Parish - ecclesiastical district; diocese

Japanese: 教区 - きょうく（英語表記）ecclesiastical district; diocese

A unit of territory established by organized religions for the purpose of administrative and religious services. In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish is an area in a church where a priest serves as pastoral care and where the faithful can attend Sunday Mass. Dioceses are established above many parishes, usually called dioceses, and are overseen by a bishop, forming the basic administrative, pastoral, and missionary unit of the Church. Parishes are organized hierarchically, and important dioceses are headed by archbishops, called archbishoprics. In the Middle Ages, dioceses and archbishoprics often covered large secular areas as well. In the Church of England, a parish is the smallest local administrative unit in the country.

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Japanese:

組織化された宗教が，行政と宗教的奉仕を行うために設定した単位地区。ローマ・カトリック教会では，小教区は司牧にあたる司祭がいる教会に，信徒たちが日曜日のミサに出席できる範囲である。多数の小教区の上に司教区が設けられて，普通これが教区といわれ，その統括者として司教がおかれ，教会の基本的な行政，司牧，宣教単位をなしている。教区は階層的に組織され，重要な司教区には大司教がおかれ，大司教区と呼ばれる。司教区や大司教区は，中世では世俗的にも広い地域であった場合が多い。イギリス教会の教区は，そのまま国の最小地方行政単位になっている。

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