§ Mr. DrewTo ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many(a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) non-stipendiary ministers there are in each diocese. [16297]
§ Mr. BellThis information is contained in Statistics of Licensed Ministers (GS Misc 638), a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library. For reference see the table.
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Summary of licensed ministers in the dioceses, 2000 Provinces of Canterbury and York Full-time stipendiary clergy Part-time stipendiary clergy Non-stipendiary ministers Ordained local ministers Readers 36 Sodor and Man Y 20 7 3 24 37 Southwark C 370 8 95 32 349 38 Southwell Y 170 3 52 0 313 39 Truro C 130 1 25 10 117 40 Wakefield Y 179 2 28 1 199 41 Winchester C 239 1 59 245 42 Worcester 151 1 23 139 43 York Y 275 5 27 303 44 Europe C 126 — — — 43 Totals Province of Canterbury (C) 6,846 106 1,421 243 7,072 Totals Province of York (Y) 2,692 42 351 68 3,236 Totals Church of England 9,538 148 1,772 311 10,308 Notes:
1. The above figures include only those ministers who were working within the diocesan framework as at 31 December 2000.
2. The Archbishop of Canterbury and ordained members of his staff at Lambeth are classed as extra-diocesan and are not included in these figures
3. The figures for Readers include Readers with Permission to Officiate and active Emeriti.
4. One part-timer works for both Bradford and Wakefield. He has been counted into the Bradford figure.
5. Ordained clergy in Europe are all counted as full-time as it has not been possible to split them this year.