Charlie was among the first prominent electric guitarists and set the standard for jazz and blues, country and rock guitarists. Remember that before the amplified guitar, it was a rhythm instrument in larger bands. The man died so young, at 25, of TB in the early 1940s
https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/meet-the-electric-guitarist-who-gave-benny-goodman-a-jolt/85228/
From the link:
"...he dominated every DownBeat and Metronome readers’ poll during his brief run with Goodman. Christian added his effortless lyricism to after-hours jam sessions at Harlem’s sacred jazz altar Minton’s Playhouse, where Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke were inventing bebop.

Tragically, Christian died from tuberculosis on March 2, 1942. He was only 25, but his influence on guitarists can still be heard in almost every genre — the blues (Sister Rosetta Tharpe), jazz (Wes Montgomery), country (Glen Campbell), rock (Jimi Hendrix), funk (Prince) and pop (John Mayer)."

However, he was not a priest, in the temple of Syrinx, so that goes to Geddy