NOC 41302: Religious leaders

Religious leaders conduct religious services, administer the rites of a religious faith or denomination, provide spiritual and moral guidance and perform other functions associated with the practice of a religion. They perform these duties in churches, synagogues, temples or other places of worship. They may also work in other institutions such as schools, hospitals and correctional facilities.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 1.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 1: Occupations that usually need a university degree. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 41302 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 41302

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Conduct regular religious services
• Administer rites of faiths such as marriages and funerals
• Pray and promote spirituality by delivering sermons and other talks
• Provide spiritual and moral guidance to members of a religious faith
• Supervise, plan and administer programs of religious education
• May participate in humanitarian endeavours and delivery of social services and welfare activities
• May share in the administrative and financial operation of a religious community
• May provide consultation services to government and other organizations.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• archbishop
• bishop
• cardinal
• chaplain
• evangelist
• granthi
• imam
• minister
• moderator - religion
• pastor
• priest
• rabbi

Employment requirements

• Completion of college, university or other program in religious studies is usually required. Some occupations in this unit group may require a master's of divinity or theology.
• A period of study with a senior minister is usually required.

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