:" for a bad custom has prevailed amongst the clergy, of appointing the most powerful people of a parish stewards, or, rather, patrons, of their churches ; who, in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their own use the possession of all the lands, leaving only to the clergy the altars, with their tenths and oblations, and assigning even these to their sons and relations in the church.

In the Church of Scotland, which has a Presbyterian church structure, the word " bishop " refers to an ordained person, usually a normal parish minister, who has temporary oversight of a trainee minister.

Bolventor parish was established in 1846 ( before that date the village was in St Neot parish ) but has now been merged with Altarnun.

That edition has remained the official prayer book of the Church of England, although in the 21st century, an alternative book called Common Worship has largely displaced the Book of Common Prayer at the main Sunday worship service of most English parish churches.

The village, which has its own parish council, has a population of 5, 093 and the parish has an acreage of as of 1961.

The parish council, which has 15 members who are elected for four years, is responsible for local issues, including setting an annual precept ( local rate ) to cover the council ’ s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny.

While Don Quixote is unconscious in his bed, his niece, the housekeeper, the parish curate, and the local barber secretly burn most of the books of chivalry, and seal up his library pretending that a magician has carried it off.

* Canon 21, the famous " Omnis utriusque sexus ", which commands every Christian who has reached the years of discretion to confess all his, or her, sins at least once a year to his, or her, own ( i. e. parish ) priest.

Parts of the parish of St Clement in the south were previously below sea-level but the construction of a seawall and infilling of low land has probably left only a few pockets of land below mean sea level.

The parish church of St. Mary the Virgin has Norman origins, and features a font from around 1200.

It currently has six elected councillors in Cornwall Council and 27 town and parish councillors.

Folk memory in Wales had always held him in high regard and almost every parish has some landmark or story about Owain.

More recently, the parish has been home to many of Lafayette's growing Mexican-American population.

Wimbledon, North Dakota has a St. Boniface Catholic Church that was established in 1886 and is still an active parish.

Historically part of the parish of St Margaret in the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England ( and later the British government ) for almost a thousand years.

* The official Roman Catholic decree " Tametsi " stipulates that for a marriage to be valid, consent ( the essence of marriage ) as expressed in the vows has to be given publicly before witnesses, one of whom has to be the parish priest.

From being a mere village in an agricultural district at the beginning of the 19th century, the place grew rapidly in population owing to the abundance of coal and iron ore, and the population of the whole parish, 1, 486 in 1801, increased tenfold during the first half of the 19th century.

The population of the parish rose from 6, 471 in 1841 to 14, 999 in 1851 and 32, 299 in 1861 and John Davies described it as " the most dynamic place in Wales ".

On 17 December 1790 he created the Assistant Parish of Tuineje, which became a new parish division on 23 June 1792 under the bishop Tavira with lands including part of the Jandía peninsular with a population of 1, 670 inhabitants.

The parish population was recorded as 1, 001, of whom 559 resided in the village.

The beginning of Polish parish in modern times is connected to him In XIX century Polish population of the town consisted among others of Polish soldiers in Prussian service stationed in the city, salt refining specialists from Ciechocinek, political prisoners in local Prussian and permanent Polish inhabitants In the second half of XIX century the Polish community further increased with arrival of Polish workers During the period 1875-1914 an active Polish community grew and through its funds a Catholic school and the Church of Saint Marcin where masses in Polish were held ( initially throughout the season, after about 1890 all the year ), were established.

The largest parish by population is East Baton Rouge Parish, and the largest by land area is Cameron Parish.

The population of Padstow civil parish was 3, 162 in the 2001 census.

Depending on the parish, sixty to seventy-six percent of the northern Norwegian farms were abandoned following the plague, while land-rents, another possible measure of the population numbers, dropped down to between 9-28 % of pre-plague rents.

Kelly's Directory also recorded that in 1885 the area of the parish was, in which were grown wheat, barley and turnips, that Sausthorpe's population at the time of the 1881 census was 141, and that within the parish were a grocer, wheelwright, carrier, two farmers, a farmer-cum-beer retailer, and a farmer-surveyor.

