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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CATHOLIC STATISTICS IN THE 2014 EDITION OF THE CATHOLIC DIRECTORY. PART II. MASS ATTENDANCE, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES & RECEPTIONS

• In our last blog, we gave our assessment of the Catholic population figures published by the Catholic Directory, along with a comparisonof those reported by dioceses to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference and those published in their own diocesan directories.

In this second part of the assessment we start with our conclusions, and then consider the evidence – the Catholic Directory’s statistics of Mass attendance, baptisms, marriages and receptions, diocese by diocese, and compare them with the figures they sent to the Secretariat of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales, and those they published in their own diocesan directories for 2014.

Bibliography and Publications

PUBLISHED NEWMAN DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY, PASTORAL RESEARCH CENTRE & RELATED BOOKS, REPORTS & PAPERS NOTES

(a) When two years are reported in the list below the first is that of private circulation and the second that of formal publication.

(b) Reports & papers marked Free can be downloaded now. Those marked Amazon can be bought now on Amazon. Those marked Order can be ordered now on this website.

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(d) This list does not include articles in journals, other serials, and symposia that have not been published separately.

All published reports & papers of the Newman Demographic Survey and the Pastoral Research Centre are distributed by Russell-Spencer, Stone House, Hele, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1AJ, England. [email protected]

NEWMAN DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY. PUBLISHED REPORTS & PAPERS

Archer, John F. (Foreword by A.E.C.W. Spencer). Age & sex distribution of Catholics in England & Wales, mid-1952. A first approximation. 1954/2005. A4, pp.4,

ISBN 1-905270-17-8 75p.+P&P. Brooke, Eileen (Ed.) Statistics of secular and regular clergy and priestly vocations, 1870-1957. 1958/2005. Foolscap, pp.12+ii, mimeo. ISBN 1-905270-03-8. £2-50+P&P.

Chapple, Michael, and A.E.C.W. Spencer (eds.) Report to the Catholic clergy of England & Wales on the parish register returns for 1958. 1960/2005. A4, pp.2, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-27-5. £0-50p.+P&P

Hickey, John. The Irish rural immigrant and British urban society. 1960.2005. Quarto, pp.59+v, mimeo. ISBN 1-905270-04-6. £5-00+P&P.

Morris, H. Graham (Ed.) Teachers in Catholic schools in England & Wales, January, 1962. An analysis by diocese, status and type of school, and the sex, religious status and educational status of teachers. 1963/2005. A4, pp. i+19, facsimile.ISBN 1-905270-24-0. £3.00.

Morris, H.Graham, and Anthony E.C.W. Spencer (Eds.) Pupil enrolment statistics of Catholic schools in England and Wales, January, 1960. Supplementary tables: I Boarders, II Educationally sub-normal pupils. A4, pp.15, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-21-6. £ 3.00+P&P.

Morris, H. Graham, and Anthony E.C.W. Spencer (Eds). Digest of statistics of Catholic schools in England & Wales, 1961. Schools, pupils and teachers, by diocese & local education authority. 1961/2009. A4, pp. vii+61. ISBN 978-1-905270-45-3 £11.30+P&P.

Nevin, Edward T. (Ed.) Report on the social census of the parish of Aberystwyth, 1955. 1955/2005. Quarto, on A4, pp.9, mimeo. ISBN 1-905270-05-4 £1-00+P&P.

Parkin, Barbara (Ed.) Converts to Catholicism. An analysis by age and sex of applications to the Chancery office of the Archdiocese of Westminster, 1917-1953, for a licence to reconcile a convert. 1955/2005. A4, facsimile, pp. ii+37. ISBN 1-905270-22-4. £6.50+P&P.

St Rose-Haynes, Joan. Maintained school place requirements of the Catholic community in the administrative county of Hertfordshire, 1964-1970. 1964/2005. A4, pp.iii+42 (10 charts), facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-26-7. £7.50+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (ed.) Report to the parish clergy of England & Wales on the parish register returns for 1959. 1961/2005. A4, pp.3, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-28-3. £0-75p+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (ed.) Report to the parish clergy of England & Wales on the parish register returns for 1960. A4, pp.8, part facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-29-1

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Supply & demand of teachers for Catholic maintained schools, 1965.

