Index
back to Catholic, Papua New Guinea
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Papua New Guinea | - | 33.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | - | 236 units |
- | 1977 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | - | 260 units |
- | 1982 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | - | 282 units |
- | 1987 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | 4,268,000 | 97.00% | - | - | 1988 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 4.4 million [total pop.] (1987). Estimated 92 to 97 percent of the population were Roman Catholics in 1980s; remainder Mennonites or other Protestant groups. |
| Catholic | Paraguay | 4,221,120 | 96.00% | - | - | 1991 | Morrison, Marion. Paraguay (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Children's Press (1992); pg. 114-115. | "Roman Catholicism is the official religion followed by almost 96% of the population... 1991 population 4,397,000... " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | 96.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | - | 324 units |
- | 1992 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | 4,531,000 | 93.80% | 293 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Paraguay | 4,610,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Catholic | Paraguay | 5,086,470 | 90.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 5,651,634. Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant denominations |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | - | 325 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 361-362. | "Paraguay; Population: 4.1 million "; Pg. 361: "The state religion of Paraguay is Roman Catholicism, although the Church is weaker and less influential than in most other Latin American countries. Two of the reasons for this are Paraguay's traditional isolation from mainstream South America, and the fact that the government has shown less interest in religion as an institution. As a result, a number of irregular religious practices have grown up over the years. In fact, in some rural areas, priests are seen as healers and men of magic, rather than as official representatives of the Church. " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | 91.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Paraguay | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Roman Catholic Countries of the World " |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | 1,365 | - | - | - | 1757 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 96. | "As late as 1757, there were only 1,365 adult Catholics in Pennsylvania, and only a few dozen in New Jersey. By the end of the Revolution, American Catholics numbered perhaps 23,000, of whom half were in Maryland, 7,000 in Pennsylvania... " |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | - | 1.90% | 10 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 535. |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | - | 0.46% | 10 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 535. Denominational % (1.9%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 24%. |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | 6,000 | - | - | - | 1776 | Herberg, Will. Protestant-Catholic-Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company (1960); pg. 137. | "At the time of the Revolution there were perhaps 25,000 Catholics in the colonies--16,000 in Maryland, about 6,000 in Pennsylvania, and the rest scattered. " |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | 700 | - | - | - | 1780 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 217. | "There was no immediate hierarchal superior in the U.S. when the war ended... At that time, 15,800 Catholics resided in Maryland, 700 in Pennsylvania, 200 in Virginia, and 1,500 in New York, unorganized with no priests. " |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | 7,000 | - | - | - | 1780 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 96. | "As late as 1757, there were only 1,365 adult Catholics in Pennsylvania, and only a few dozen in New Jersey. By the end of the Revolution, American Catholics numbered perhaps 23,000, of whom half were in Maryland, 7,000 in Pennsylvania... " |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | 4,030,000 | 34.00% | - | - | 1989 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990). [Original sources: Official Catholic Directory, based on parish-level reporting, & U.S. 1989 Statistical Abstract]; pg. 112. | Table: "Catholic Population by State "; [Greeley (author) has conduced a somewhat detailed analysis, adding some adjustments to account for statistically observed undercount, plus some other factors.] |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | 3,675,250 | 30.93% | 1,854 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Catholic Church.'] |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | - | 33.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | 3,552,569 | 29.60% | 1,294 units |
- | 1996 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 432-437. | Tables: "Catholic Population of the United States " and "Percentage of Catholics in Total Population in U.S. ". Figures are as of Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania | - | 27.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Catholic " |
| Catholic | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia | 593,600 | 37.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 110. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Cities by Percentage ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total Philadelphia pop: 1.6 million. |
| Catholic | Peru | - | - | 1,160 units |
- | 1977 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Peru | - | - | 1,144 units |
- | 1982 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Peru | - | - | 1,250 units |
- | 1987 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Peru | - | 92.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Peru | 21,060,400 | 92.50% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 22,767,543 [total pop.] (1992). Predominantly (92.5 percent) Roman Catholic. |
| Catholic | Peru | - | - | 1,306 units |
- | 1992 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Peru | 21,545,000 | 91.50% | 1,388 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Peru | 21,210,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Catholic | Peru | - | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 25,573,924. Roman Catholic |
| Catholic | Peru | - | - | 1,407 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Peru | 22,071,068 | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 369. | "Location: Peru; Population: 24,523,408; Religion: Roman Catholicism, intertwined with native beliefs "; "Peruvians are fervent Catholics. Catholics comprise 90% of the population. " |
| Catholic | Peru | 21,627,000 | 89.00% | - | - | 1998 | Holligan de Diaz-Limaco, Jane. Peru: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus series), Brooklyn, New York: Interlink Books (1998); pg. 93. | "Population: 22.6 million (1993 census); estimated population in 1996: 24.3 million... Religion: Roman Catholic: 89%; Evangelical: 3%; other Christian: 2%. " |
| Catholic | Peru | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Roman Catholic Countries of the World "; "No statistics; predominately Roman Catholic " |
