A lot of old parsonages get sold by the Churches, so yes a lay person can live in one.
By legal definition, the apartment in which the Circuit Overseer lives is a parsonage.
The house the pastor lives in is called the parsonage especially if it is owned by the church.
A minister typically lives in a rectory or parsonage, which is a designated housing provided by a church or religious organization for its minister.
A clergyman's home is either called a parsonage, rectory, or a manse.
The vicarage is a house. It doesn't live anywhere because it is not alive. It is what you call the house where a vicar lives. Like the house where a parson lives is a parsonage.
“how can we get financed for a roof for our parsonage”
Baptist Parsonage was created in 1858.
Old Parsonage was created in 1867.
Caldwell Parsonage was created in 1782.
Framley Parsonage was created in 1818-01.
St. John's Parsonage was created in 1696.
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage was created in 1868.