Sixteen thousand a lot?? That's what a vicar earns which is what you asked. It's not a lot at all especially if you have a family. Remember Church Of England vicars are all graduates too. They do get some subsidies for telephone calls etc but it's very poor pay in my opinion.
Yes, vicars and priests pay tax and NIC in the same way as all other employees. The PAYE affairs of all CofE clergy are dealt with in one office (was in Cardiff in my day), but RC priests are employed by their parishes and paid locally, similarly with Methodist ministers.
They normally live rent free but a proportion of the value of the houses thye live in is chargeable to tax - they get some tax free on the grounds that Parish business is conducted from home. Clerical wear is tax deductable in the saem way that other employees who have to wear a uniform get tax relief.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a Vicar , purely as I thought they only worked on Sundays, the disappointments you have when you learn the truth as a child.
I can't believe how little they get, especially if they have a family, although I suppose they generally get a house so that helps...although they wouldn't own a house at the end. Guess it has to be a vocation.
Actually I just noticed Candyangel that the article you posted is from 2000. Still, I doubt they've had a massive pay rise since then!
Rabbis get about the same as plant breeders and junior MI5 officers, at between £20,001 and £30,000.
Dr Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi
Pay: £100,000-£110,000 including pension rights and other benefits
Congregation: 300,000 Jews in the UK although Reform Jews would not recognise Dr Sacks as their spiritual leader
Lifestyle: Sizeable courtesy home in St John's Wood, north-west London. Regularly mixes with the great and the good of the Jewish community.
Dr Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury designate.
Pay: annual stipend of £59,050
Congregation: 70 million Anglicans worldwide
Lifestyle: Three-bedroom flat in Lambeth Palace and a set of rooms at the Old Palace, Canterbury. Has a driver and stretch limo for official engagements
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Archbishop of Westminster
Pay: £7,000 a year – the same as a parish priest
Congregation: 4 million Catholics
Lifestyle: Not much money to spend but he gets a Victorian apartment, and nuns from the local convent help with cooking and other chores
Rev Nigel Collinson, Secretary of Conference of the Methodist Church
Pay: £15,044 – the same as any Methodist minister – plus a "responsibility allowance" worth £4,500
Congregation: 330,000 Methodists in UK
Lifestyle: Gets a car, expense account and a flat in Primrose Hill, London
Rev John Waller, Moderator of General Assembly of the United Reformed Church
Pay: Receives a minister's stipend of £17,508
Congregation: 250,000
Lifestyle: Unlikely to be a lavish entertainer. Lives in a home owned by the URC in London and currently pays no rent
The catholic Church is worth $15 BILLION in the US Alone.
And let's not even get to the mega ministries in the US where the pastors are worth millions.
I went to the Vatican once. I was actually quite disgusted how elaborate and expensive the stuff they have in there is. But then I am biased because I'm not exactly the biggest fan of the Catholic Church.
Lifestyle: Not much money to spend but he gets a Victorian apartment, and nuns from the local convent help with cooking and other chores
He shouldn't even have the $7,000. the man should be in prison for protecting paedophiles. perverting the course of justice. revolting character. Not only that he's deeply homopobic.
He shouldn't even have the $7,000. the man should be in prison for protecting paedophiles. perverting the course of justice. revolting character. Not only that he's deeply homopobic.
:mad::mad::mad:
I think anyone who has a job is entitled to get paid.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1022833.stm
Curates: £14,680-£15,820
Parish clergy: £16,420
Cathedral-based canons: £20,200
Junior bishops: £24,790
Diocesan bishops: £30,120
Archbishop of Canterbury: £55,660
Wow.. That's a lot more than I thought!
They get paid in God's love!
Sixteen thousand a lot?? That's what a vicar earns which is what you asked. It's not a lot at all especially if you have a family. Remember Church Of England vicars are all graduates too. They do get some subsidies for telephone calls etc but it's very poor pay in my opinion.
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You're kidding right?
Actually I just noticed Candyangel that the article you posted is from 2000. Still, I doubt they've had a massive pay rise since then!
Eh!? Vicars get paid peanuts!
Google, simple really. The answer is £16,400
what like the left footers you mean ?
Its founded on money making schemes their lot ,lol
No wonder that money was just 'resting' in his account :rolleyes::D
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The catholic Church is worth $15 BILLION in the US Alone.
And let's not even get to the mega ministries in the US where the pastors are worth millions.
I went to the Vatican once. I was actually quite disgusted how elaborate and expensive the stuff they have in there is. But then I am biased because I'm not exactly the biggest fan of the Catholic Church.
He shouldn't even have the $7,000. the man should be in prison for protecting paedophiles. perverting the course of justice. revolting character. Not only that he's deeply homopobic.
:mad::mad::mad:
I think anyone who has a job is entitled to get paid.