This is an incomplete list of Catholic priests. Priests Roman Catholic Church Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña – Jesuit explorer Alger of Liège – History Abraham Armand – Missionary to Hawaii Alexis Bachelot – Missionary to Hawaii Antonio Vivaldi – Italian baroque composer Erasmus of Rotterdam – Dutch priest and philosopher Nicolas Aubry – French priest Tissa Balasuriya – Sri Lankan Sinhala theologian Mary Bastian – Murdered activist in Sri Lanka David Bauer – Hockey player turned priest Josef Bisig – Formerly of the Society of St. Pius X, currently of the recognized Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Martin Adolf Bormann – Son of Nazi Martin Bormann who works against Holocaust denial Jim Borst – Dutch Missionary in India since 1960 Martin Stanislaus Brennan – Astronomer and author Vincent Robert Capodanno – U.S. Navy chaplain and Medal of Honor recipient. Francisco Fernández Carvajal – Author and Opus Dei priest. Solanus Casey – Declared venerable by Pope John Paul II. William Joseph Chaminade – Faced persecution for being a priest during the French Revolution Daniele Comboni – Missionary to Africa, canonized John M. Corridan – Anti-corruption activist Horacio de la Costa – Filipino Jesuit and writer Les Costello – A founder of the Flying Fathers exhibition hockey team Peter Coudrin – Faced persecution during French Revolution, later became a missionary to Hawaii James Coyle – Murdered Catholic priest Johannes Czerski – German clergyman who resigned his vicariate to found German Catholicism Jozef De Veuster – Canonized, worked with lepers Chandra Fernando – Murdered human rights activist Piero Folli – Italian antifascist parish priest Joseph Freinademetz – Missionary to China, canonized Mariano Gagnon – Franciscan friar and author who helped indigenous people resist the Shining Path in Peru Georg Gänswein – Secretary to Pope Benedict XVI Augustine Geve – Solomon Islands Catholic priest and politician, murdered in 2002 Lionel Groulx – French Canadian Nationalist Jacques Hamel – Priest killed in the 2016 Normandy church attack. Elmer Heindl – American WWII chaplain Ignatius of Loyola – Founder of the Society of Jesus Itō Mancio – First official Japanese emissary to Europe, after that he became a Jesuit priest Saint Arnold Janssen – Missionary Marcelline Jayakody, Sri Lankan Sinhala author, composer of hymns, author, journalist Mychal F. Judge – Chaplain, 9-11 victim Georg Joseph Kamel – Jesuit botanist of whom the Camellia is named after. Compiled works on Philippine medicinal plants, which is well known