The Welsh Church Act 1914 provided for the separation of the four dioceses of the Church of England located in Wales (known collectively as the Church in Wales) from the rest of the Church, and for the simultaneous disestablishment of the Church. The Act came into operation in 1920. Since then there has been no established church in Wales. Between 1996 and 2016 the number of signed-up Church in Wales members dropped from 91,247 to 45,759 or 1,5% out of a total population of 3,113,150 The number of signed-up Church in Wales members dropped further to 42,441 by 2018 or 1,4% out of the total Welsh population of 3,187,203