Shutdown of Churches and Ban on Weddings During Covid Crisis Has Cost Church of England '£150 MILLION' and Could Trigger a Cull of Parishes

The Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 12/25/20 | Steve Doughty

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* Sources suggest Church of England lost £150m in donations during Covid crisis

* Money-saving reforms could include cutting number of bishops to less than ten

* Parish boundaries could be redrawn to reduce the number from 12,000 to 9,000

The shutdown of churches and the ban on church weddings and funerals has plunged the Church of England into a £150 million crisis.

Highly-placed sources suggest it lost £150 million in donations alone during the months when collection plates went unused and fees for special services such as weddings, funerals and christenings dried up.

And it is feared the Covid shortfall may have been much higher. The losses have prompted plans for sweeping money-saving reforms.

Among those discussed have been a cut in the number of bishops from more than 100 to as few as ten, and a redrawing of parish boundaries to reduce their number from 12,500 to 9,000.

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Does the House of Windsor get any of that money?