Overview of Church of England clergy

Debbie Hore

Senior clergy1%

Non-parochial stipendiary clergy

1%

Parochial stipendi-ary clergy

27%

Self-support -

ing clergy11%Chaplains,

etc.5%

Active retired ordained20%

Lay workers

and Church Army

evange-lists1%

Licensed Readers

23%

Readers with permission to officiate and active emeriti

10%

2012

Comparison of diocesan clergy 2002 and 2012

2012

2002

0% 100%

69%

80%

4%

2%

23%

14%

4%

4%

Full-time stipendiary Part-time stipendiary SSM OLMPercentage

(11,522)

(11,375)

Male senior clergy3% Senior clergy women

<1%

Male stipen-diary clergy52%

Female stipen-diary clergy17%

Male SSM13%

Female SSM15%

2012

Male senior clergy3%

Senior clergy women<1%

Male stipendi-ary clergy

67%

Female stipendi-ary clergy

12%

Male SSM10%

Female SSM8%

2002

Under 25

25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70 and over

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

Male stipendiary clergy

Female stipendiary clergy

Male SSM

Female SSM

Age group

Num

ber

2012

Female full-time stipendiary clergy

Male full-time stipendiary clergy

Female part-time stipendiary clergy

Male part-time stipendiary clergy

Female self-supporting clergy

Male self-supporting clergy

Female licensed Readers

Male licensed Readers

11%

12%

10%

6%

2%

3%

2%

1%

72%

64%

59%

42%

37%

44%

42%

37%

18%

24%

31%

52%

61%

53%

57%

61%

Under 40 40 - 59 years 60 and over

Age group

2012

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 20226000

6500

7000

7500

8000

8500

9000

9500

25% more ordinands

1 year later retirement

Usual pro-jection

1 year ear-lier re-tirement

25% fewer ordinands

Actuals Projections

FTE

stipe

ndia

ry

cler

gy

Year

Stipendiary clergy actuals and projections 2002 to 2022