CT: No ‘big bang’ restructuring of the Church of England Dioceses says commission
Why on earth not? No serious institution should like to describe themselves as follows:
The 2021 paper had noted that 27 of the 42 dioceses were operating on deficit budgets. It also expressed concern that the deployment of bishops and diocesan structures did not reflect current population patterns: that many suffragan bishops did not have specific responsibility for leading mission in a territorial area; the costs of diocesan offices,: and the fact that data on giving as a percentage of income ‘’strongly suggests that the majority of dioceses are not capable of sustaining themselves’’.
