Rhodes and other parasites Catholic rejected (5)
I believe the answer is:
cecil
'rhodes' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Rhodes of Rhodesia' mean 'cecil' so perhaps 'rhodes' could also mean 'cecil')
'other parasites catholic rejected' is the wordplay.
'other parasites' becomes 'lice' (lice are parasitic insects. I am not sure about the 'other' bit.).
'catholic' becomes 'C' (abbreviation as in RC for Roman Catholic).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'lice'+'c'='licec'
'licec' back-to-front is 'CECIL'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cecil that I've seen before include "Boy" , "___ Day Lewis, Poet Laureate, d. 1972" , "& 24 Across Colonialist in South Africa" , "- Day-Lewis, Eng. poet" , "Nobleman" .)