The French curé: the priest in charge of a parish, the parish priest, who looks after its faithful. Appointed by the bishop, whose representative he is in the parish, he differs from the bishop, who governs the diocese, made up of several parishes.
Where It Appears
- Book I, Chapter 2: A mayor
- Book I, Chapter 3: A curé
- Book I, Chapter 7: Elective affinities
- Book I, Chapter 8: Small events
- Book I, Chapter 10: A great heart
- Book I, Chapter 14: The English scissors
- Book I, Chapter 18: A king in Verrières
- Book I, Chapter 22: Ways of acting in 1830
- Book I, Chapter 23: A civil servant's woes
- Book I, Chapter 27: First experience of life
- Book II, Chapter 4: The La Mole mansion