How many Catholics are there in England?

Answer 1

In the last UK census in 2001, there were 4.2 millionCatholics in England and Wales, 8% of the population.

Answer 2

No.

While the vast majority of people, in a recent poll, claimed belief in God, England is quite a secular country as only a minority of people actually go to church.

However, whether practising or not, the majority of English people declare themselves as 'Church of England'. This is the church that was formed when Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church not simply because of his divorce from Anne Boleyn, but chiefly because the Roman Church was becoming corrupt, the monasteries in England too powerful, and as a result of wishing to allign himself with those others on the European mainland (like Luther and Calvin) who had founded the protestant movement also as a result of the Roman Church's corruption. The Church of England is the state church of the country and has at its head Jesus Christ, its supreme governor under God is the reigning monarch (currently Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II) and its spiritual leader is the Archbishop of Canterbury (currently Rt Rev Dr Rowan Williams). As the state church it has certain privileges and also responsibilities that the other denominations do not. As an example, the whole country is divided into parishes and the parish priest (the 'vicar') is responsible not only for the spiritual wellbeing of his church members (as other denominational leaders would be) but for everyone living in his/her parish. This means that anyone in the country has the right of access to a parish priest whether or not they are churchgoers.

The Church of England is now the 'mother church' of many dozens of different churches across the world (eg the Episcopalian Church in the USA) who are all now called 'Anglican' and who share the same values and styles of worship.

In addition to the Church of England, there are many other denominations in the country that have a large membership, including the Methodists, Baptists, URC, Salvation Army, and so on.

There are also many Roman Catholics, especially in areas associated with immigration from Catholic countries (eg Liverpool and immigration from Ireland) but Roman catholics, compared with the rest of the Christian Church in England, are a very small minority.

Answer 3

About 17% of the population of Scotland profess to be Catholic; most of these live in western Scotland and the Highlands.

Answer 4

In the last UK census in 2001, there were 4.2 millionCatholics in England and Wales, 8% of the population.

Answer 5

According to the census in 2001, 803,700 or 15.88% of the population was Roman Catholic, please see the link below.

Answer 6

The Bishop website, see link below, lists 79 living Bishops in Great Britain.

Answer 7

About 5 million.