A parish is a region presided over by a central authority figure, either a priest or local government, and can be administrative or ecclesiastical. Administrative parishes are divisions of land led by officials selected by voters, while ecclesiastical parishes are based on the area served by a specific church. Parishioners attend their local church and make specific laws concerning tax rates and city codes.
A parish is a specific region within a larger area. The term is used to describe two different types: administrative and ecclesiastical parishes. In both cases it is presided over by a central authority figure, who may be a priest or a local government, depending on the type under discussion. Parishes of both types can be found all over the world and the meaning of the word can vary, depending on where one is located, which can sometimes be confusing.
An administrative parish is a division of land such as a county, province or state. They are generally small and many are rural, although this is not always the case, and some administrative divisions are based on historic ecclesiastical parishes. The area is typically led by officials selected by voters in annual elections. In the US state of Louisiana, parishes are like counties in other states, and parishes of a similar type are also found in many former English colonies.
Typically, a parish is at a low level of local government. The people who live there know their officials well and can turn to them for a variety of needs. Because many are quite small, the people within them often know well and can network to help one another in times of need or disruption. Within a parish, voters can make specific laws that change from one to another, concerning things like tax rates, city codes, and so on.
An ecclesiastical parish is another form of subdivision, at the lower end of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, based on the area served by a specific church. Historically, they were usually limited by the distance people could reasonably travel in a day, and the Church made a conscious effort to distribute parishes so that everyone in a region could easily access a church for Sunday worship and events. religious.
The priest who oversees such an area may be known as a parish priest and, depending on the size of the area, may have assistants who move around the community and assist in various church functions. People who live within a specific parish and attend the church are known as its parishioners; by convention, most people prefer to worship within their local church, and marriage banns and other announcements should be made in their parish church, rather than any available church, making sure the community is aware of these information.
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