The cleaned is a catholic priest which with the “load of heart” of a Paroisse (in Latin, cleaned animarum ). It is named by a bishop, of which he is the representative and the delegate in the parish.

The other priests who assist it are named Vicaire accustomed S, or priests.

According to the areas, the priest can be called vice-chancellor or abbot . Attention also with the false-friends: thus in English, vicar indicates on the contrary that which with the load of a parish, and curate the priests who possibly assist it.

The priest, assisted by his vicars, occupied a central place and played a crucial role in the parishes under the Old Mode and to a lesser extent at the 19th century.

In January 1789, Louis XVI attests it itself; it invites all the priests of the kingdom to take part in the height of their role to the General states planned for the next on May 1st. Thus it with the governors and agents in charge of the execution of the notices of meeting to take care order particularly to fill their office “ by calling at the assemblies of the clergy all the goods and useful pastors who deal with near and daily of indigence and the assistance of the people, and which more closely knows its evils and its apprehensions. ” Derogating even from its preoccupation with a simplification, the royal capacity considers them so essential that it authorizes them with “ to give their vote by procuration ” if they do not have vicars and if they are with more than two miles of the place of the assembly (Article 14 of the royal Payment of December 24th, 1789).

See too

• Priest
• Archpriest
• primitive Diocese
• Parish
• Cure
• Cleaned
• Priest-senior
• Cleaned of Ars
• adequate Portion