rector

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Her father was the rector of two parishes and ran a small boys’ school to supplement the family’s meager income.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Father Gregory Sakowicz, rector of Holy Name, said he was just about to preside over mass at the cathedral when the news broke.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

A congregant of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Altadena, where Patterson Grindon serves as rector, had forwarded an image of the sanctuary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

Tickets for the first week of Masses in the cathedral sold out in 25 minutes, the cathedral's rector said.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Humphrey Babington was a Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge, but spent most of his time at Boothby Pagnall, near Grantham, where he was rector.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin