Chaplain
A chaplain is religious worker, either a cleric or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence agency, embassy, school, labor union, business, police department, fire department, university, sports club), or a private chapel. The term chaplaincy can refer to the chapel, facility or department in which one or more chaplains carry out their role, as well as to the profession itself. The name originates from Martin of Tours, who gave his "cappellanu" cloak to a veteran in need during a snowstorm.
Though the term chaplain originally referred to representatives of the Christian faith, it is now also applied to people of other religions or philosophical traditions, as in the case of chaplains serving with military forces and an increasing number of chaplaincies at U.S. universities. In recent times, many lay people have received professional training in chaplaincy and are now appointed as chaplains in schools, hospitals, companies, universities, prisons and elsewhere to work alongside, or instead of, official members of the clergy. The concepts of a multi-faith team, secular, generic or humanist chaplaincy are also gaining increasing use, particularly within healthcare and educational settings.
In the Catholic tradition, a chaplain is also a traditional name for the auxiliary priest (priest assistant/cooperator) which is assigned to any parish and subordinate to its parson. This position is now officially called parochial vicar or assistant priest (some dioceses use officially the term chaplain). Side buildings of some parish houses (rectories) are traditionally called chaplain houses. This historic term originated from the fact that the chaplain was usually assigned to some filial church or any chapel. Until 1983, the 1917 Code of Canon Law (canons 471–476) distinguished 5 types of parochial vicars: vicarius actualis, vicarius oeconomus, vicarius substitutus, vicarius adiutor, and vicarius cooperator (who is traditionally called a chaplain). The 1983 Code of Canon Law doesn't distinguish such subtypes. The parochial vicar can take charge of some part of the parish, or some groups of parishioners (youth, students, seniors, elderly etc.), or some specific tasks.
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