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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mennonite World Conference | Philippines | 1,576 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site; page: "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership Totals " (viewed 8 Aug. 1999). | Table: "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership Totals "; "based on the most recent data available... from 1996 or 1997... statistics indicate baptized members "; Dif. religious bodies: 2. |
| Methodist | Philippines | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD (orig. source: 1979) by P. J. Johnstone); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Methodists 100,000; All Baptists 80,000; All Pentecostals 150,000; Alliance Church (CMA) 30,000; Assoc. of Bible Churches (OMF, FECC) 10,000. |
| Methodist | 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. 478. | "Unions with other denominations have resulted in the statistical disappearance of some churches as solely Methodist, even though characteristic emphasis in theology, worship, and mission continue within united churches... Methodists in Japan and the Philippines joined larger unions in 1941. However, large numbers of Methodists in... the Philippines remain outside the unions. " |
| Methodist | 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. 478. | "[Methodist] Churches having more than 20,000 members are found in... New Zealand; Germany, Ireland; Jamaica, Mexico, and Brazil. " |
| Mindanao Baptist Convention of Southern Baptist Churches | Philippines | 52,166 | - | 889 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Negrito | Philippines | 23,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 561-562. | "Negrito: Location: Philippines (Luzon); Population: 23,000 (1975); Language: Dialect of Sambal; Religion: Spirit beliefs "; "According to 1975 figures, 23,000 Negritos lived in the Philippines. " |
| other | Philippines | 1,560,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 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... " |
| other | Philippines | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Protestant, Islam, Aglipayan, Church of Christ (Iglesia ni Cristo) |
| other | Philippines | 4,620,000 | 7.00% | - | - | 1997 | Leibo, Steven A. East, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 136. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop.; "Principal Religions: Christianity, predominantly Roman Catholic (about 91.5%), Islam (about 2.5%), animist and other (about 7%). " |
| Pentecostal | Philippines | 150,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD (orig. source: 1979) by P. J. Johnstone); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Methodists 100,000; All Baptists 80,000; All Pentecostals 150,000; Alliance Church (CMA) 30,000; Assoc. of Bible Churches (OMF, FECC) 10,000. |
| primal-indigenous | Philippines | 1,980,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 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: "The 3% of Filipinos classified as 'tribal' highlanders still follow ancestral animist traditions to varying degrees. " |
| primal-indigenous | Philippines | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; listed in table as "animism " |
| Protestant | Philippines | 1,500,000 | 5.00% | - | - | 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. Protestants 5% Community 1,500,000. Denominations 70. Evangelicals 3%. Growth of Protestants -- very small overall until 1970s. |
| Protestant | Philippines | 4,680,000 | 9.00% | - | - | 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... " |
| Protestant | Philippines | 5,950,530 | 9.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 66,117,284 [total pop.] (1990). |
| Protestant | Philippines | - | 10.00% | - | - | 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% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations " |
| Protestant | Philippines | 3,900,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Protestant | Philippines | 6,849,321 | 9.00% | - | - | 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% |
| Protestant | Philippines | 1,320,000 | 2.00% | - | - | 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: "...various Protestant sects, such as baptist or Methodist, which now count about 2% of the population among their followers. " [This figure does NOT include 1.3% in Iglesia ni Kristo or 3.9% in Aglipayan Church.] |
| Protestant | Philippines | - | 7.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Seventh-day Adventist | Philippines | 114,000 | - | - | - | 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. Syncretic Sects 3% -- over 200. Largest: the aggressive Iglesia ni Cristo with over 500,000 adherents. SDAs also strong and growing (114,000 adherents). |
| Sikhism | Philippines | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993). Pg 30-31. | Map: Number of Sikh gurdwaras ( "a gurdwara is both a place of worship and community centre ") |
| SIM International - missionaries | Philippines | 6 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Asia " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "SIM began work here in 1984 and now has four missionaries serving in Manila and two in Mindanao, working among the nearly four million Muslims of the Philippines. " |
| Social Brethren | Philippines | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990), pg. 225. | "Recently two churches and a mission were organized in the Philippines. " |
| Social Brethren | Philippines | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | recently opened 2 churches and a mission in Philipines |
| syncretistic | Philippines | - | 3.00% | - | - | 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. Syncretic Sects 3% -- over 200. Largest: the aggressive Iglesia ni Cristo with over 500,000 adherents. SDAs also strong and growing (114,000 adherents). |
| T'boli | Philippines | 60,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 754. | "T'boli: Alternate Names: Tagabili; TauSebu; Location: Philippines; Population: Over 60,000 (1978); Language: T'boli; Religion: Indigenous beliefs " |
