A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations . In contrast, a vicar is also a cleric but functions as an assistant and representative of an administrative leader.
49-635: Monarchist League may refer to: British Commonwealth [ edit ] International Monarchist League (known until the mid-1990s as the Monarchist League), founded in 1943 and based in London, England, UK; supporting the monarchy Australian Monarchist League , founded in 1943 (affiliated with the IML until 1993); supporting the monarchy Monarchist League of Canada , founded in 1970 (unaffiliated with
98-616: A faux -chivalric body in 1943. Bazille-Corbin was a colourful character, who, according to Peter Anson , while retaining his living as Anglican rector of Runwell St Mary in Essex , also became titular Bishop of Selsey in Mar Georgius ' "Catholicate of the West". An avid collector of titles and orders of a questionable nature, Bazille-Corbin used the titles of Duca di San Giaconio and Marquis de Beuvel. The League eventually developed into
147-675: A company limited by guarantee was formed, The Monarchist Movement Trust Limited, of which Walker was the Company Secretary and a director. After being based for 50 years in central London, the league is now based at an office in Bishop's Stortford , Hertfordshire . An Australian branch of the Monarchist League was founded in 1943. Prior to 1993, due to the growing battle with republicans it was felt that it needed to be an exclusively Australian body to defer criticisms that it
196-625: A great-grandson of the author. This event was filmed for a BBC documentary entitled Dostoevsky's Travels , broadcast on BBC2 TV on 9 October 1991. Under Don Foreman's auspices, a new South-Eastern Counties branch was inaugurated in September 1991, and Lauder-Frost organised another dinner at the House of Lords on 30 November 1992, with the Guest-of-Honour being HRH Prince Shwebomin of Burma . The functions strategy, coupled with publications,
245-581: A long meeting at London's Savoy Hotel with Mr Aimers, then Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada, in order to examine ways in which the two groups could co-operate more closely. The league maintains a certain affiliation with several university groups in the UK, such as the Oxford Monarchists and the Strafford Club of St. Andrews University . The Constitutional Monarchy Association
294-409: A mission (that is, a congregation which is not self-supporting). "Associate priests" are priests hired by the parish to supplement the rector in his or her duties while "assistant priests" are priests resident in the congregation who help on a volunteer basis. The positions of "vicar" and "curate" are not recognized in the canons of the national church. However, some diocesan canons do define "vicar" as
343-471: A pressure and support group. Celebrating its Silver Jubilee in 1968, The Monarchist editorial said "in the late 50s and the early 60s a great resurgence took place in the League when negative and passive monarchism was turned into positive and aggressive monarchism." The league is governed by a "Grand Council", which includes some non-British representatives. The Chancellor for at least a decade prior to 1975
392-814: A reception at her home in Harley Street, London, in April 1989, for members and their guests. 1990 was a busy year for functions, with a House of Lords Dinner in March and over 100 members and guests at a summer reception, hosted by Conservative MP Neil Hamilton , in Westminster Hall on 17 July. Lord Sudeley and Gregory Lauder-Frost represented the League (at their own expense) at a major fund-raising dinner in New York City on 15 June 1990, which had been organised by New York member David Evans, and
441-404: A rector appointed as his employee someone to perform the duties of his office, i.e. to act for him "vicariously", that employee was termed his vicar . Thus, the tithes of a parish are the legal property of the person who holds the office of rector. They are not the property of his vicar, who is not an office-holder but an employee, remunerated by a stipend, i.e. a salary, payable by his employer
490-786: A rector as priest also had glebe lands attached to the parish. The rector was then responsible for the repair of the chancel of his church—the part dedicated to the sacred offices—while the rest of the building was the responsibility of the parish. This rectorial responsibility persists, in perpetuity, with the occupiers of the original rectorial land where it has been sold. This is called chancel repair liability , and affects institutional, corporate and private owners of land once owned by around 5,200 churches in England and Wales. (See also Church of England structure .) The traditional titles of rector and vicar continue in English use today, although
539-577: A rector. Rector general is the title given to the superior general of certain religious orders, e.g. the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God , Pallottines . There are some other uses of this title, such as for residence hall directors, such as Father George Rozum CSC, at the University of Notre Dame which were once (and to some extent still are) run in a seminary-like fashion. This title
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#1732772566048588-414: A system of collaboration with other monarchist organisations, and compiled The Monarchists' Directory and which was published by Lauder-Frost in the League's Newsletter for the first time in 1989. Von Blumenthal also attempted to develop a monarchist ideology; his article "The Royalist Reasoning" is the basis for the league's current manifesto. This led to a number of important reforms, chief of which were
