rector

Definitions

• In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
• In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
• (Eastern Orthodoxy) A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
• In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
• A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.