| Tagbanua | Philippines | 14,000 | - | - | - | 1985 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 729. | "Tagbanua: Location: Philippines; Population: 14,000 (1980s); Religion: Indigenous beliefs; some Catholicism and Protestantism " |
| Tasaday | 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. 709. | "While their numbers are small, the religions of such groups as... the recently 'discovered' Tasaday of Mindanao in the Philippines... reflect, at least in part, an adaptation to a hunting-and-gathering mode of existence. " |
| Tenrikyo | Philippines | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 1 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo 1998 ". Church-supplied data. 1 mission centers; 4 mission stations |
| Tenrikyo - graduated from Shuyoka | Philippines | 2 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 2 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "Statistics on followers who... graduated from Shuyoka... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| Tenrikyo - new Besseki Pledge | Philippines | 7 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 2 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "Statistics on followers who took the Besseki Pledge... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| Tenrikyo - received the Sazuke | Philippines | 8 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 2 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "Statistics on followers who... received the Sazuke... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| True Jesus Church | Philippines | - | - | 3 units |
- | 2005 | *LINK* official organization website; webpage: "Find a Church " database-based church locator (viewed 14 April 2005) | 3 congreg. listed: Manila Church (#10 Scout Chuatuco Street Corner Quezon Avenue, Roxas District, Quezon City, Manila); Mansilingan Church (Mansilingan, Bacolod City 6001); Pagadian Church (Bag-Ong Silang, Balangasan, Pagadian City) |
| Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist | Philippines | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* directory on offical church web site | CONGREGATIONS: 5 churches and 10 fellowships; MEMBERS: 400 to 1000 |
| United Church of Christ in the Philippines | Philippines | 150,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD (orig. source: 1979) by P. J. Johnstone); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | "United Church (Presbyterian, Congregational, United Brethren, etc.) 150,000 membership " [I believe what is being referred to here is known by the full name: United Church of Christ in the Philippines] |
| Universal Church of the Kingdom of God | Philippines | - | - | 7 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* Nascimento, Elma Lia. "Praise the Lord and pass the catch-up ", "news from Brazil, November 1995; dateline: Brazzil ". (viewed 30 July 1999, web site: RickRoss.com) | "The [Igreja Universal] church seems unstoppable. There are plans to start a mission in Russia and to conquer the whole of Asia since Japan has already a temple, and the Philippines seven. " |
| Yahweh's New Covenant Assembly | Philippines | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* official organization web site; web page: "Local Assemblies " (directory). (Viewed 28 June 1999) | Branches listed on directory: "Philippines: Contact: YNCA, PO Box 1081, QC Central PO, 1150 Quezon City, Philippines; Contact: YNCA, PO Box 81031, 800 Davao City, Philippines " |
| miscellaneous regional info | Philippines | - | - | - | - | 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. There are a number of non-Catholic Christian sects, incl. Aglipayan, & various Protestant & fundamentalist groups. Within the Chinese community, there are also Buddhists & Taoists. " |
| 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%). " |
| Iglesia ni Cristo | Philippines: Camarines Sur: Buhi | 554 | 0.91% | - | - | 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%). " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Philippines: Camarines Sur: Buhi | 170 | 0.28% | - | - | 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%). " |
| Protestant | Philippines: Camarines Sur: Buhi | 128 | 0.21% | - | - | 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%). " |
| Christianity | Philippines: Iligan City | - | 93.61% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Iligan City, Philippines: General Information " (1998) | "Religion : Christian 93.61%; Others 6.39% " |
| non-Christian | Philippines: Iligan City | - | 6.39% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Iligan City, Philippines: General Information " (1998) | "Religion : Christian 93.61%; Others 6.39% " |
| other | Philippines: Iligan City | - | 6.39% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Iligan City, Philippines: General Information " (1998) | "Religion : Christian 93.61%; Others 6.39% " |
| Aglipayan Church | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 161,351 | 34.95% | - | - | 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.] |
| Assemblies of God | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 277 | 0.06% | - | - | 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.] |
| Baptist - other | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 1,523 | 0.33% | - | - | 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.]; [ "Bible - other " is Baptists OTHER than in the "Baptist Conference of the Philippines " and "Bible Baptist " groups] |
| Baptist Conference of the Philippines | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 92 | 0.02% | - | - | 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.] |
| Bible Baptist | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 46 | 0.01% | - | - | 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 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.] |
| Christianity - Born Again stated as religious preference | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 877 | 0.19% | - | - | 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.]; [Those stating their religions preference as "Born Again Christians "] |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 1,431 | 0.31% | - | - | 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.] |
| Evangelical - other | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 185 | 0.04% | - | - | 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.] |
| Iglesia ni Cristo | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 19,113 | 4.14% | - | - | 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.] |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 1,016 | 0.22% | - | - | 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.] |
| Islam | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 369 | 0.08% | - | - | 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.] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 3,001 | 0.65% | - | - | 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.] |
| Lutheran | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 138 | 0.03% | - | - | 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.]; [this entry: listed in able as "Lutheran Church "] |
| Methodist - other | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 92 | 0.02% | - | - | 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.]; [ "Methodist - other ": I see no other listing for Methodist in this table, but maybe one of the missionary societies is Methodist-affiliated.] |
| other | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 6,094 | 1.32% | - | - | 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.]; [ "other " here is those not in following groups: Roman Catholic, Aglipayan, Islam, Iglesia ni Kristo, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Philippines Benevolent Missionaries Association, Seventh-day Adventist, Born Again, Baptist Conference of the Philippines, Bible Baptist, Baptist - other, Lutheran Church, Methodist - other, Assemblies of God, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Salvation Army, Evangelical - other, Protestant - other, Not Stated] |
| Philippines Benevolent Missionaries Association | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 415 | 0.09% | - | - | 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.] |
| Protestant - other | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 11,080 | 2.40% | - | - | 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.]; [ "Protestant - other " is Protestants NOT listed elsewhere in this table in the following groups: Iglesia ni Kristo, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Philippines Benevolent Missionaries Association, Seventh-day Adventist, Born Again, Baptist Conference of the Philippines, Bible Baptist, Baptist - other, Lutheran Church, Methodist - other, Assemblies of God, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Salvation Army, Evangelical - other] |
| Salvation Army | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 92 | 0.02% | - | - | 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.] |
| Seventh-day Adventist | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 1,431 | 0.31% | - | - | 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.] |
| United Church of Christ in the Philippines | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 11,357 | 2.46% | - | - | 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.] |
| unknown | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 923 | 0.20% | - | - | 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.]; [listed in table as "Not Stated "] |
| 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. " |
| Nonreligious | Philippines: Ilocos Sur | - | 0.75% | - | - | 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. " |
| Islam | Philippines: Mindanao | 2,000,000 | - | - | - | 1969 | Hutchinson, John A. Paths of Faith; New York: McGraw-Hill (1969), pg. 476-478. | "Today the Muslim population of China is variously estimated at from 50 million to 70 million, while another 75 million are to be found in Indonesia, and between 1 million and 2 million in Mindanao of the Philippines. " |
| Hanuno'o | Philippines: Mindoro | 6,000 | 1.82% | - | - | 1975 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 482-483. | "Mangyan (Hanuno'o group): Location: Philippines (island of Mindoro); Population: 6,000 (1970s); Language: Hanuno'o; Religion: Native spirit beliefs "; "The Hanuno'o are the best known of the various groups called 'Mangyan' living in the interior of the island of Mindoro. "; Pg. 483: The Hanuno'o live inland from the southernmost tip of Mindoro. In the 1970s, the Hanuno'o numbered 6,000 out of a total of 20-30,000 Mangyan (already a minority on an island inhabited by 300,000 Tagalog and Visayan settlers)... The Hanuno'o recognize certain named deities of creation, but their play only a minor role in everyday life. Ordinarily, more significant to them are nature spirits living in mountains, rocks... " |
| Manuvu' | Philippines: Mindoro | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 486. | "Manuvu' (upland Bagobo): Location: Philippines (island of Mindoro); Population: About 30,000 (1970s); Language: Manuvu'/Bagobo; Religion: Indigenous beliefs "; "The Manuvu' are one of the many Mindanao groups to whom Visayans, Spanish, and Moros apply the name Bagobo (anthropologists specify the Manuvu' as the 'Upland Bagobo'). "; Pg. 487: "According to Manuvu' belief, there are two parallel universes, one good and the other bad, each divided into a skyworld, an earthworld, and an underworld. While the bad universe is only vaguely delineated, the good universe's skyworld consists of nine layers, at the topmost of which resides Manama, the supreme deity... " |
| Aglipayan Church | Philippines: Negros Occidental | 129,012 | 5.30% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site: "Republic of the Philippines: Province of Negros Occidental " (viewed 1998); web page: "Negros Occidental: Religious Sects "; [original sources: NSO, Bacolod] | Table: "Type of Religion: Negros Occidental, 1995 " |
| 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 " |
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