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adequate stipend for all clergy is currently a matter of thoughtful
concern.
The third source is those fees generated within the parish
attributable to the incumbent rather than to the parochial church
council. (Of the statutory fees received for weddings, etc., that
portion for the use of buildings is attributable to the council, and
that portion for personal ministration to the officiating clergyman.)
Again these will necessarily vary from parish to parish, but (at least
in Bradford) are also taken into account when calculating each
clergyman's diocesan augmentation - a clergyman with a high fees
income tending to receive less augmentation and vice versa. This
source is the only one which a clergyman normally receives direct.
The combination of these three constitute the stipend and an
analysis of the diocesan accounts for 1978 shows that on average
their relative sizes are:
£
guaranteed annuity 600
diocesan augmentation - from commissioners 1,000
diocesan augmentation - from diocese 700
fees, etc.
500
£2,800
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In addition to this stipend income, clergy are provided with -
and required to occupy - housing within the parish.
