Curate

January 8, 2025, 3:28 PM

A curate (/ˈkjʊərɪt/) is a person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish. In this sense, curate means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest. The duties or office of a curate are called a curacy.

Etymology and other terms

The term is derived from the Latin curatus (compare Curator).

In other language, derivations from curatus may be used differently. In French, the curé is the chief priest (assisted by a vicaire) of a parish,[1] as is the Italian curato, the Spanish cura, and the Filipino term kura paróko (which almost always refers to the parish priest), which is derived from Spanish.

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