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The parish priest (also known as a pastor) is the next clergy in the hierarchy after the vicar general. Pastors are appointed by the bishop and represent the bishop to the local parish, which is a collection of neighborhoods in one small region of the county within a given state.

Some pastors are helped by a priest called a parochial vicar (formerly known as a curate or an assistant pastor) and/or sometimes by a permanent deacon, religious sister, or lay parishioner as a pastoral associate. The parish council and finance committees, which are made up of lay parishioners for the most part, advise and counsel the pastor but don’t have administrative or executive authority.