A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order or congregation.

The term is mainly used as a generic term, while many orders and congregations use other specific titles, notably

• Abbot general

• Custos-general

• Master general

• Minister General

• Mother General

• Prior General

• Rector general.

In many cases there is an intermediate level between him and the superior of the individual monasteries of or equivalent communities, often styled provincial superior.

See also

• Commissary general

• Definitor-general

• procurator-general

Congregational Leader

Sources

• passim

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