parish priest
Congregation's spiritual leader
A parish priest is a Catholic or Anglican clergyman assigned to lead a local church community called a parish.
The parish priest conducts services, administers sacraments, and provides spiritual guidance to congregants within a defined geographic area.
The parish priest visited the sick and elderly each week.
In Catholic contexts, also called a pastor.
- rectorParish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- man of the clothMale religious leader
- spiritual guidanceCounsel for faith matters
- chaplainInstitutional clergy member
confession · sacraments · holy orders · pastoral care · benefice · flock · diocese · Catholic Church · vestry · churchwarden · clergy · home visits · house calls · ordination · canon · vows · congregation · communion
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- Catholic Clergypope, pontiff, cardinal, bishop, monsignor
- church rolesbishop, deacons, lay readers, altar girl, lectors
- church staffaltar boy, choirmaster, curate, church secretary, choir director
- clergybishop, pope, nun, monk, minister
- Colonial Clergyrector, vicar, curate, reverend, preacher
parish priestpope
Catholic Church's supreme leader
bishop · archbishop · cardinal · patriarch · primate
parish priestlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
layman · laywoman · parishioner · congregant · secular
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