Parish (disambiguation)
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A parish
is a territorial unit used for ecclesiastical administration
and, derived from that,
A parish may also refer to a secular local government administrative entity:
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
is a territorial unit used for ecclesiastical administration
and, derived from that,
A parish may also refer to a secular local government administrative entity:
- Parish (administrative division)
- Civil parish (disambiguation) in the British Isles
- Parishes of Louisiana, the equivalent of a county in the American state of Louisiana