Chief abbot (Doubled by the head priest of Chogosonshi-ji Temple, the chief abbot is a representative staff of the sect and the chief priests of the head temples in Mt. Shigi take turns assuming the post each year.)
管長（朝護孫子寺法主が兼ねる。宗派の代表役員。信貴山内大本山の住職が１年交代で就任する。）