A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure 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.
Edgar Sheppard, then Curate at Marlow and Hornsey
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