Ordination of women resolutions and petitions
1 January 2010

[extracted from Church Statistics 2008/9]

[Here are the texts of the two resolutions.

Resolution A
That this parochial church council would not accept a woman as the minister who presides at or celebrates the Holy Communion or pronounces the Absolution in the parish.

Resolution B
That this parochial church council would not accept a woman as the incumbent or priest-in-charge of the benefice or as a team vicar for the benefice.]

Ref.
No.		 Diocese Total number
of parishes at
the end of
2009		 Parishes where
Resolution A
applies		 Parishes where
Resolution B
applies		 Parishes where a
petition for
extended episcopal
ministry applies

Bishops providing
extended episcopal
ministry
1 Bath & Wells 470 12 11 6

Provincial

+ Ebbsfleet
2 Birmingham 149 10 12 6 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
3 Blackburn 225 37 64 11 Diocesan + Burnley
4 Bradford 128 2 2 2 Regional + Beverley
5 Bristol 161 7 7 4 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
6 Canterbury 262 20 23 6 Provincial + Richborough
7 Carlisle 263 15 21 2 Regional + Burnley
8 Chelmsford 466 48 53 26 Provincial + Richborough
9 Chester 276 10 12 8 Regional + Beverley
10 Chichester 374 38 44 N/A Diocesan

11 Coventry 198 10 13 7 Diocesan + Ebbsfleet
12 Derby* 253 21 21 8 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
13 Durham 230 29 33 21 Provincial + Beverley
14 Ely 307 9 12 4 Provincial + Richborough
15 Exeter 492 40 47 26 Diocesan + Plymouth
16 Gloucester 306 4 7 1 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
17 Guildford 164 4 4 3 Provincial + Richborough
18 Hereford 343 0 0 0 N/A N/A
19 Leicester 236 11 11 3 Provincial + Richborough
20 Lichfield 423 46 50 23 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
21 Lincoln 507 26 29 4 Provincial + Richborough
22 Liverpool 207 4 5 3 Provincial + Beverley
23 London 395 72 73 34 Diocesan + London
+ Fulham
+ Edmonton
24 Manchester 269 32 33 9 Provincial + Beverley
25 Newcastle 174 23 27 2 Provincial + Beverley
26 Norwich 563 15 20 2 Provincial + Richborough
27 Oxford 622 19 29 13 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
28 Peterborough 348 13 19 4 Provincial + Richborough
29 Portsmouth 142 14 17 9 Diocesan + Richborough
30 Ripon & Leeds 166 8 8 5 Provincial + Beverley
31 Rochester* 215 14 17 10 Regional + Fulham
32 St. Albans 336 10 14 8 Provincial + Richborough
33 St. Edms & Ipswich 446 14 14 8 Provincial + Richborough
34 Salisbury 453 6 15 3 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
35 Sheffield 173 32 36 22 Provincial + Beverley
36 Sodor and Man 28 1 1 1 Provincial + Beverley
37 Southwark 291 21 30 17 Diocesan + Fulham
38 Southwell 260 8 11 5 Provincial + Beverley
39 Truro 221 14 15 4 Diocesan + Ebbsfleet
40 Wakefield 184 34 34 12 Diocesan
Provincial		 + Pontefract
+ Beverley
41 Winchester 259 12 16 4 Provincial + Richborough
42 Worcester 175 6 6 4 Provincial + Ebbsfleet
43 York 454 28 32 13 Diocesan + Whitby
44 Europe** 280 3 18 N/A N/A N/A
Totals CHURCH OF ENGLAND 12,894 802 966 363
Percentage of parishes   6.2% 7.5% 2.8%
Ten year percentage change   -4.1% -1.4% 22.6%

Notes: * resolution/petition data as of 1 January 2008 
            ** number of churches and congregations