Yes, a Knights of Columbus Council operates under the oversight of the local parish and is accountable to the Parish Priest. The council's activities and initiatives should align with the parish's mission and goals, and they typically require the priest's approval for certain events and programs. This relationship ensures that the council supports the spiritual and community efforts of the parish.
The mayor is the head of the parish council of Jamaica.
A parish is a specific region within a larger area.
They have very few responsibilities but they maintain services, such as leisure and recreational. They have limited power though and that is why there are only a few left, nowadays the District Council manages everything.
I have never heard them called anything other than "member of the parish council".
Knights were treated with awe and respect., as they were the protectors of the parish.
Parish Council office and Resident Magistrate's court
a court that decide's life or death.
It depends on the Parish. Some have no EMHC's or lectors, and no Parish council; and some have a very large Parish council, a hundred EMHC's, and a thousand lector's. It all depends on what the Priest wants.
''Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting''
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Councilors
The Knights of Columbus was founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut in 1882. It was founded as a fraternal benefit society to provide financial support to Catholic families in need, and has since grown into one of the largest Catholic fraternal organizations in the world.