John Cootes is a renaissance man. At different times in his career he has been:
Australian international Rugby League representative player
Catholic Priest
Singer and guitarist
Football commentator
Owner of a chain of furniture stores.
He released albums and singles as Father John Cootes, while still a priest, although he later left and married.
According to this site, he got to No. 10 on the Maryborough Qld [think weirder, less sophisticated Twin Peaks] radio 4MB chart, so technically he had a hit song while a priest.
“Going My Way” and “The Bells of St. Mary’s”, by Father O’Malley (aka Bing Crosby, singing the title tunes from the two hit films). Also “Swingin’ on a Star”, which won the Oscar for best song.
Soul singer Joe Tex became a Muslim preacher and left show biz for much of the 1970s. He later returned and had a hit with the silly non-religious song “Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman).”
I don’t know for sure if he had any official title or ordination within the black Muslim religion.
One of the comments on the page linked says “Saw this fun group at Bay Shore Seminary in 1968.”; Bay Shore is a Montfort house in NY: AGEN96⚡: Agen Slot Online Terbaik Dengan Layanan Unggul
As for Jesuit priests, how about the St. Louis Jesuits? According to this page:
“The group received Grammy nominations in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1981.”
Their album “Earthen Vessels” sold over a million albums: St. Louis Jesuits - Wikipedia
