Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian church worldwide, with more than 1.25 billion members.[1] It is the second largest denomination in the United Kingdom, with about 5.7 million Catholics in 2011; 4,155,100 in England and Wales (7.4%),[2] 841,053 in Scotland (15.9%),[3][4] and 738,033 in Northern Ireland (40.76%).[5]
There are separate Roman Catholic hierarchies for the different countries of the United Kingdom:
- England and Wales: five provinces: Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Southwark and Westminster, each with its own archbishop. The Archbishop of Westminster is the President of the Bishops' Conference.
- Scotland: two provinces: St Andrews and Edinburgh, and Glasgow.
- Ireland: four provinces: Armagh, Cashel, Dublin and Tuam. The province of Armagh corresponds roughly to the old province of Ulster. It includes the whole of Northern Ireland and part of the Irish Republic
References
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- ↑ L’Annuario Pontificio 2015 e l’ “Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae” 2013, 16.04.2015
- ↑ http://www.prct.org.uk/downloads/research/18-table-1-2011-2012-statistics-of-rc-population-fourth-draft-1/file Table 1 2011 2012 statistics of RC population fourth draft by the Pastoral Research Centre Trust, an independent research organization
- ↑ http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2asbtable7.pdf Table 7 – Religion, Scotland, 2001 and 2011 by the Scottish Census2011
- ↑ http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/scotland/KS209SCb.pdf "Scotland's Census 2011" – Table KS209SCb
- ↑ http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/pivotgrid.aspx?dataSetVars=ds-3971-lh-73-yn-2011-sk-136-sn-Census%202011-yearfilter--