 However, the term "priest in charge" has come to be used because the term "curate" often refers to an "assistant curate", who is usually a priest recently ordained who is not in charge of a parish — although it is quite possible for a priest previously beneficed to return to a curacy, sometimes as a matter of choice.The stipend of a priest in charge is often the equivalent to that of an incumbent, and so they are sometimes referred to as having "incumbent status".Incumbents include vicars and rectors.