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Who is responsible for the day to day running the catholic church at a local level?
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The Catholic Church considers the local level to be the diocese, which is headed by a bishop (who may also be an archbishop and/or a cardinal). The bishop is advised by a presbyteral council and a pastoral council, and is assisted by auxiliary bishops (sometimes), deacons, priests (presbyters), and lay ecclesial ministers.
However the diocese is subdivided into parishes, which is the local congregation with a parish church, which is usually run by a pastor (who is a priest/presbyter), or by a pastoral life director (a deacon or lay ecclesial minister).
This person, the pastor or pastoral life director, is assisted by a pastoral staff which may constitute priests, deacons, and lay ecclesial ministers, and is advised by a pastoral council and a finance council.
Some parishes are further subdivided into base ecclesial communities, who meet regularly for worship and catechesis, and these are usually run by a lay ecclesial minister or a catechist. This is particularly true in an area with a large geography or large population, and where the sole priest in the parish can only join local communities once every several weeks.
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