Preliminary report to the Catholic Education Council. 1955/2005. A4, pp.iv+8, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-13-5. £2-00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed). Notes on statistics of the dioceses of England & Wales. A study for the International Conference on the Formative Power of the Church in the new Europe, Munich, 1960. 1960/2005. Foolscap, pp.7, mimeo. ISBN 1-905270-10-0 £1-75+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed). The Catholic population of England, Wales, Channel Isles and the Isle of Man, 1961. Selected pastoral statistics, according to Local Education Authority and Diocese. An Interim Review. 1963/2005. A4, pp.i+9, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-12-7 £2.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed) Estimates of the number of Catholics under the age of 15 in England and Wales on 1st January, 1955, by age and sex. 1955/2005. Foolscap, pp.13, mimeo. ISBN 1-905270-11-9. £2.50+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The selection of a date for the annual count of Mass attendance. Report prepared for the Hierarchy of England & Wales,1961. Foolscap, pp.7, mimeo. ISBN 1-905270-07-0. £2.20+P&P. 1961/2005.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) The balance of training in the Catholic teacher training colleges during the 1960s. A report prepared for the Catholic Education Council and the Committee of Principals of Catholic Teacher Training Colleges. Foolscap, pp.7, mimeo. ISBN 1-905270-20-8. £1.75+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (ed.) Catholics in the universities of England & Wales, 1960/1. An interim report on the Catholic Student Index Scheme. 1962/2005. ISBN 1-905270-18-6. £3-00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed) An annotated bibliography of Newman Demographic Survey reports and papers, 1954-1964. 1963/2006. A4, pp.ii+19. ISBN 1-905270-30-5 £3.50+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The 1955 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. Introduction to the series. 2011. A4. pp.13. ISBN 978-1-905270-58-3. £2.90+ P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) The 1955 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. Diocese of Brentwood. 2011. A4. pp.20. ISBN 978-1-905270-60-6. £6.40 +P&P. (Price includes Introduction to the series.)

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) The 1955 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. Diocese of Menevia. 2011. A4. pp.19. ISBN 978-1-905270-62-0 (3rd edn.) £6.10 +P&P. (Price includes Introduction to the series.)

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The 1955 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. Archdiocese of Cardiff. 2011. A4. pp20. ISBN 978-1-905270-54-5. £6.70 +P&P. (Price includes Introduction to the series.)

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The 1955 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. Diocese of Clifton. 2010. A4. pp.19. ISBN 978-1-905270-65-1.£8.20+P&P (Incl. Introduction to series).

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The suppression of a research report. Another long slow failure. Reflections on a very secret disaster. 2008/2012. A4. pp.3 ISBN 978-1-905270-66-8. FREE

Spencer, A.E.C.W. and Juanita Byrne-Quinn (Eds.) Projected teacher deficiency of Catholic Maintained and assisted schools, January, 1958-1970. A report prepared for the Catholic Education Council.1958/2006.A4. pp.ii+45, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-14-3 £7.50+P&P.

Spencer, Anthony (ed.) and Mary Daly (ed.) Arrangements for the integration of Irish immigrants in England & Wales. Pp.xviii + 137. Hardback ISBN 978-1-906865-11-5. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission. €35.00. See Related Books.

Woolgar, Daniel (Ed.) Census of Catholic clergy and religious, May, 1961. A preliminary report. 1962/2005. A4, pp.ii+6, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-23-2. £1.00+P&P.

Woolgar, Daniel (Ed). Census of Catholic Clergy and Religious, England & Wales, 1961. General Tables. Vol. I. Secular Clergy. 1963/2005. A4, pp.xix+23, facsimile. ISBN 1-905270-08-9. £7-00+P&P.

Woolgar, Daniel, and A.E.C.W Spencer (eds.) Census of the Catholic parish of Liverpool St Timothy, 1961. 1961/2008. A4, pp.ii+18. ISBN 978-1-905270-42-2. £5.40+P&P.

