rectors
Clergy who lead
Rectors are clergy members who head parishes or religious institutions, or administrators who lead certain universities and schools.
In the Anglican and Episcopal traditions, a rector leads a parish and typically controls its property and income, distinguishing the position from a vicar.
Some European universities call their chief academic officer a rector.
The rectors of several prestigious institutions issued a joint statement.
Local church community
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- parsonProtestant parish minister
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- pastorChristian congregation leader
chaplain · curate · diocese · pulpit · vestry · benefice · clergy · ordination
Higher education institution
- provostSenior academic administrator
- deanSenior academic administrator
- facultyInherent power or ability
- chancellorSenior administrative official
principal · institution · campus · governance · tenure · professorship · administration · college
Manage and direct
- governExercise political control
- manageDirect or handle successfully
- superintendentChief administrative official
- stewardManager for another
leadership · authority · supervision · executive · officiate · preside · head · chief
parish
Local church community
pastor · chaplain · curate · diocese · pulpit · vestry · benefice · clergy · ordination · congregation
university
Higher education institution
- provostSenior academic administrator
- deanSenior academic administrator
- facultyInherent power or ability
chancellor · principal · institution · campus · governance · tenure · professorship · administration · college · scholarship
oversee
Manage and direct
- governExercise political control
- manageDirect or handle successfully
- superintendentChief administrative official
steward · leadership · authority · supervision · executive · officiate · preside · head · chief · charge
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- church groupssmall group, small groups, congregations, cell group, parishes
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- OxbridgeOxford, Oxbridge, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Exeter
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, parish
rectorscurates
Selects and organizes collections
vicars · deacons · seminarians · novices · acolytes
rectorsstudents
Those receiving instruction
undergraduates · pupils · staff · administrative assistants · enrollees
rectorsparishioners
Members of local congregation
congregants · laypeople · laity · flock · churchgoers
director, directors, rector, rectory, directorate, directorship, directorial, directorships, directorates