The Diocese of St Albans is Living God’s Love by Going Deeper into God • Making New Disciples

     • Transforming Communities
     •We are the Church of England in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton and Barnet.

• Over 30,000 people attend worship in our churches across the week including over 6000 children
• Our 400 churches bring a Christian presence in every community of the diocese
• Our clergy are available to anyone in the community
• They conducted 1488 marriages and blessings, 3390 christenings and baptisms of infants, children and adults and 4466 funerals in 2015
• We have 235 stipendiary (paid) clergy, 45 self-supporting clergy and 177 Readers
• 11 Deacons and 11 Priests were ordained last year to serve their communities
• More than 97,000 people go to church in the diocese at Christmas
• Our 136 schools and academies educate more than 27,500 students
• We are a significant provider of youth services in Beds and Herts
• Church members gave over £2.08 million to charity last year
• We have chaplains in schools, universities, prisons, hospitals, the armed forces and … the workplace