Because that's where they work! I many cases they are also responsible for insuring the safety of the church. They can serve as 'watchman' of the church. And since they often conduct services and pray, it makes sense. The other factor is that the church owns and maintains the house for their clergy, it is built on the same property.
They still live near the churches!
they live near water or seas
Most protestant churches do not have priests. The person that leads the service is typically called a pastor or minister.
An ecclesiophobic person fears priests.
the churches that dont allow femae priests are most of the catholic churches as they still believe in the old biblical teachings of women staying at home cooking and cleaning and men going out to work and worship
merchants
they sleep in churches in a chamber or there own little room
Priests, at the parish level, and they are answerable to their local Bishop.
in rome
Spain, Portugal, and France brought Roman Catholic priests with them. Franciscan Priests created missions. When those areas ceased being colonies, the priests stayed behind. In the English Colonies, the local people established their own churches. Many of those churches sent out missionaries.
Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East was created in 1924.
The priests lived in the temples of ancient Egypt.
Catholicism traditionally prohibits its priests from marrying, as part of the vow of celibacy.