Written Question·Church Commissioners·UIN 69765

Clergy

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many ordinations to (a) the diaconate and (b) the priesthood there have been in each year since 1993.

Answer

Marsha De Cordova
The National Church Institutions only hold limited central data on the number of ordinations of deacons and priests. Diocesan bishops, together with some area bishops and Diocesan Directors of Ordinands, are responsible for assessing the vocations of cand...
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