Editing Worcester, England (section)

==Demography and religion==
The 2011 census put Worcester's population at 98,768. About 93.4 per cent were classed as white, of whom 89.1 percentage points were [[White British]] – higher than the national average.<ref name="ukcensusdata1">{{Cite web |last=Good Stuff IT Services |title=Worcester – UK Census Data 2011 |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/worcester-e07000237 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031124235/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/worcester-e07000237 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |access-date=31 October 2019 |publisher=Ukcensusdata.com}}</ref> The largest religious group consists of [[Christianity|Christians]], with 63.7 per cent of the city's population.<ref name="ukcensusdata1"/> Those reporting [[Irreligion|no religion]] or declining to state an allegiance make up 32.3 per cent. The next largest religious group, [[Muslims]], makes up 2.9 per cent. The ethnic minorities include people of [[British Pakistani|Pakistani]], [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]], [[British Chinese|Chinese]], [[British Indian|Indian]], [[Italian British|Italian]] and [[Polish British|Polish]] origin, the largest single group being [[British Pakistanis]], numbering around 1,900: 1.95 per cent of the population. This has led to Worcester containing a small but diverse range of religious groups; as well as the prominent Anglican [[Worcester Cathedral]], there are also [[Catholicism|Catholic]], [[United Reformed Church|United Reformed]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Worcester United Reformed Church |url=http://www.worcesterurc.org.uk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011194218/http://worcesterurc.org.uk/index.html |archive-date=11 October 2016 |access-date=23 November 2018 |website=Worcester United Reformed Church}}</ref> and [[Baptist]] churches, a large centre for [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], a small number of [[Islamic]] mosques and a number of smaller groups for oriental religions such as [[Buddhism]] and the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]].

Worcester is the seat of a [[Church of England]] bishop, whose official signature is the personal Christian name followed by ''Wigorn''. (abbreviating the Latin ''Wigorniensis'', meaning ''of Worcester'').<ref>''Chambers Dictionary'', 12th edition.</ref> This is also used occasionally to abbreviate the name of the county. The previous [[List of Archdeacons of Worcester|Archdeacon of Worcester]], [[Robert Jones (Archdeacon of Worcester)|Robert Jones]], inducted in November 2014, had been Rector of St Barnabas with Christ Church in Worcester for eight years.<ref>[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/news.php?i641 Diocese of Worcester – Licensing of the new Archdeacon of Worcester] (Accessed 16 November 2014)</ref> He retired on 30 November 2023<ref>{{Church Times | title = Resignations and retirements | url = https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/11-august/gazette/resignations/resignations-and-retirements | issue = 8369 | date = 11 August 2023 | page = 21 | accessed = 2 September 2023 }}<!--|archive=2023_08_11_021 --></ref>