Catholic priest
Mass-celebrating holy man
A Catholic priest is a man ordained in the Roman Catholic Church to perform sacred rites, administer sacraments, and lead congregations.
Priests hear confessions, celebrate Mass, and serve as intermediaries between God and the faithful.
They take vows of celibacy and obedience to their bishop.
The Catholic priest blessed the congregation.
- Roman collarPriest's white neckband
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
- sign of the crossChristian devotional gesture
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
Mass · Trinity · pastoral care · Eucharist · bishop · salvation · confession · spiritual director · redemption · scripture · Our Father · funeral rites · vestments · holy orders · canon law · celibacy · seminary training · cardinal
- clergybishop, pope, nun, monk, pastor
- priesthoodordained, seminarian, father, ordained minister, holy orders
- Victorian Clergyparson, vicar, rector, curate, preacher
Catholic priestProtestant minister
Clergy in Reformed tradition
Baptist preacher · Methodist minister · Lutheran pastor · rabbi · imam
Catholic priestlayman
Ordinary untrained person
married man · family man · atheist · materialist · hedonist
Catholic priestlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
parishioner · layman · congregant · defrocked priest · lapsed Catholic
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