Pastor

=== Catholicism ===
{{See also|Hierarchy of the Catholic Church}}
[[File:Priests rome.jpg|thumb| A [[Catholic priest]] in Rome]] 
In the [[United States]], the term ''pastor'' is used by Catholics for what in other English-speaking countries is called a ''parish priest''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aleteia.org/2021/04/25/why-are-some-catholic-priests-called-pastor/|title=Why are some Catholic priests called "pastor"?|website=Aleteia|date=25 April 2021 |accessdate=2023-04-14|archive-date=2023-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417205037/https://aleteia.org/2021/04/25/why-are-some-catholic-priests-called-pastor/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Latin]] term used in the Code of Canon Law is ''parochus''.
{{blockquote|The parish priest is the proper clergyman in charge of the congregation of the parish entrusted to him. He exercises the pastoral care of the community entrusted to him under the authority of the [[diocesan bishop]], whose ministry of Christ he is called to share, so that for this community he may carry out the offices of teaching, sanctifying and ruling with the cooperation of other priests or deacons and with the assistance of lay members of Christ's faithful, in accordance with the law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P1T.HTM|title=Code of Canon Law: text - IntraText CT|website=www.intratext.com|access-date=2024-02-24|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131004630/http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P1T.HTM|url-status=live}}</ref>}}