Map of the parishes of Jersey

Jersey is divided into twelve administrative districts known as parishes.

1925 )-based in Union City, New Jersey, founded by friars from the Tuscan region of Italy to minister to Italian immigrants, with 12 communities on the East Coast, primarily in New Jersey, with parishes also in the Bronx, New York, as well as Charlotte, North Carolina, Tampa, Florida, and Wilmington, Delaware.

Saint Helier (; French language: Saint-Hélier, Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.

All parishes of Jersey, including St. Helier, have an Honorary Police force.

The origin of the States of Jersey lies in the summoning of representatives of the parishes ( the Connétables and Rectors ) to advise the Royal Court on legislation.

He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1953 and served in parishes in Jersey City, Rutherford, Paramus, and Cranford, New Jersey.

Eugene W. Magyar was consecrated on June 29, 1963 as first Bishop of Slovak parishes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

At the time of his succession, the diocese ( which included the entire states of Pennsylvania and Delaware in addition to western New Jersey ) included 200, 000 Catholics, 137 priests, 131 parishes, 17 chapels and missions, 40 parish schools with 8, 710 pupils, four colleges and four academies.

From November 2011, the assembly of the States of Jersey has 51 elected members: 10 Senators ( elected on an island-wide basis ), 29 Deputies ( elected in single-and multi-seat constituencies ) and 12 Connétables ( heads of the parishes ).

The major floats are usually produced by the parishes of Jersey.

Saint Brélade is one of the twelve parishes of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

Saint Saviour ( Jèrriais: St Saûveux / St Sauveur ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Grouville is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Saint Martin ( Jèrriais: St Martîn ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Trinity (, Jèrriais: La Trinneté ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Saint John ( Jèrriais: St Jean ) is one of the twelve parishes on the north coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Saint Mary ( Jèrriais: Sainte Mathie ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

St. Mary has the smallest population of all the parishes in Jersey, having only 1, 591 residents in 2001.

Saint Ouen ( Jèrriais: Saint Ouën ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Saint Peter ( Jèrriais: St Pièrre ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Saint Lawrence ( Jèrriais: St Louothains ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

* Two further suffragans, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet and the Bishop of Richborough, are provincial episcopal visitors for the whole Province of Canterbury, licensed by the archbishop as " flying bishops " to visit parishes throughout the province who are uncomfortable with the ministrations of their local bishop who has participated in the ordination of women.

The cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles is placed under the patronage of St. Columba as are numerous Catholic schools and parishes throughout the nation.

As of 2011, Canadians who are of Scottish ancestry are the third largest ethnic group in the country and thus Columba's name is to be found attached to Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian parishes.

Throughout the U. S. A. there are numerous parishes within the Catholic and Episcopalian denominations dedicated to Columba.

While there are 331 baronies in Ireland, and more than a thousand civil parishes, there are around sixty thousand townlands that range in size from one to several thousand hectares.

Other executive powers are exercised by the Connétable and Parish Assembly in each of the twelve parishes.

Louisiana is the only state in the U. S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties.

Often the parishes are referred to simply by their common names.

The five parishes of Nevis are:

A source from 1670 states that there are " only three or four parishes ” in Orkney where people speak " Noords or rude Danish " and that they do so " chiefly when they are at their own houses ".

and Baltic countries are the historic national primates or See of the original Catholic Church and some ancient cathedrals and parishes in the Lutheran church were constructed many centuries before the Reformation.

There is no local government in St. Vincent, and all six parishes are administered by the central government.

There are nine parishes on the island of St. Kitts:

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of Vatican II, in October 2011, the Vatican's website and many other Catholic news organizations announced that the Pope Benedict XVI, had made the period from October 2012 to the end of November 2013 ( the Solemnity of Christ the King ) a " Year Of Faith " in a solemn declaration, and ordered all parishes and religious institutions to find some manner during that Year of celebrating and reaffirming the Creed ( there are now two main Creeds-the shorter Apostle's Creed and the lengthier Niceno-Constantopolitan, or Nicene Creed.

Shetland is subdivided into 12 civil parishes that no longer have administrative significance but are sometimes used for statistical purposes and 18 community councils.

Religious congregations are required to register with the government, and individual parishes must have at least 500 members to register.

However, the parishes northeast of the Helford River are in Camborne and Redruth parliamentary constituency

The parishes on the peninsula proper are ( west to east ):

* April 25 – The pioneer parishes of New Orleans and Louisiana are erected as well as incorporated into the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas