Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth
The Diocese of Portsmouth covers Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Isles and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire
Directory
Register returns
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Baptisms (under 7 years old) | 2,227 | 2,295 | 2,375 | ||
| Candidates for the Permanent Diaconate | 5 | 5 | |||
| Candidates for the Priesthood | 9 | 7 | |||
| Catechumens under instruction | 296 | 244 | 293 | ||
| Confirmations | 993 | 1,212 | 1,171 | ||
| Deaths | 1,652 | 1,635 | 1,638 | ||
| Estimated Catholic population | 177,082 | 184,818 | 196,925 | ||
| First Communions | 2,165 | 2,051 | 2,192 | ||
| Lay catechists | 1,748 | 1,733 | 1,684 | ||
| Marriages | 480 | 486 | 448 | ||
| Mass attendance | 37,738 | 38,053 | 38,650 | ||
| Members of Catholic associations | 2,672 | 2,559 | 2,762 | ||
| Ordinations to the Permanent Diaconate | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ordinations to the Priesthood | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pastoral assistants | 165 | 173 | |||
| Pupils enrolled in Independent schools | 7,008 | 7,008 | 7,772 | ||
| Pupils enrolled in Voluntary Aided Primary/Middle/Ecumenical schools | 12,597 | 12,597 | 12,795 | ||
| Pupils enrolled in Voluntary Aided Secondary schools | 7,846 | 7,846 | 8,034 | ||
| Receptions | 199 | 186 | 186 |