A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations. In contrast, a vicar is also...
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steers) may refer to: Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations Rector (academia), a senior...
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local superior of the priests – were merged in the role of rector (See "Ecclesiastical rectors"). This practice is mostly no longer followed, as the details...
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Clergy house (redirect from Ecclesiastical residence)
residence of an ecclesiastical rector, although the name may also be applied to the home of an academic rector (e.g., a Scottish university rector), or other...
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Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". The...
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Canon law of the Catholic Church (redirect from Ecclesiastical positive law)
advocate Ecclesiastical court Funeral dues Integralism Particular church Privilege (canon law) Privilege of competency Rector (ecclesiastical) Prohibited...
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Parish (redirect from Ecclesiastical parish)
12. Each parish normally has its own parish priest (either a vicar or rector, owing to the vagaries of the feudal tithe system: rectories usually having...
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Chancel repair liability (redirect from Lay rector)
impropriators or lay rectors. As far as spiritual rectors are concerned, their liability transferred to parochial church councils by the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations...
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Father (Surname). Judicial Vicar, Ecclesiastical Judge, Episcopal Vicar, Vicar Forane, Dean, Provincial Superior, or Rector: The Very Reverend (Full Name);...
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St Margaret's, Westminster (redirect from Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster)
a preface to Memorials of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, a former Rector of St Margaret's, Hensley Henson, reported a mediaeval tradition that the...
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Clergy (redirect from Ecclesiastical Person)
from the ecclesiastical Latin Clericus, for those belonging to the priestly class. In turn, the source of the Latin word is from the Ecclesiastical Greek...
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Marikina Church (section Shrine rectors)
early history wherein both the Jesuits and Augustinians fought over the ecclesiastical control of the area. The church is also known for featuring Metro Manila's...
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29 long cwt 2 qr 26 lb (3,330 lb or 1,510 kg). As of 2024 the [Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector] is The Reverend Jennifer Louise Nelson, who became the incumbent...
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refer to: Magnifico Rettore, head of an Italian university Rector (politics) Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric Donatella Rettore (born 1955), Italian singer...
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Richard Hooker (redirect from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity)
and considerably assisted by John Churchman and his wife". Hooker became rector of St. Mary's Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire, in 1584, but probably...
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J., rector 1907-1909 15. David Hearn, S.J., rector 1909-1915 16. Cowles Havens Richards, S.J., rector 1915-1919 17. James J. Kilrowy, S.J., rector 1919-1924...
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Visitor (redirect from Visitor (ecclesiastical))
English and Welsh law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution, often a charitable institution set up for...
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Ecclesiastical heraldry refers to the use of heraldry within Christianity for dioceses, organisations and Christian clergy. Initially used to mark documents...
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Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy (redirect from Imperial Ecclesiastical Academy of the Roman Catholic Church in Saint Petersburg)
the section devoted to the Armenian Catholic Church had 7 students. Its rectors were Alojzy Osiński [pl] (former lecturer at the Liceum Krzemienieckie;...
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Cession (section Ecclesiastical law)
that right. When an ecclesiastic is created bishop, or when a parson or rector takes another benefice without dispensation, the first benefice becomes...
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through ill health." "ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. Canon J. H. Acheson, M.A., Rector St Peters, Chaster : Rector of All Souls', Langham...
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William Henry Webster (section Ecclesiastical career)
, Australia , 1892–95 Vicar: Sheffield, Tasmania , Australia , 1895–96 Rector: Bothwell, Tasmania , Australia , 1896–99 V: Waiuku, New Zealand , 1899–1902...
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Canada (ACC), and in January 2025 he was elected metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon. Stephens grew up in the Lower...
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or athenaeum is an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology...
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Reverend James Musgrave D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil [or Canon] Law), Rector (ecclesiastical) of Chinnor, Oxfordshire. James was born in 1752, he matriculated...
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Nicholas Tyacke speculated that he may have been the son of John Barebone, rector of Charwelton in Northamptonshire, by his marriage to Mary Roper of Daventry...
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Chancellor is an ecclesiastical title used by several quite distinct officials of some Christian churches. In some churches, the chancellor of a diocese...
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William Juxon (section Ecclesiastical offices)
became vicar of St Giles' Church, Oxford, where he stayed until he became rector of Somerton, Oxfordshire in 1615. In December 1621, he succeeded his friend...
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the Free Imperial Cities were annexed by dynastic territories; the ecclesiastical territories were secularised and annexed. In 1806 the Imperium was dissolved;...
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Trinity College, Kandy Principal, Diocesan Divinity School, Colombo Rector (ecclesiastical) of Bradford, Manchester Vicar of Leigh, Lancashire Anglican adviser...
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