Key Terms
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Consolidation / Merging
This is when two parishes are redefined into one parish. This does not necessitate any particular actions with respect to the physical properties of either pre-consolidation parish.
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Deanery
A Deanery is a group of parishes located in the same geographic area, which are grouped together to facilitate collaboration in ministry.
The Diocese of St. Petersburg has 7 Deaneries: Upper and Lower Pinellas, East and West Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus.
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Parish Team
Each parish has a team composed of the pastor and invited parishoners who are the active participants in the evaluation and recommendation phases of the planning process at each parish.
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Vicar Forane
A Vicar Forane (also known as a Dean) is a priest who has been charged by the bishop to work with a group of parishes, in this diocese called a deanery, to promote coordinated pastoral efforts among the parishes within the deanery and to foster community among the priests of the deanery. The vicar forane may also have other responsibilities within the deanery.
