rector

Perhaps these specks were once family photos, diplomas hanging on walls, maybe even pages from the hymn books in the burned-down church where the spouse of one of my wife’s colleagues is the rector.

In 1431, the ecumenical Council of Basel ordered the deans and rectors of churches to expel "frivolities" and "profane abuses" from holy buildings, but implicitly allowed them to take place in the squares outside.

Tickets for the first week of Masses in the cathedral sold out in 25 minutes, the cathedral's rector said.

According to the cathedral's rector, tickets for the first week of Masses to be held in the restored church were snapped up within 25 minutes of going on sale.

Ignatieff has taught and researched at many of the world’s leading universities, including Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford, and was rector of the Central European University.