What is the difference between a vicar and a reverant?

My understanding of it is that a vicar is someone who substitutes in place of the official, or represenative priest A reverend is the one who is supposed to conduct the ceremony. So if the reverend is missing, the vicar takes his place. Could be wrong, but that's at least what I thought.

All the best.

I have no idea what the difference is...
and where does a parson fit in?

hi jugsjugs I always thought that a Vicar was a British term for who we would call a Reverend here in the United States. I have never of an official in an American church here called a Vicar
so I think that is British instead.

Assuming you mean Reverend, that term is used broadly to refer to a member of the Christian clergy, and applies equally to women and men and Catholics and Protestants except for Right Reverend which is used for bishops in the Catholic and Anglican churches and except for some denominations which do not use those terms at all.

It is very confusing because some vicars can also be Right Reverends, but not all reverands can be vicars. Mostly vicars are in the Church of England or Episcopalian and you address them as Reverend So-and-so, not as Vicar So-and-so, except for me. I just call them by their first name. If they don't "Dr." me I don't "Reverend" them.

Answering from my email, I don't have a clue what you've been told...so, here goes...

According to Wikipedia, a Vicar is anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior I'm not sure we have Vicars here in the US. We do have Reverends. Reverend is a term of respect for a minister. So, stepping out on a limb here, it's my humble opinion that a Reverend has a higher position than a Vicar.

Frankly speaking, I don't have any idea because in my religion everybody is equal. We don't call anyone father, pastor, vicar or whatever the position he is in. We follow Jesus Christ when he said that "don't call anyone "father" or "rabbi" bacause it is ONLY your Father in heaven (God) who you should call father. Everyone else in our consgregation we call brother or sister. Thats's what we all are- brothers and sister.

Hi JJ,

Here's some web definition about vicar and reverend:

VICAR: The priest of a parish in the Church of England who receives a stipend or salary but does not receive the tithes of a parish. A cleric in charge of a chapel in the Episcopal Church of the United States. A cleric acting in the place of a rector or bishop in the Anglican Communion generally. a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

PRIEST: Roman Catholic Church A priest who acts for or represents another, often higher-ranking member of the clergy. A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders...

I just hope these definitions would help!

A vicar is the incumbent priest of a particular parish. There is usually only one
I found this in answers on Yahoo.:

"vicar in a parish, and he or she is the senior priest in that parish. The vicar may have more junior clergy - for example, curates or priests assistant - working under him or her.

"Reverend" is a title for any priest, be they a vicar, a curate, etc. A bishop has the title "Right Reverend (Rt Rev)" and a Dean (vicar of a Cathedral) is "Very Reverend."

Father (Fr) is a title preferred by some Anglo-Catholic priests. It is also the term usually used by priests of the Roman Catholic persuasion. In the Church of England, it does not signify any particular status separate from that of another priest, but it does imply a particular theological stance (Catholic, sacerdotal, sacramental, etc.). By contrast, a very "Protestant" C of E priest might call himself a "minister" or a "pastor" or even a "preacher".

I thought it was very informative.

i think a vicar is higher up.i'm pretty certain he's one of the people who organizes churches in an area,but lower than a bishop.

Priest is generally used in the Catholic church to refer to their religious leader who is called and ordained.

Vicar, for Lutherans, is someone who has gone through their schooling at seminary and is nearing ordination. They then do a year at a church serving the church while being mentored by the pastor. At the end of that year they are then ordained. Other denominations use it as another word for a young pastor, perhaps still in training yet, who serves a very small congregation. Or it can be used to refer to an assistant or deputy of the pastor.

Reverend, in the Lutheran church, is a title generally reserved for a called and ordained minister who holds at least a masters degree. It's usually only used in formal situations. Or it is sometimes used for someone holding a high leadership position in the synod.

Hope this helps