| Catholic | Philippines | 32,000,000 | - | - | - | 1977 | Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1977); pg. 342. | "All told, Catholics number over 48 million in Asia, but 32 million of these are found in the Philippines. " |
| Catholic | Philippines | - | 80.00% | - | - | 1977 | Nance, John. The Land and People of the Philippines (series: Portraits of the Nations Series). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. (1977); pg. 25. | "The predominant religion of modern Filipinos is Christianity. About 80% of the population are members of the Roman Catholic Church... " |
| Catholic | Philippines | - | 83.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD (orig. source: 1979) by P. J. Johnstone); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 45,000,000. Roman Catholics 83% -- Martial Law and the spirit of Vatican II has weakened the hold of the priests on the masses. |
| Catholic | Philippines | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 180. | "In the Philippines a long-established Roman Catholicism continued to command the allegiance of a majority of the population and to set the tone of society, with parallels to Latin America at a number of points. " |
| Catholic | Philippines | 43,160,000 | 83.00% | - | - | 1987 | Bjener, Tamiko; Rhoda Sherwood, et al. Philippines (series: Children of the World). Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing (1987); pg. 51, 53. | "About 83% of the people are Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim, and 3% other religions. "; Pg. 51: "...Philippines' population of 52 million... " |
| Catholic | Philippines | 54,215,940 | 82.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 66,117,284 [total pop.] (1990). |
| Catholic | Philippines | - | 84.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Philippines | 58,735,000 | 83.60% | 2,525 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Philippines | 59,500,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Catholic | Philippines | - | 84.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Catholic Answer "; web page: "Iglesia Ni Cristo " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Last modified May 25, 1996. | "The Philippines is the only dominantly Catholic nation in the Far East, with eighty-four percent of its population belonging to the Church. " |
| Catholic | Philippines | 63,165,960 | 83.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 76,103,564. Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3% |
| Catholic | Philippines | 61,109,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Zenit. "DOSSIER: BRAZIL AND MEXICO HAVE LARGEST NUMBER OF CATHOLICS " on "Zenit News Agency " web site (online Catholic news); Archives: 13 June 1999 (ZE99061302). (Viewed 19 June 1999). | "The country in the world with the largest number of Catholics is Brazil, with 137,570 million, followed by Mexico, with 89,091 million, the Philippines, with 61,109 million... These are some of the figures given in the latest edition of the Church's Statistical Yearbook for 1997... " |
| Catholic | Philippines | 56,100,000 | 85.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 203, 206. | " Location: Philippines; Population: 66 million "; Pg. 206: "As a result of Spanish evangelization, 85% of the population is Roman Catholic. " |
| Catholic | Philippines | - | 65.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Philippines | 57,970,000 | 85.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Philippines1 " (1998); web page: "Life & Living/Basic Facts " | "Population: 68.2 million... Religion: Predominantly Roman Catholic (85% of the pop.). About 5% are Muslim, concentrated principally in western Mindanao, Palawan & Sulu archipelago... " |
| Catholic | Philippines | - | 83.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Roman Catholic Countries of the World " |
| Catholic | Philippines: Camarines Sur: Buhi | 59,093 | 97.20% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site: "MICRO-PROFILE OF BUHI Home of Sinarapan, the World's smallest Edible Fish " (1998) | "1995 national census... Buhi is a community of Catholics with a number of 59,093 (97.20%) professing majority of the total pop... Iglesia ni Kristo ranks 2nd [with] 554 (0.91%), Jehovah's Witnesses rank next with 170 members(0.28%), Protestants 128 (0.21%). " |
| Catholic | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 240,756 | 52.15% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: "Province of Ilocos Norte Home Page " | "Table 3: HOUSEHOLD POPULATION BY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IN ILOCOS NORTE 1990 "; "Ilocos Norte had a pop. of 461,661 in 1990 " [table lists # of households & percentage. Adherent numbers here are based on % of total pop.] |
| Catholic | Philippines: Ilocos Sur | - | 85.20% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web page: "THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR HISTORICAL BACKGROUND " (1998) | "Christianity is widely spread in the province. Roman Catholicism is the prevailing religion (85.2%). Approximately, 14.05% of the population profess to either Protestantism, Buddhism, Iglesia ni Cristo or Aglipayan, while .75 % do not believe in any religion at all. " |
| Catholic | Philippines: Negros Occidental | 2,116,524 | 86.95% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site: "Republic of the Philippines: Province of Negros Occidental " (1998); web page: "Negros Occidental: Religious Sects "; [original sources: NSO, Bacolod] | Table: "Type of Religion: Negros Occidental, 1995 " |
| Catholic | Philippines: Pampanga: Guagua | 73,946 | 77.53% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* web site: Census data for municipality of Guagua in province of Pampanga in Philippines | "[Total] population: 95,374 as of September 1995 Census "; Table: "From April 1994 Census of Municipality of Guagua " |
| Catholic | Poland | - | - | - | - | 966 C.E. | Otfinoski, Steven. Poland (series: Nations in Transition). New York: Facts on File, Inc. (1995); pg. 63. | "Catholicism was first introduced in Poland in A.D. 966. Since then, the church has become an integral part of Polish society and culture and has been called the very soul of the Polish people. " |
| Catholic | Poland | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1984 | Pfeiffer, Christine. Poland: Land of Freedom Fighters. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Dillon Press, Inc. (1984); pg. 38. | "Today, nearly 90% of Poles are Catholics. " |
| Catholic | Poland | 31,350,000 | 95.00% | - | - | 1986 | Sandak, Cass R. Poland. New York: Franklin Watts (1986); pg. 1, 13. | Pg. 1: "population of 33 million... "; pg. 13: "More than 95% of the people of Poland are Roman Catholics. This percentage is a higher proportion of the population than at any previous time in Polish history; in the past there have been large numbers of other non-Polish religious and ethnic groups, including Protestants, Eastern Orthodox, and Jews among the population. " |
| Catholic | Poland | 37,920,000 | 96.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 39.5 million [total pop.] (projected for 2000). About 96 percent of population Roman Catholic, according to 1991 survey; small numbers in various Protestant and Orthodox denominations and small Jewish population. |
