The incumbent of a benefice, usually the parish priest, in Anglican canon law holds the temporalities or assets and income. The incumbent has legal possession of the church and glebe for the term of his office, but shares with the churchwardens the responsibility for them. Formerly, an incumbent rector would enjoy the assets and receive all the tithes of a parish, but might appoint a vicar to discharge all the spiritual duties of the office at a lesser salary. Originally a benefice was a gift of land for life as a reward (Latin beneficium, means to do well) for services rendered. ... Parish Priest may refer to A parishs assigned clergyman A biography of Fr. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Canon law is the term used for the internal ecclesiastical law which governs various churches, most notably the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion of churches. ... St. ... In medieval Europe, a glebe was an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses. ... In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ...

A parish priest who does not receive the temporalities may be a priest in charge or bishop's curate. A priest in charge is a priest in charge of a parish who does not receive the temporalities of the parish. ...