637-510: A team to run a group of parishes and churches. In such a team arrangement, the senior priest holds the title "Team Rector", whilst other incumbent priests in the team are entitled "Team Vicar". In the Deanery of Jersey , which is part of the Church of England, a rector is appointed to one of the island's twelve historic parishes and as such has a role in the civil parish administration alongside
686-494: Is a late 1990s formation of the Monarchist League and focusses on maintaining and strengthening the constitutional monarchy in Britain. The association operates from the Monarchist League's offices, and publishes a journal, The Crown (formerly entitled Realm of Kings ). It has often been called upon to respond to anti-monarchist statements within the UK. The CMA is governed by a separate council, in theory separate from that of
735-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages International Monarchist League Philosophers Works The International Monarchist League (known until the mid-1990s as the Monarchist League ) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the monarchical system of government and the principle of monarchy worldwide. It has been active in advocating
784-479: Is now a common third form of title in the contemporary Church of England, and is applied to the parish priest of a parish in which presentation to the living has been suspended—a process by which the bishop takes temporary responsibility for the appointment of the parish priest, regardless of who holds the legal rights of patronage in that parish. From the middle of the twentieth century the Church of England has developed team ministries, in which several priests work in
833-399: Is the title of the local superior of a house or community of the order. For instance, a community of several dozen Jesuit priests might include the pastor and priests assigned to a parish church next door, the faculty of a Jesuit high school across the street, and the priests in an administrative office down the block. However, the community as a local installation of Jesuit priests is headed by
882-633: Is used similarly at the University of Portland , another institution of the Congregation of Holy Cross . The Pope is called "rector of the world" during the discontinued papal coronation ceremony that was once part of the papal inauguration . Permanent rector is an obsolete term used in the United States prior to the codification of the 1917 Code of Canon Law . Canon Law grants a type of tenure to pastors ( parochus ) of parishes, giving them certain rights against arbitrary removal by
931-532: The Anglican Church of Canada rectors are officially licensed as incumbents to express the diocesan polity of employment of clergy. In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America , the "rector" is the priest elected to head a self-supporting parish. A priest who is appointed by the bishop to head a parish in the absence of a rector is termed a "priest-in-charge", as is a priest leading
980-454: The Church of England consisted of rectors, vicars , and perpetual curates . Parish churches and their incumbent clergy were supported by tithes , a form of local tax levied on the personal as well as agricultural output of the parish. A rector received direct payment of both the greater and lesser tithes of his parish, whilst a vicar received only the lesser tithes (the greater tithes going to
1029-491: The Roman Catholic Church , a rector is a person who holds the office of presiding over an ecclesiastical institution. The institution may be a particular building—such as a church (called his rectory church ) or shrine —or it may be an organization, such as a parish, a mission or quasi-parish, a seminary or house of studies, a university , a hospital, or a community of clerics or religious. If
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#17327725660481078-618: The Canadian league was formed by John Aimers after he attended a 1969 tour of Canada by Lieut.-Col. J. C. du Parc Braham, chancellor of the London-based League. The Canadian League, was formed months later with du Parc Braham having given Aimers a list of 50 Canadian members of the British-based league. The Monarchist League remained in close contact with the Canadian group, and on 11 March 1989, Lord Nicholas Hervey had
1127-503: The Constable; the parish also takes full responsibility (through levy of rates) for maintaining the church. Vicars are appointed to district churches, have no civil administrative roles by right, and their churches' upkeep is resourced by the members of the congregation. In the Church of Ireland , Scottish Episcopal Church and Anglican Church of Canada , most parish priests are called rectors, not vicars. However, in some dioceses of
1176-516: The IML); supporting the monarchy Monarchist League of New Zealand , founded in 1995 (unaffiliated with the IML); supporting the monarchy Other [ edit ] Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League , founded in 1993, seeking the restoration of the House of Nguyen See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "monarchist league" on Misplaced Pages. List of monarchist movements by country Royal Stuart Society (aka
