Priest in Charge of St Chad's Toller Lane and Interim Priest in Charge of St Saviour Fairweather Green

St Chad’s is an inner city parish and in the top 1% most deprived in England (according the Church Urban fund statistics). The population can be characterised as young, Asian and Muslim, but that is not the full story. Of the 6,616 people living in the parish at the 2021 census, 80% were Muslim, 37% were under the age of 20 (and more than half were under 30). However, 10% were of white British heritage and there is also a sizable presence of Eastern European people. St Saviour’s is located slightly further out from the city centre, but still in the top 4% most deprived parishes. Around half of its population of 8336 (at 2021 census) is of Muslim background, but c40% are of white British heritage.

The Diocese of Leeds is...