PASTORAL RESEARCH CENTRE. PUBLISHED REPORTS & PAPERS

Spencer, A.E.C.W. A critical appraisal of the structure of Catholic education in England & Wales. (Facsimile edition of a paper read at a Newman Association conference, October, 1963, with a Personal Postcript added in 2005.) 1963/2005. A4, pp.38+ii. ISBN 0-901707-09-0. £7-00 + P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The estimation and projection of Catholic population in an area of diaspora or mixed religion. A paper read at the Annual Conference of the Institute of Statisticians, Oxford, 1964. 1964/2005. A4, pp. 12. ISBN 0-901707-03-1. £2-50+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Report on the parish register statistics of the Catholic Church in Scotland, 1966. 1967. 22.1×14.6cm, pp.23+2 maps. ISBN 0-901707-00-7. £3-00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) Christian Teacher Training Institutions. Register of Christian Church-related teacher training institutions in Africa, Asia & Latin America, 1964-5. 1968. (In English, French & Spanish). A re-issue of a report published in 1968 by Burns & Oates and Herder and Herder. A4, pp.116+xl. ISBN 0-901707-05-8. £10-00 + P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Report on the parish register, religious practice & population statistics of the Catholic Church in Scotland, 1967. 1969. 22.1×14.6cm, pp.45+map. ISBN 0-901707-01-5. £6-00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The future of the episcopal and papal roles. 1970. (Re-print of a paper published in IDOC International North American edition, 9 May, 1970.) A4, pp.8. ISBN 0-901707-02-3. £1-50+P&P. Free

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The organization of Catholic education in New Zealand. An Interim Report. I972/2005. (A facsimile edition of the Interim Report of 1972, with new Personal Postscript by the author and Foreword by John J. Small). Pp.554+ xvi.

Library edition (buckram) ISBN 1-905270-00-3. £64-50+P&P.

Laminated board (with plastic spiral binding) ISBN 1-905270-02-X.£40-00+P&P. Paperback (open-flat, thermo-binding) ISBN 1-905270-01-1. £37-50+P&P

Spencer, A.E.C.W. From crisis of growth to rapid decline. Demographic change within the Catholic community of England & Wales, 1958-1973. 2005. A4, pp.14. ISBN 0-901707-07-4 £2-50+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Alienation re-visited. The demography of Catholicism in England & Wales, 1958-1977. (Paper read at a conference of the British Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Study Group, at the University of Surrey, 1979). 1979.2005. A4, pp.13+6. ISBN 0-901707-07-4 £3.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) Pastoral and population statistics of the Catholic community in England & Wales, 1958-2002. A report to parishes. 2004. A4, pp8. ISBN 0-901707-06-6. £1-00+P&P. Free

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The development of integrated education in Belfast: a planning study for 1984-9. 1984/2005. A4, pp. ii+67+xxiv+4 maps. ISBN 1-905270-14-3. £15.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Second Spring. The demography of the Catholic community of England and Wales, 1850-1865: marriages, baptisms, converts and Catholic population. 2005. A4, pp.ii+13. ISBN 0-901707-04-X. £2.50+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed). Pastoral and demographic statistics of the Catholic Church in England & Wales, 1963-1991. 2006. Facsimile, A4, pp.ix+259. ISBN 1-905270-16-X. £25.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Facts and figures for the 21st century. An assessment of the statistics of the Catholic community in England & Wales. 2006. A4, pp.ii+55. ISBN-13 978-1-905270-32-3 £10.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Digest of statistics of the Catholic community of England & Wales, 1958-2005. Vol. I: Population and vital statistics, pastoral services, evangelization and education. 2007. A4, pp.iv+180. ISBN-13-978-1-905270-37-8 £58.00+P&P (Library edition, buckram) 905270-38-5 (paperback) 905270-39-2 (plastic comb) 905270-40-8 (wire). All £18.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (ed.) Services for Catholic Migrants, 1939-2008. Background data from the archives and databank of the Newman Demographic Survey and the Pastoral Research Centre. 2008. A4, pp.i+35. ISBN 978-1-905270-41-5 £3.40+P&P

Spencer, Anthony E.C.W. The publication of ecclesiastical statistics. 1964/2008. Facsimile, A4, pp.iv+11. ISBN 978-1-905270-43-9. £3.20+P&P.

Spencer, Anthony, E.C.W. The organization of statistical, information and documentation services within the Church. 1964/2008.Facsimile, A4, pp. v+12. ISBN 978-1-905270-45-6. £3.50+P&P

Spencer, Anthony E.C.W. The age structure of the Catholic population of England & Wales, 1947-1980. Estimates made using the Archer-Dean-Cox crude cohort method. 2009. A4, pp. i+18. ISBN 978-1-905270-49-1 £4.00+P&P.