1225-672: The League. Lord Sudeley acts as the Chairman. Rector (ecclesiastical) In ancient times bishops, as rulers of cities and provinces, especially in the Papal States , were called rectors, as were administrators of the patrimony of the Church (e.g. rector Siciliae ). The Latin term rector was used by Pope Gregory I in Regula Pastoralis as equivalent to the Latin term pastor (shepherd). In
1274-529: The Newsletter and Policy Papers with success". Meanwhile, Anthony J. Bailey and W. Denis Walker both joined the Grand Council as Ordinary Members in March 1990, Bailey serving for three years. Lauder-Frost served a two-year term as Secretary-General of the League, whilst continuing in his longer dual role as its Publications Officer. He stood down as Secretary-General on 31 December 1991, praised "for
1323-633: The Reverend (now Canon) Dr. Kenneth Gunn-Walberg. On 8–9 December that year Lauder-Frost also represented the League at the European Monarchist Conference in Warsaw , Poland, which attracted over 350 delegates from Europe, and several from North America. He returned immediately for the League's Christmas reception at London's Lansdowne Club on the 10th. A league seminar followed on 26 January 1991 addressed by Dimitri Dostoevsky,
1372-748: The Royalist League ), founded 1928; seeking restoration of the House of Stuart as the ruling house of Great Britain Monarchists Royalists Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Monarchist League . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monarchist_League&oldid=1106190417 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1421-513: The bishop of their diocese. In order to preserve their flexibility and authority in assigning priests to parishes, bishops in the United States until that time did not actually appoint priests as pastors, but as "permanent rectors" of their parishes: the "permanent" gave the priest a degree of confidence in the security in his assignment, but the "rector" rather than "pastor" preserved the bishop's absolute authority to reassign clergy. Hence, many older parishes list among their early leaders priests with
1470-415: The day-to-day operation of the cathedral to a priest, who is often incorrectly called a rector but whose specific title is plebanus or "people's pastor", especially if the cathedral operates as a parish church. Therefore, because a priest is designated head of a cathedral parish, he cannot be both rector and pastor, as a rector cannot canonically hold title over a parish (c. 556). As a further example,
1519-569: The establishment of a UK branch network and re-activation of the branches in the United States and Australia. One of the most successful UK branches, in Kent, was led by von Blumenthal, who had recruited Don Foreman as its secretary. Kenneth Hay was able to report in Autumn 1989 that "the League is forging ahead". He stood down at the end of 1989 and was replaced by Lauder-Frost whom he described as having an "active mind and restless energy, who has edited
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1568-573: The following year. It appeared for the last time in February 1987 following which Michael Wynne-Parker retired. He was replaced by Kenneth McLennan Hay, BEM , who served a two-year term as secretary-general. But he lived in Edinburgh , which was inconvenient for a body based in London. Lauder-Frost was called in to become Publications Editor (March 1987– December 1992), and Henry von Blumenthal became Treasurer. Major re-organisation by this duo of
1617-627: The high profile the League achieved under his guidance" and was replaced by Don Foreman, Secretary of the Kent Branch, who remained in post until 2002. From 1988 the League stepped up functions as a way of bringing in new members and raising funds. The July 1988 Annual Dinner took place in Dartmouth House , Mayfair , with Guests-of-Honour being Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and the Duke of St. Albans. Jacqueline, Lady Killearn hosted
1666-517: The late 1970s, and following the Marquess of Bristol's death also became the league's Acting Chancellor until 1987 when Count Nikolai Tolstoy was appointed to that position. Wynne-Parker was then made a Vice-Chancellor, a post which he held until standing down in March 1990. In 1971, the league had numerous peers and notables as high-profile members, including The 13th Viscount Massereene , The 26th Baron Mowbray , and John Biggs-Davison , MP, who
1715-407: The lay holder, or impropriator , of the living). A perpetual curate held the cure of souls in an area which had not yet been formally or legally constituted as a parish, and received neither greater nor lesser tithes, but only a small stipend in return for his duties. Perpetual curates tended to have a lower social status, and were often quite poorly remunerated. Quite commonly, parishes that had
1764-501: The league and its finances took place in 1988, Lauder-Frost emphasising that "we are not just a social group, but a serious pressure group carrying out a very demanding role in the face of much opposition." In Autumn 1989, Kenneth Hay stated that the league was "indebted" to Lauder-Frost, his publications for the league being "received with enthusiasm", mentioning "the letters of appreciation" he had received "from members and non-members alike." Also that year, von Blumenthal began developing
1813-526: The league until 1992 when he retired due to ill-health. The Monarchist League had become virtually dormant by the mid-1980s, although Michael Wynne-Parker continued to engage in debates on behalf of the league, such as the one in 1982 at Wymondham College , Norfolk, when the motion, proposed by a Mr. Matehall, a member of the Communist Party , was "This House would Abolish the Monarchy". The motion
