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IMPACT<br />
REPORT<br />
The Archdiocese of <strong>Southwark</strong> in Numbers<br />
2021<br />
496<br />
couples began life<br />
together through the<br />
Sacrament of<br />
Marriage<br />
176<br />
Parishes<br />
and Mass centres<br />
47,746<br />
Catholics attending<br />
Mass<br />
165<br />
Catholic Schools<br />
and Colleges with<br />
69,318<br />
students<br />
129<br />
Primary Schools<br />
with 35,096 students<br />
36<br />
Secondary Schools<br />
with 34,222 pupils<br />
including sixth form<br />
220<br />
Diocesan Priests of<br />
which 79 are Retired<br />
priests<br />
103<br />
religious clergy<br />
56<br />
priests from elsewhere<br />
in the UK and abroad<br />
93<br />
Permanent Deacons<br />
318<br />
Women Religious<br />
8<br />
Seminarians<br />
Ordinations<br />
2 Priests<br />
4 Permanent Deacons<br />
3,488<br />
entered the Roman<br />
Catholic Church through<br />
the Sacrament of<br />
Baptism<br />
3,337<br />
people received<br />
Confirmation<br />
132<br />
Receptions<br />
of adults received<br />
into the Church<br />
3,773<br />
people received<br />
Holy Communion<br />
for the first time in 2021,<br />
of which 124 were adults<br />
1400<br />
received Holy Communion<br />
at home in 2021<br />
9
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