Editing Church of Ireland (section)

===Membership===
The Church of Ireland experienced a major decline in membership during the 20th century, both in Northern Ireland, where around 65% of its members live, and in the Republic of Ireland. The church is still the second-largest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], with 126,414 members in 2016 (minus 2% compared to the 2011 census results)<ref name="Census 2016 Results">[http://www.thejournal.ie/census-2016-statistics-3326599-Apr2017/ ''Census 2016 Results''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413201736/https://www.thejournal.ie/census-2016-statistics-3326599-Apr2017/ |date=13 April 2019 }}.</ref> and the third-largest in [[Northern Ireland]], with around 260,000 members.<ref name=2011ks>{{cite web |title = Census 2011: Key Statistics for Northern Ireland |url = http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/key_stats_bulletin_2011.pdf |website = nisra.gov.uk |access-date = 11 December 2012 |archive-date = 3 February 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170203000751/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/key_stats_bulletin_2011.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="nisra.gov.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/key_report_2011.pdf |title=2011 Census, Key Statistics for Northern Ireland, December 2012, p. 19. |access-date=12 February 2013 |archive-date=25 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225130545/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/key_report_2011.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The most recently available figures published by the Church of Ireland, dating to 2013, found that average Sunday attendance across the church was 58,257, with 74 per cent of this attendance in the [[Province of Armagh (Church of Ireland)|Province of Armagh]]. Attendance varied strongly across dioceses; the most-attended diocese was Down and Dromore, with 12,731 in average Sunday attendance, while the least-attended was [[Diocese of Meath and Kildare|Meath and Kildare]] with 1,463.<ref name="CofI-Census-2013">{{cite journal |title=Bill No. 7 - Explanatory Memorandum |journal=Journal of the First Ordinary Session of the Fiftieth General Synod of the Church of Ireland |date=2018 |page=lv |url=https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/Synod/2018/Journal2018.pdf |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref> Similarly, in 2016, a peer-reviewed study published in the ''[[Journal of Anglican Studies]]'' by [[Cambridge University Press & Assessment|Cambridge University Press]] found that the Church of Ireland has approximately 384,176 total members and 58,000 active baptised members.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Muñoz|first=Daniel|date=2015-10-26|title=North to South: A Reappraisal of Anglican Communion Membership Figures|journal=[[Journal of Anglican Studies]]|volume=14|issue=1|pages=71–95|doi=10.1017/s1740355315000212|issn=1740-3553|doi-access=free}}</ref>