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