[Magdalen] New rector at my first Episcopal parish

[Grace Cangialosi]

My former spiritual directee, who will be ordained priest on the 10th, was given the title Rector when he was called to his current parish. I teased him about using that term, assuming he was, at most, Deacon-in-Charge. But he said no, his contract was intentionally written that way, and he was, in fact, the rector. From what he told me about the parish when he got there, I think the bishop wanted his authority to be clear. He has, of course, had a supply priest as celebrant since he's been there.

On Nov 29, 2016, at 3:57 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>>>> I should have read further...he'll be the priest-in-charge.<<<
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> I imagine we all see this a lot.  (I do, anyway.)  My guess is that there's several clergy on staff, hence "rectorship" is a shared thing.
> 
> (I disagree with getting rid of the title "rector", by the way.)