Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth
The Diocese of Portsmouth covers Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Isles and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire
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Register returns
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Baptisms (under 7 years old) | 2,375 | 2,368 | |||
| Catechumens under instruction | 293 | 324 | |||
| Confirmations | 1,171 | 961 | |||
| Deaths | 1,638 | 1,419 | |||
| Estimated Catholic population | 196,925 | 143,499 | |||
| First Communions | 2,192 | 2,135 | |||
| Lay catechists | 1,684 | 1,430 | |||
| Marriages | 448 | 418 | |||
| Mass attendance | 38,650 | 36,747 | |||
| Members of Catholic associations | 2,762 | 2,273 | |||
| Ordinations to the Permanent Diaconate | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ordinations to the Priesthood | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Pastoral assistants | 173 | 138 | |||
| Pupils enrolled in Independent schools | 7,772 | ||||
| Pupils enrolled in Voluntary Aided Primary/Middle/Ecumenical schools | 12,795 | ||||
| Pupils enrolled in Voluntary Aided Secondary schools | 8,034 | ||||
| Receptions | 186 | 197 |