By 1838 and the opening of the Great Western Railway, Upton-cum-Chalvey's parish population had reached 1, 502.

The population of the parish is 1, 820 people, and the area of the parish is.

As the population grew, new parishes were created and the civil parish covered the same area as the established Church of Ireland.

Following population increases caused by the expansion of London during the 18th century, it was split off as the parish of Bethnal Green in 1743, becoming part of the Metropolis in 1855 and the County of London in 1889.

The parish became a metropolitan borough in 1900 and the population peaked in 1901, entering a period of steady decline which lasted until 1981.

In 1831, the population of the parish was 2022 people.

In 1901 the parish had a population of 4, 534 and in 1904 it was split from the rural district to form the Feltham Urban District.

The inadequacy of one church to serve a growing population is indicated by the rebuilding of St Mary's church in 1842 to cater for the increased number of church goers and then by the building in 1877 of St Mark's as an additional church serving the south of the parish.

In 1881 the parish had a population of 779 and covered an area of.

The town was granted Magdeburg rights, it had a parish church, a market place and a cemetery, and its total area was some 1, 5 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

The endowments of the monasteries, landed property and appropriated parish tithes and glebe, were transferred to the Court of Augmentations, who would thereon pay out life pensions at the agreed rate ( subject in most years to a 10 % tax deduction on pensions of £ 5 year of more ).

As of the census of 2000, there were 16, 894 people, 5, 930 households, and 4, 234 families residing in the parish.

In January 2007 the State of Louisiana estimated that 15, 318 people lived in the parish, with 5, 000 of them being prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary ( Angola ).

In the parish the population was spread out with 9. 2 % under 5 years of age, 27. 7 % under the age of 18, and 9. 4 % who were 65 years of age or older.

The parish has a total area of 2, 080 square miles ( 5, 387 km² ), of which, 1, 255 square miles ( 3, 250 km² ) of it is land and 825 square miles ( 2, 137 km² ) of it ( 39. 66 %) is water.

The racial makeup of the parish was 74. 07 % White, 17. 79 % Black or African American, 5. 29 % Native American, 0. 81 % Asian, 0. 02 % Pacific Islander, 0. 54 % from other races, and 1. 48 % from two or more races.

The 2000 census counted 44, 915 people in the parish who are at least five years old of whom 31, 229 ( 69. 5 %) speak only English at home, 27. 44 % reported speaking French ( Colonial French also known as Plantation Society French ) or Cajun French at home, while 1. 52 % speak Louisiana Creole French.

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board operates / oversees 10 public schools in the parish, the Archdiocese of New Orleans operates / oversees 5 religious schools in the parish and there are 2 privately run schools in the parish.

As of the census of 2000, there were 21, 216 people, 6, 992 households, and 5, 551 families residing in the parish.

Almost the entire parish was flooded, with most areas left with between 5 and of standing water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 20, 981 people, 7, 490 households, and 5, 482 families residing in the parish.

The parish has a total area of 590 square miles ( 1, 530 km² ), of which, 557 square miles ( 1, 444 km² ) of it is land and 33 square miles ( 86 km² ) of it ( 5. 64 %) is water.

The parish has a total area of, of which is land and ( 5. 82 %) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 14, 282 people, 5, 291 households, and 3, 798 families residing in the parish.

The parish has a total area of, of which is land and ( 5. 21 %) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 18, 698 people, 7, 073 households, and 5, 276 families residing in the parish.

As of the census of 2000, there were 21, 263 people, 7, 754 households, and 5, 706 families residing in the parish.

At the 2000 census, there were 21, 360 people, 6, 699 households, and 5, 030 families residing in the parish.

Although the parish trends Democratic, in the 2008 presidential election, the Democrat Barack Obama of Illinois received 3, 766 votes ( 39. 5 percent ) in Concordia Parish to 5, 668 ( 59. 5 percent ) for the Republican nominee, John S. McCain of Arizona.