Spencer, Anthony E.C.W. (ed.). Census of the Catholic parish of Barking St Mary & St Ethelburga, 1965. 1965/2009 A4, pp. xii+12. ISBN 978-1-905270-48-4 . £4.20+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) Bibliography of Christian Church directories and Year Books, Great Britain and Ireland (with Pastoral Research Centre holdings). 2009. A4. pp. 4+9. ISBN 978-1-905270-50-7. £4.20 +P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Secrecy in the Catholic Church. The case of Catholic school statistics in England & Wales. 2010. A4. pp. 14+xiii. ISBN 878-1-905270-52-1. £4.20 +P&P. Free

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) Reconstruction of the 2009 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. Introduction to the series. 2011. A4. pp. 37. ISBN 978-1-905270-55-2. £5.80 +P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) The 2009 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. A Reconstruction of some of the 2009 school census statistics of the Diocese of Brentwood. 2011. A4. pp.23. ISBN 978-1-905270-57-6. £9.40 +P&P. (Price includes Introduction to the series.).

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) The 2009 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. A Reconstruction of some of the 2009 school census statistics of the Diocese of Menevia. 2011. A4. pp.23. ISBN 978-1-905270-56-9. £9.20 +P&P. (Price includes Introduction to the series.)

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) The 2009 Census of Catholic schools in England & Wales. A Reconstruction of some of the 2009 school census statistics of the Diocese of Wrexham. 2011. A4. pp.21. ISBN 978-1-905270-59-0. £9.50 +P&P. (Price includes Introduction to the series.)

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Re-inventing the statistical wheel. Recommendations on the rationalisation of The pastoral & population statistics system of the Catholic Church in England & Wales. 2003/2013. A4. pp.15. ISBN 978-1-905270-70-5. £4.80+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Gains & losses over 45 years. A review of the natural increase of the Catholic population of England & Wales, and implicit gains & losses, as reported by the parish clergy to their bishops, 1958-2002. 2003/2013. A4. pp.16. ISBN 978-1-905270-68-2. £5.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Broken faith: the demography of a Church tearing itself apart. 2004/2013. A4.pp.4 ISBN 978-1-905 270-69-9. £1.70+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Catholic directories worldwide and the Catholic Directory of England & Wales, 2013. 2013. A4. pp.iii+12. ISBN 978-1-905270-67-4. £5.00+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Demographic and sociographic statistics of the English Province of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, 1961-1968. 1968/2013. A4. pp.18 ISBN 978-1-905270-67-5.£3.30+P&P.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Pastoral policy and planning for the twenty-first century. A report for the Diocese of Clifton. 2007/2015. A4. pp.ii+27. ISBN 978-1-905270-72-9. Free

RELATED BOOKS, REPORTS & PAPERS

Spencer, Anthony E.C.W. Crisis, Co-habitation, Contraception & Divorce. Five sets of Proposals for the two synods. 2014. A5. pp.149. ISBN 978-1-905270-73-6 £6.00 +P&P

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (ed. Mary E. Daly). Arrangements for the Integration of Irish Immigrants in England and Wales. 1960/2012. Hardback, 25x16cm. Pp. xviii+137. ISBN 978-1-906865-11-5. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission. €35. Amazon

Spencer, A.E.C.W. The Future of Catholic Education in England & Wales. 1971. Catholic Renewal Movement. Paperback. 16.4×12 cm. Pp. 52.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. Ballymurphy. A Tale of Two Surveys. 1973. A4. Pp.150. Queen’s University of Belfast. Dept of Social Studies. Paperback.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. and P.A. Dwyer (Eds.) Sociological Association of Ireland. Cumann Socheolaiochta na hEireann. Proceedings of Second Annual Conference, Dublin, April, 1975. 1976. A4. Pp.137. Queen’s University of Belfast. Dept. of Social Studies. ISBN 0-8539-098-6 (Paperback).

Spencer, A.E.C.W., R.J. Cormack, L. O’Dowd and H. Tovey (Eds.) Sociological Association of Ireland. Cumann Socheolaiochta na hEireann. Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference, Dublin, 1976. 1977. A4. Pp. 50. Queen’s University of Belfast. Dept of Social Studies. ISBN 0-85389-123-0 Paperback.

Spencer, A.E.C.W. (Ed.) Dependency: Social, Political, Cultural. Sociological Association of Ireland. Cumann Socheolaiochta na hEireann. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference.