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The Lauran Sacred Heart Quasi-Parish has held its first pastoral deliberation. This activity aims to provide an understanding of the direction of the pastoral vision of the Diocese of Amboina, reflect on the faith of the participants, and produce plans and recommendations for forming a definitive parish. This research is descriptive qualitative research carried out using the literature study method. The aim of the research is to provide an overview of church independence in relation to the pastoral vision of the Diocese of Amboina. The research results show that there is a relationship between the idea of ​​establishing a definitive parish and the pastoral vision of the Amboina Diocese. It is hoped that this research will provide positive implications in preparing the design and recommendations for the Lauran Sacred Heart quasi-parish to become a definitive parish.

Parish is a term used within the Catholic Church to refer to a particular community of believers. The community of faith is entrusted to a specific priest appointed by the diocesan bishop. The parish priest is the shepherd for the people in the parish. Parish priests are given duties and responsibilities, which are regulated in the legal provisions of the Catholic Church.A good and in-depth understanding of the community of believers in the parish and of the duties and responsibilities entrusted to the parish priest is expected to help priests to be able to carry out their pastoral duties properly and correctly. In this way, the faithful will grow well. This article provides several important notes regarding the parish priest and his duties or responsibilities according to the provisions of the Code of Canon Law 1983.