1862-399: The pastor of a parish ( parochus ) is pastor (not rector) over both his parish and the parish church. Finally, a president of a Catholic university is rector over the university and, if a priest, often the rector of any church that the university may operate, on the basis that it is not a canonical establishment of a parish (c. 557 §3). In some religious congregations of priests, rector
1911-433: The postnominal letters "P.R." (as in, a plaque listing all of the pastors of a parish, with "Rev. John Smith, P.R."). This practice was discontinued and today priests are normally assigned as pastors of parishes, and bishops in practice reassign them at will (though there are still questions about the canonical legality of this). In Anglican churches, a rector is a type of parish priest . Historically, parish priests in
1960-652: The rector. A parish vicar is the agent of his rector, whilst, higher up the scale, the Pope is called the Vicar of Christ , acting vicariously for the ultimate superior in the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The 1983 Code of Canon Law , for the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, explicitly mentions as special cases three offices of rectors: However, these are not the only officials who exercise their functions using
2009-534: The restoration of the monarchy in countries that have become republics in the twentieth century, particularly since the Second World War . The League is based in the United Kingdom . The British Monarchist League is led by Wilhelm Reitzenstein, a young loyalist of the prominent Reitzenstein family. The Rev. John Edward Bazille-Corbin (born Corbin, 1887–1964) founded the Monarchist League as
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2058-443: The roles and the conditions of employment of the two titles are now essentially the same. Which of the titles is held by the parish priest is largely historical, some parishes having a rector and others a vicar. Owing to the origins of the terms, parishes with a rector are often of more notable historical importance or prominence than parishes with a vicar. The title of perpetual curate was abolished in 1968. However, "Priest-in-charge"
2107-413: The title of rector. Since the term rector refers to the function of the particular office, a number of officials are not referred to as rectors even though they are rectors in actual practice. The diocesan bishop, for instance, is himself a rector, since he presides over both an ecclesiastical organization (the diocese ) and an ecclesiastical building (his cathedral ). In many dioceses, the bishop delegates
2156-431: Was Lieut.-Col. J. C. du Parc Braham, TD (1920–1990). Du Parc Braham, an industrious but eccentric personality, kept the league's profile high. He was succeeded by The Most Hon. The 6th Marquess of Bristol , who had been a member of the league's Grand Council previous to 1968. Lord Bristol subsidised the league and many of its events until his death in March 1985. Michael Wynne-Parker had been Principal Secretary from
2205-587: Was also on the league's 'Council of Honour'. In 1972, the Chancellor announced he had appointed Mr. Nicholas Parker as "Director of Propaganda". Count Nikolai Tolstoy-Miloslavsky joined in late 1975, and Prince Moshin Ali Khan of Hyderabad and Lord Sudeley (Vice-Chancellor from 1985) were both announced as new members in 1980. The league had an active youth wing (under 21s), run in the mid-1960s by David Charlesworth. In February 1979, Lord Nicholas Hervey
2254-729: Was elected as President of the International Youth Association of the League, and contributed in the July 1981 edition of The Monarchist an article entitled "The Youth Association Spreading its Wings". In 1985 he also became a league Vice-Chancellor, and made the formal toast to the guests, the Prince and Princess of Lippe , at the League's Annual Dinner in the Cholmondeley Room, The House of Lords , on 1 April 1986. Lord Nicholas Hervey remained active in
2303-571: Was just an offshoot of a UK group; it severed its affiliation in 1993, and became an independent group, the Australian Monarchist League . The separate Monarchist League of Australia replaced it as an affiliate in 2006. The Monarchist League of New Zealand and the Monarchist League of Canada were founded independently of the London-based Monarchist League and had no formal affiliation; however
2352-566: Was shown to be paying off by Spring 1992, when it was announced that in the previous three months alone 95 new members had joined. The current Chancellor is Count Nikolai Tolstoy , who took up the post in late 1987. The Administrator and Treasurer since about 1993 until his death in January 2024 has been the Hon. W. Denis Walker who was introduced onto the Grand Council on 14 March 1990 by Gregory Lauder-Frost, seconded by Lord Sudeley. In March 2002
2401-521: Was soundly defeated. Gregory Lauder-Frost, who had joined the league in January 1979, also organised a major dinner at the House of Lords on 9 February 1984, when the guests-of-honour were Prince & Princess Tomislav of Yugoslavia . The death of The 6th Marquess of Bristol in March 1985 meant the end of any kind of future subsidy and left the league overdrawn at the bank as a result. One edition of The Monarchist appeared that year and none at all
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