A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order or congregation.
The term is mainly used as a generic term, while many orders and congegations use other specific titles, notably
- Abbot general
- Custos-general
- Master general
- Minister General
- Prior General
- Rector general. Minister general is the term used for the Superior general of various Religious orders See List of Ministers General of the Order The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic
In many cases there is an intermediate level between him and the superior of the individual monasteries of or equivalent communities, often styled provincial superior. A provincial superior is a major superior of a Religious order acting under the order's Superior general and exercising a general supervision over all the local superiors
See also
- Commissary general
- Definitor-general
- procurator-general
Congregational Leader
Sources
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. For the Soviet terms see People's Commissariat and Commissar A commissariat is the department of an Army charged with A definitor is in Latin he who defines In the Catholic Church, however this is a title with different specific uses The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia passim
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