From The Times in London-
The running costs of the Church of England’s 113 bishops increased by £2 million, or 13.5 per cent, to £16 million last year at a time when the Church has been telling the nation to embrace a more lowly life.
The bishops spent £1.3 million on travel in a period when the Church’s own assets dropped from £5.67 billion to £4.36 billion during the credit crunch.
As many of the bishops’ own costs increased, in repeated Lent campaigns they urged worshippers to turn off televisions, lights and use charity shops to save both cash and climate.
In spite of having fewer responsibilities and a smaller staff, home and office to maintain, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, outspent Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in almost every area. Last year he spent four times more on office equipment, eight times more on office furnishings, double on an official car, £5,000 more on drivers, more on fuel, travel, heating, lighting and cleaning.
He spent less on training as he has fewer staff and managed to spend less on hospitality, but it still amounted to more than £14,000, compared with £21,000 for Dr Williams.
Dr Sentamu’s individual working costs, excluding office and staff, came to more than £106,000, up 20 per cent from nearly £88,500 in 2007 and about one fifth more than Dr Williams’s individual working costs of nearly £87,000.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6877114.ece
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