Editing Staffordshire (section)

==Religion==
In the [[2011 United Kingdom census]], the population of Staffordshire reported their religion as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Religion reported in 2011 UK census
|-
! !!colspan="2"| Staffordshire county <br />(excludes Stoke-on-Trent)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E10000028|title=Staffordshire county |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref> !! colspan="2"|Stoke-on-Trent<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E06000021|title=Stoke-on-Trent Local Authority |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref>  
|-
| || Count || %age || Count|| %age  
|-
| Population || 848,489	 || 100 || 249,008|| 100  
|-
| Has religion || 600,127	 || 70.7 || 170,329|| 68.4  
|-
| Christianity || 578,352	 || 68.2 || 151,624|| 60.9  
|-
| Sikhism || 3,086 || 0.4 || 579|| 0.2  
|-
| Hinduism || 2,773 || 0.3 || 1,384|| 0.6  
|-
| Buddhism || 299 || 0.0 || 66|| 0.0 
|-
| Islam || 10,817 || 1.3 || 14,993|| 6.0  
|-
| Judaism|| 2,017	|| 0.2 || 760|| 0.3  
|-
| Other religion || 2,783 || 0.3 || 923|| 0.4  
|-
| No religion || 193,662 || 22.8 || 62,737|| 25.2  
|-
| Religion not stated || 54,700 || 6.4 || 15,942|| 6.4  
|}

===Church of England===
The only cathedral in the county is Lichfield Cathedral in the city of Lichfield. The [[Diocese of Lichfield]] covers the whole county with the exception of [[Stapenhill]] and [[Amington]], the north of the nearby county of [[Shropshire]] and the [[Black Country]] area of the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]. The county is covered by the archdeaconries of [[Stoke-upon-Trent]] and [[Lichfield]]. The current [[Bishop of Lichfield]] is [[Michael Ipgrave]] and the current [[Bishop of Stafford]] [[Geoff Annas]]. There are 298 [[Church of England]] churches in the county.

===Roman Catholic Church===
Staffordshire is part of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham]]. The current archbishop is [[Bernard Longley]].

===Methodism===
[[Primitive Methodism]] was founded in Staffordshire by [[Hugh Bourne]], a native of Stoke-on-Trent, at a public gathering in the village of [[Mow Cop]]. He originally followed the [[John Wesley|Wesleyan]] form of [[Methodism]] but in 1801 he reformed the Methodist service by conducting it outside. By 1811 with his brother he founded the first chapel in the [[Tunstall, Staffordshire|Tunstall]] area of Stoke-on-Trent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/local_heroes/a_f/bourne.shtml |title=Bringing in the sheep – Hugh Bourne, the religious reformer from Stoke |year=2002 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |work=BBC Stoke & Staffordshire |first=Zoe |last=Sailsman |access-date=20 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106114801/http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/local_heroes/a_f/bourne.shtml |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since 1932 the Primitive and Wesleyan movements have been a single organisation, the [[Methodist Church of Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/content/subjects-2/primitive-methodist-history/what-is-primitive-methodism | title=What is Primitive Methodism? A short introduction| author=Jill Barber| website=My Primitive Methodists| access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref> The Methodist Churches of Staffordshire fall within three Districts: Birmingham District, Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District and Chester & Stoke-on-Trent District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.methodist.org.uk/media/documents/district-map-2024.pdf|title=The Methodist District Map| year=2024}}</ref>

===Judaism===
The most popular synagogue in the county is on London Road in [[Newcastle-Under-Lyme]], which opened in 2006 and replaced the former Birch Terrace synagogue in Hanley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2006/04/19/local_tv_archive_faith_hanley_synagogue_move_0406_feature.shtml |title=BBC News-Birch Terrace synagogue deconsecration ceremony |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226042334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2006/04/19/local_tv_archive_faith_hanley_synagogue_move_0406_feature.shtml |archive-date=26 February 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to the 2001 census there were 407 Jews in the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire,<ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=3567686&c=ST14+8XG&d=180&e=16&g=485122&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1314658523812&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Religion in Staffordshire |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184739/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=3567686&c=ST14+8XG&d=180&e=16&g=485122&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1314658523812&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and 83 in Stoke-on-Trent.<ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276832&c=stoke-on-trent&d=13&e=16&g=397617&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314658429234&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Religion in Stoke-on-Trent |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184745/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276832&c=stoke-on-trent&d=13&e=16&g=397617&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314658429234&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Islam===
There are 15 [[mosque]]s in Stoke-on-Trent, 5 in [[Burton-upon-Trent]] and 1 in both Stafford and Lichfield.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/maps.php |title=Mosques in the United Kingdom |publisher=Mosques.muslimsinbritain.org |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717140459/http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/maps.php |archive-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> As of 2019 a new [https://citycentralmosque.org/ mosque] has finished construction in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent and is the first purpose-built mosque in the area. At the 2001 census there were 7,658 Muslims in Stoke-on-Trent and 6,081 in the rest of Staffordshire, with a total of 13,739 making up 1.3% of the population. 62.9% (3823) of the Muslims in the rest of Staffordshire are from the town of Burton-upon-Trent.<ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181105&c=horninglow&d=14&e=16&g=484985&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745126562&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Horninglow Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184752/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181105&c=horninglow&d=14&e=16&g=484985&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745126562&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181103&c=eton+park&d=14&e=16&g=484947&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745154891&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Eton Park Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184833/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181103&c=eton+park&d=14&e=16&g=484947&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745154891&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181100&c=burton&d=14&e=16&g=484920&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745186547&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Burton Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184840/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181100&c=burton&d=14&e=16&g=484920&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745186547&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181114&c=winshill&d=14&e=16&g=485159&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745205031&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Winshill Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184847/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181114&c=winshill&d=14&e=16&g=485159&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745205031&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181099&c=brizlincote&d=14&e=16&g=484904&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745361219&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Brizlincote Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184856/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181099&c=brizlincote&d=14&e=16&g=484904&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745361219&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181109&c=stapenhill&d=14&e=16&g=485061&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745249094&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Stapenhill Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184903/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181109&c=stapenhill&d=14&e=16&g=485061&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745249094&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181096&c=anglesey&d=14&e=16&g=484854&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745274031&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Anglesey Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184911/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181096&c=anglesey&d=14&e=16&g=484854&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745274031&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181108&c=shobnall&d=14&e=16&g=485041&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745295016&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |title=Shobnall Religion |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912184921/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6181108&c=shobnall&d=14&e=16&g=485041&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314745295016&enc=1&dsFamilyId=95 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>