What is the correct way to address the vicar of a Christian church in Chinese?
What is the correct way to address the vicar of a Christian church in Chinese?

For example if you were to call him over to speak to him or wrote him a letter how would you address him?If it involves their name, what would you say if you did not know his name.

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What is the correct way to address the vicar of a Christian church in Chinese?
What is the correct way to address the vicar of a Christian church in Chinese?

For example if you were to call him over to speak to him or wrote him a letter how would you address him?If it involves their name, what would you say if you did not know his name.

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Protestant ministers are addressed by surname plus mùshī 牧师, "shepherd-teacher"; Catholic priests by surname plus shénfù 神父, "spiritual father." 

http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbnames-u.html

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名字放在称呼前面的。例如 张三神父

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speak to him 牧师
wrote him a letter 尊敬的牧师

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I think 神父 is already good!If you wanted to write to him,尊敬的神父 is OK。

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尊敬的＊＊：
敬爱的＊＊：

ps：the Priest of a Christian church  牧师
       the Priest of a Catholic church 神父

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