A confessor is the priest someone goes to, regularly, to tell what they have done wrong and to ask for forgiveness. In the Catholic Church that private talk is confession, and my confessor means that usual priest, not any priest who once listened.

A confessor is the priest someone goes to, regularly, to tell what they have done wrong and to ask for forgivenessconfessor是某人固定會去找的神父，去告訴他自己做錯了什麼，並請求寬恕。In the Catholic Church that private talk is confession在天主教會裡，那種私下的談話叫做confession and my confessor means that usual priest, not any priest who once listened而my confessor指的就是那位固定的神父，不是隨便一個曾經聽過告解的神父。

It is a church word; you will not hear it much in a Taiwan junior-high corridor unless the family is Catholic.

It is a church word這是一個教會用語 you will not hear it much in a Taiwan junior-high corridor unless the family is Catholic除非那個家庭是天主教徒，不然你不太會在台灣國中的走廊上聽到它。

Though actually, older English also used confessor as a saint's title for a Christian who suffered for the faith but was not killed. History books keep that sense; the parish keeps the priest.

Though actually, older English also used confessor as a saint's title不過其實，比較舊的英文也用confessor當作一種聖人的稱號 for a Christian who suffered for the faith but was not killed指那些為了信仰受苦、但沒有被殺害的基督徒。History books keep that sense歷史書保留了那個意思 the parish keeps the priest教區則保留了「神父」這個意思。

The meaning filed here is the priest who hears confession.

The meaning filed here is the priest who hears confession這個詞條收錄的意思，是那位聽告解的神父。