parishes
Louisiana county equivalents
Parishes are administrative districts, typically of a church.
A parish is the area served by a single church and its clergy, or the congregation itself: The parish raised funds for a new roof.
In Louisiana, parishes function as counties—a remnant of French and Spanish Catholic governance.
In England, civil parishes are the smallest units of local government.
Assembled group of worshippers
- rectorParish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- churchPlace of Christian worship
chapel · diocese · bishop · curate · vestry · altar · nave · pulpit
Record of past events
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- recordsStored data or albums
- archivesStored historical documents
- genealogyStudy of family descent
registers · burials · marriages · christenings · monuments · churchyard · cemetery · preservation
People living somewhere
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
gathering · fete · hall · newsletter · volunteers · outreach · charity · social
Advisory deliberative group
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- boundariesLines marking separation
- wardProtected person; division
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
district · municipality · township · borough · civil · register · records · clerk
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
church · chapel · diocese · bishop · curate · vestry · altar · nave · pulpit · sermon
history
Record of past events
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- recordsStored data or albums
- archivesStored historical documents
genealogy · registers · burials · marriages · christenings · monuments · churchyard · cemetery · preservation · ancestry
residents
People living somewhere
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
neighborhood · gathering · fete · hall · newsletter · volunteers · outreach · charity · social · belonging
council
Advisory deliberative group
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- boundariesLines marking separation
- wardProtected person; division
precinct · district · municipality · township · borough · civil · register · records · clerk · meeting
county
Local administrative division
Jefferson · Acadia · Lafayette · civil · courthouse · sheriff · seat · creole · jurisdiction · boundaries
- religious organizationsBaptist churches, congregations, Methodist churches, Methodist Church, Lutheran Church
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools, cardinals
- Belgian Catholicismabbeys, archdioceses, bishoprics, cardinals, convents
- Christianizationmissionary work, forced conversion, Catholic missions, colonial missions, church planting
- Church Bodiesarchdiocese, diocese, dioceses, bishopric, religious orders
parishesdioceses
Episcopal jurisdictional areas
archdioceses · provinces · Vatican · bishoprics · Holy See
- parish churchesLocal Christian worship buildings
- church parishesLocal religious administrative units
- parish hallChurch community gathering space
- parish priestLocal church leader
- parish churchLocal community worship building
- parish houseClergy home near church