The ecclesiastical title of archpriest or archpresbyter belongs to certain priests with supervisory duties over a number of parishes. The term is most often used in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic Churches and may be somewhat analogous to a monsignor, vicar forane or dean in the Latin Church, but in the Eastern churches an archpriest wears an additional vestment and, typically, a pectoral cross, and becomes an archpriest via a liturgical ceremony.
A Russian archpriest in his street clothes – Feodor Dubyansky, confessor to the Empress Elizabeth and Catherine II. Portrait by Alexei Antropov, 1761.
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.
St Margarete Parish Church, Berndorf, Austria
Parish boundary markers for St Peter's and St Owen's in Hereford
Saint Martin's Collegiate Parish Church in Opatów, Poland
St Mary's parish church in Hasfield, Gloucestershire