A general term for a priest or deacon appointed by the Bishop to minister in a parish setting. Incumbents may be appointed as rector, priest-in-charge, deacon-in-charge or any other designation the Bishop sees fit.
The existing supplier of a service or holder of an office.
a government official already in office
current holder of a public office
A legislator who is currently “in office.” A legislator who is not a challenger or who has not been defeated.
the official who holds an office
currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"
a person who currently holds an office (e
The rector of the parish.
An employee currently assigned to a position.
A member of a political party that is currently holding office.
An individual who currently holds a given position.
An individual who holds a particular public office. | Senator Wilson was the incumbent in the race and had been in the Legislature since 1974. [ Lesson 5
Refers to the official currently holding a public office. In congressional races, the sitting Member of Congress running for re-election may be referred to as the incumbent and his/her opponent as the challenger.
the winner in an upcoming election, unless he fingers someone or runs over a pedestrian
A person currently in office.
The current employee in a specific position.
Person holding an elected office. Usually refers to an elected official running for re-election.
a candidate who holds the office for which he or she is running in an election. It is usually difficult for an incumbent candidate to be defeated in an election, unless he or she has had a very poor term in office. Incumbents have the benefit of having
An individual that is responsible for a specific office within a corporation.
The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. The term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W.
The incumbent of a benefice, usually the parish priest, in Anglican canon law holds the temporalities or assets and income. The incumbent has legal possession of the church and glebe for the term of his office, but shares with the churchwardens the responsibility for them. Formerly, an incumbent rector would enjoy the assets and receive all the tithes of a parish, but might appoint a vicar to discharge all the spiritual duties of the office at a lesser salary.