Preist Rotation?

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I can’t remeber where I got the Idea of this but, Is it true that priests get rotated (or something like) from church to church in various time intervals? If so what is the normal length of time for a preist to spend at one church? Thanks and God bless.
 
in Seattle they get 6 year shifts, and they are allowed to stay in 1 place for 2 shifts if they ask for it and are allowed or the bishop wants them to stay (though some end up staying in 1 place for very very long periods of time for varios reasons or becuase theirs is a special appointment, eg Msgr Ryan our cathedral rector). if taking a second or third shift in a place will end their career (that is the next shift would last less than 6 years because they would retire) they are allowed to stay at their own request and the bishop will not move them except in a emergency.

Also, a preist is generally not given his own parish until 5 years after he is ordained and acts as parochial vicar. (one de facto exception i know is Fr Nguyen in S. Seattle. his pastor is the auxillary bishop and so he pretty much runs the place becuase the bishop is busy pontificating, pun intended)
 
This depends entirely on the diocese and bishop. Some bishops rotate priests, while others do not. My pastor of twenty years ago is still the pastor of the same parish.
 
Here in Clifton, it’s 6-years and then another 6, if the Bishop doesn’t ‘need’ him anywhere else…We had 4 priests, but one is now called to Minehead as their priest retires at Easter.

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I wish someone would tell The Most Reverend John Smith, Bishop of Trenton, about the subject of rotating priests, particularly pastors, every so often. As far as I can tell, it isn’t done very often here. The parish I grew up in, for example, has had the same pastor for more than 30 years now. If you are lucky enough to have a great pastor, then you’ve hit the jackpot. If, on the other hand, you have a priest that is something less than great, you have two options: (a) move or attend Mass elsewhere; or (b) resign yourself to listening to the same homilies for the life of your mortgage, if not longer.
 
The rules are different for each diocese. Here in NM the priests serve at the will of the Bishop.
 
In the archdiocese of Chicago…the terms are 6 years for pastors with a renewal for another 6 years. For associate pastors it’s a period of 6 yrs. with a possible extension of one year. However, there are always exceptions. In a couple of parishes the pastors have been there considerably more than 12 years.
 
Here in the Los Angeles area it is six years for pastors with the possibilty for an extension of another six years.

If a priest is a monsignior he can usually stay longer than two terms.

I’m not sure what the term is for associate pastors. I think the term is technically six years but it is likely to be much shorter if the bishop thinks the priest is needed somewhere else.

Priests usually have some say in the parishes to which they’d like to be assigned. In my parish, our former pastor left at 11 years because he wanted to be assigned to a parish available then. He didn’t want to be sent to any of the parishes that would be available the following year.
 
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mosher:
The rules are different for each diocese. Here in NM the priests serve at the will of the Bishop.
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That’s true of all priests, everywhere. 😉

Here in Detroit, the standard ‘term’ for a pastor is 7 years, with extentions possible for other terms.

For Pastorial Vicars (Assoicate Pastors) the standard term is 3 years, with no extentions. The idea there is to give the newly ordained experience at several different parishes rural vs. urban, large vs. small, w\schools vs. w\o schools, etc…)

But in every case, they may be transfered to other parishes at any time, depending on the needs of the archdiocese as determined by Cardinal Maida.

A prime example was our parish. Our pastor had only been assigned to our parish for 2.5 years when he was re-assigned as Rector of one of the seminaries (and made a Monsignor too 👍 )

Our new pastor had just been extended at his previous parish for a second ‘term’, but the Cardinal decided he would better serve the archdiocese at our parish instead.
 
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That’s true of all priests, everywhere. 😉

Here in Detroit, the standard ‘term’ for a pastor is 7 years, with extentions possible for other terms.

For Pastorial Vicars (Assoicate Pastors) the standard term is 3 years, with no extentions. The idea there is to give the newly ordained experience at several different parishes rural vs. urban, large vs. small, w\schools vs. w\o schools, etc…)

But in every case, they may be transfered to other parishes at any time, depending on the needs of the archdiocese as determined by Cardinal Maida.

A prime example was our parish. Our pastor had only been assigned to our parish for 2.5 years when he was re-assigned as Rector of one of the seminaries (and made a Monsignor too 👍 )

Our new pastor had just been extended at his previous parish for a second ‘term’, but the Cardinal decided he would better serve the archdiocese at our parish instead.
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The distinction I was making is that it is particular law in some diocese concerning terms. It was a request the USCCB made to Rome back when it was known as the NCCB.
 
Religious Priests usually move every four years or may be appointed to stay another term by the Provincial curia.

Religious priests are not moved by the Diocese Bishop.
 
Montie Claunch:
I can’t remeber where I got the Idea of this but, Is it true that priests get rotated (or something like) from church to church in various time intervals? If so what is the normal length of time for a preist to spend at one church? Thanks and God bless.
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In the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the term for a pastor is 6 years, with one possible renewal. There is a one year “fudge factor” depending when priests actually come to a church so that they don’t necessarily have to leave in the middle of a major liturgical event; the parochial school year, etc. The term for associates is three years.

Under most circumstances, pastors don’t get more than two 6 year terms at the same parish.

Blessings,
 
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