United Kingdom has over 65 million people. This count is from year 2014. United Kingdom has two main religions, Anglicanism and Catholicism, but if you count all known religions there is 33 religions in England, for example Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.

The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana means the English Church. Anglicanism existed the Catholic Church in year 1534.  Year 2010 it had about 26 million soaked people. Catholicism is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic church. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols. About 5.2 million people in England and Wales were Roman Catholics.

The Church of England has about 16,000 Thousand churches all over the country.  Here in Sevenoaks has four churches  that are St Nicholas, St Luke, St Mary, St John the Baptistand and St Mary's at Riverhead. St John the Baptistand Church was built Year 1858. The baptistery and the North aisle was added in year 1878. The church has mass every day of the week. Beside of weddings, baptism and other events Church of England offer possibility for school for kids. Today I visited St Nicholas Church. St Nicholas church was build 13th century and rebuild in 15th century. I think the outside looked pretty cool, but inside was a bit boring because I didn`t have possibility to go look closer the details.

 

 

In England children start school when they are 5 years old at primary school. And children over 11+ go to secondary school. Of all schools in UK Church of England has 1 in 4 primary schools and 1 in 16 secondary schools.  About 15 Million people went to Church of England schools.

 And I MIGHT be one of them in just few weeks or maybe even days. Thumbs up!

Jaakko

 

https://churchofengland.org/about-us/facts-stats.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenoaks#Religious_sites