Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-99.108.110.218-20140426014946/@comment-26223729-20150319200513

The eight named priests of Skyrim are considered to be the high ranking ones. It's unknown how the eight were ranked compared to each other, if at all. The likely reason there were so many people at Forelhost is because it was the last known stronghold of the dragon cultists. It is believed that all the other priests had been killed during or shortly after the Dragon War.