Facts about The Diocese of St Albans

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 20,000 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 over 1400 marriages and blessings, 3200 christenings and baptisms of infants, children and adults and 4000 funerals in 2016
We have 242 stipendiary (paid) clergy, 62 self-supporting clergy and 157 Readers
19 Deacons and 15 Priests were ordained last year to serve their communities
More than 105,000 people go to church in the diocese at Christmas
Our 138 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
The statutory work of the Church and support to the parishes is provided by the Diocesan Office staff, located in Holywell Hill, St Albans. To contact them, see our who’s who