (Barry Unsworth)
Brother Barnabas (E M A Allison)
Brother Bernard (Catherine Jinks)
Brother Cadfael (Ellis Peters)
Friar Felix Fabri (Sheri Holman)
Father Martin (David Bland)
Brother Michael (Susanna Gregory)
Petroc of Auneford (Pip Vaughan-Hughes)
Brother William (Umberto Eco)

Nuns (also see under Medieval/historical nuns)
Sister Agatha (Aimée and David Thurlo)
Sister Agnes (Alison Joseph)
Sister Angela (L E Chamberlain)
Soeur Angèle (Henry Catalan)
Soeur Auguste (Joanne Harris)
Sister Cecile (Winona Sullivan)
Sister Joan (Veronica Black)
Sisters John & Hyacinthe (Dorothy Gilman)
Mother Paul (June Wright)
Sister Simon (Margaret Ann Hubbard)
Sister Mary Theresa (Monica Quill)
Sister Ursula (Anthony Boucher as H H Holmes)

Medieval/historical nuns
Soeur Angèle (Henry Catalan)
Dame Averilla (Barbara Reichmuth Geisler)
Prioress Eleanor (Priscilla Royal)
Sister Fidelma (Peter Tremayne)
Dame Frevisse (Margaret Frazer)
Abbess Helewise (Alys Clare)
Hildegard, Abbess of Meaux (Cassandra Clark)
Catherine LeVendeur (Sharan Newman)
Sister Pelagia (Boris Akunin)
Sister Ria (Thomas Eidson)

Ex-nuns/retired nun
Christine Bennett (Lee Harris)
Anne Fitzgerald (James Patterson)
Sister Mary Helen (Sister Carol Anne O'Marie)
Bridget O'Toole (Frank McConnell)

Missionary
Dr Mary Finney (Matthew Head)

CHURCH WORKERS
Choirmasters/organists
Hayden Konig (Mark Schweizer)
Alan Starr (Jane Langton)

Choir member
Ellie Quicke (Veronica Heley)

Church administrators
Theodora Braithwaite (D M Greenwood)
Richard Harrison (Michael David Antony)
John Smyth (James R Coggins)

Clergy wives
Doran Fairweather (Mollie Hardwick)
Kate Hanlon (Diane Noble, Traci Depree)
Faith Fairchild (Katherine Hall Page)
Lady Lupin Hastings (Joan Coggin)
Aggie Sloan-Wilcox (Emilie Richards)

Flower arranger
Suzy Spencer (Lis Howell)

Friend of God (actually of the actor who portrays Him)
Det Chief Insp Southwell (Barbara Whitehead)

Confirmation candidate
Burton Sands (Peter Lovesey)

Quaker Clerk of the Meeting
Elizabeth Elliot (Irene Allen)

Mormon
Toom Taggart (Paul M Edwards)

Others
Uncle Abner (Melville Davisson Post & John L Suter))
The Inquisitor (Simon Quinn)
Francis Xavier Killy (Simon Quinn)
Det Insp Evan Morgan (Pauline King)
Allen Mackenzie Phillips (William Paul Young)
Lucius Rumsey (Christopher Leach)
Alexander Seaton (Shona MacLean)
John Taylor (Thomas Brace Haughey)
Anne Waverly (Laurie R King)
Andrea West (Pamela Cranston)
Geoffrey Weston (Thomas Brace Haughey)

Shaker Eldress
Sister Rose Callahan (Deborah Woodworth)

NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
Judaism
Rabbi David Cohen (Sheyna Galyan)
Daniel (the prophet) (unknown)
Sammy Golden (Jack Webb)
Rina Lazarus/Peter Decker (Faye Kellerman)
Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife (Sharon Kahn)
Rabbi David Small (Harry Kemelman)
Rabbi Daniel Winter (Joseph Terlushkin)

Buddhism
Father Ananda (Nick Wilgus)
Darcy Lott (Susan Dunlap)
Munpa (Alexandra David-Néel and Lama Yongden)

Islam
Ibrahim Kahn (John Waddington-Feather)

Voodoo/hoodoo
Papa LaBas (Ishmael Reed)

Witches (who mean well)
Maggie O'Neill (Madelyn Alt)
Ophelia and Abby (Shirley Damsgaard)

Druid princess
Antoinette Charboneau (Aleta Boudreaux)


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