To Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Uganda | - | 33.00% | - | - | 1999 | Creed, Alexander. Uganda ( "Major World Nations " book series). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 57. | "Most Ugandans practice a Christian religion. About 33% are Roman Catholic... " |
| Christianity | Uganda | 11,154,000 | 66.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 16.9 million [total pop.] (1990). 66% Christian, equally divided between Roman Catholics & Protestants; largest Protestant denomination Anglican (Episcopal). About 15% Muslim. Remainder traditional or no religion. |
| Christianity | Uganda | - | 66.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* "After 22 years of Exile, Asians Return to a Different Uganda " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1994) | Uganda is 66% Christian (half Catholic, half Protestant), 15% Muslim and 19% of tribal religion. |
| Christianity | Uganda | 11,160,000 | 60.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 186. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Christianity | Uganda | 13,320,000 | 66.60% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 448-449. | "Location:Uganda; Population: 20 million "; Pg. 449: "About two-thirds of Ugandans are Christians, evenly divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics. " |
| Christianity | Uganda | - | 66.00% | - | - | 1999 | Creed, Alexander. Uganda ( "Major World Nations " book series). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 57-58. | "Most Ugandans practice a Christian religion. About 33% are Roman Catholic... About 33% of Ugandans are Protestant. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uganda | 1,300 | - | 7 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uganda | 800 | - | - | - | 1996 | "Missionary Efforts Spur Growth in Uganda, Africa " in Ensign (July 1996), pg. 79. | "From these early beginnings, the Church has grown to more than 800 members in just five years. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uganda | 1,694 | - | - | - | 1997 | "LDS in Africa: Growing Membership Sees American Church with Unique Vision, " Salt Lake Tribune, 4 April 1998. Reprinted in Sunstone (June 1998, pg. 71). | Map: Membership totals as of December 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uganda | 1,700 | 0.01% | 7 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of the Nazarene | Uganda | 1,802 | 0.01% | 16 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 5 Jan 1998; total population: 22,012,000 |
| Church of Uganda | Uganda | - | - | - | - | 1999 | Creed, Alexander. Uganda ( "Major World Nations " book series). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 57-58. | "About 33% of Ugandans are Protestant. Many of these belong to the Church of Uganda. Others belong to the Anglican church, the Pentecostal Assembly of God, or the Baptist Church of Uganda. " |
| Churches of Christ | Uganda | 880 | 0.01% | 25 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* official organization web site | table: "STATUS OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA--1995 " (Campbellite) |
| Dodoth | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Evangelical | Uganda | - | 18.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD `79); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 11,900,000. Protestants 26%. Community 1,800,000. Denominations 12, but all Anglicans made illegal in 1977. Evangelicals 18%. |
| Islam | Uganda | 700,000 | 6.00% | - | - | 1978 | Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984], pg. 164-165. [Original src: Weeks, R. (ed.), "Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey " (1978).] | Table: "Approximate Muslim populations and percentages of total populations " |
| Islam | Uganda | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD `79); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 11,900,000. Muslims 6% - growing slightly and temporarily. |
| Islam | Uganda | 4,000,000 | 36.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* Web site: "Arabic Paper "; web page: "Muslim Countries of the World " (viewed 15 June 1999). [Written 1998.] | [NOTE: Unreliable statistical methodology.] "In 1986... Muslim Education Trust organization [U.K.] obtained... 1971 census & [info. from] Embassies of the respective countires... 1971 census showed the Muslim Minorities countries had around 308 Million Muslim.. "; "...add (784.5M [independent Muslim countries]+ 308M) = 1092.5 Million Muslims in 1971 "; Table shows country, "population " [number of Muslims in the country], & % Muslim. Total adds up to 317,391,000, so these figures are apparently intended to be estimates for 1986. |
| Islam | Uganda | 2,535,000 | 15.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 16.9 million [total pop.] (1990). 66% Christian, equally divided between Roman Catholics & Protestants; largest Protestant denomination Anglican (Episcopal). About 15% Muslim. Remainder traditional or no religion. |
| Islam | Uganda | - | 7.00% | - | - | 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% " |
| Islam | Uganda | - | 15.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* "After 22 years of Exile, Asians Return to a Different Uganda " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1994) | Uganda is 66% Christian (half Catholic, half Protestant), 15% Muslim and 19% of tribal religion. |
| Islam | Uganda | 1,260,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; Muslim is "mostly Sunni " |
| Islam | Uganda | 3,296,780 | 16.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 20,604,874. Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%. |
| Islam | Uganda | 1,860,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 186. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Islam | Uganda | 3,330,000 | 16.65% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 448-449. | "Location:Uganda; Population: 20 million "; Pg. 449: "About two-thirds of Ugandans are Christians, evenly divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics. The remaining third are about evenly divided between Muslims and those who practice indigenous, African religion. " |
| Islam | Uganda | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Uganda | - | 16.00% | - | - | 1999 | Creed, Alexander. Uganda ( "Major World Nations " book series). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 58. | "Muslims comprise 16% of the population. After the 1972 Asian deportation, Idi Amin converted to Islam. He authorized the construction of an Islamic university, but it was never built and the funds he received for it were channeled elsewhere. " |
| Islam | Uganda | 1,787,800 | 7.40% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Iteso | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Uganda | 279 | 0.00% | 111 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984), pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Uganda | 2,083 | 0.01% | 32 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 7,603. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Uganda | 2,191 | 0.01% | 33 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uganda | 848 | - | 111 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984), pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uganda | 7,603 | 0.04% | 32 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uganda | 6,822 | 0.03% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jie | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Jonaam | Uganda | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Karamojong | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Lango | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Matheniko | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| other | Uganda | 970,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Anglican, primal-indigenous, Islam |
| Padhola | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Pian | Uganda | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| primal-indigenous | Uganda | - | 19.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* "After 22 years of Exile, Asians Return to a Different Uganda " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1994) | Uganda is 66% Christian (half Catholic, half Protestant), 15% Muslim and 19% of tribal religion. |
| primal-indigenous | Uganda | 2,410,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; listed in table as "traditional beliefs " |
| primal-indigenous | Uganda | 3,708,877 | 18.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 20,604,874. Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%. |
| primal-indigenous | Uganda | 5,580,000 | 30.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 186. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| primal-indigenous | Uganda | 3,330,000 | 16.65% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 448-449. | "Location:Uganda; Population: 20 million "; Pg. 449: "About two-thirds of Ugandans are Christians, evenly divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics. The remaining third are about evenly divided between Muslims and those who practice indigenous, African religion. " |
| primal-indigenous | Uganda | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; listed in table as "animism " |
| primal-indigenous | Uganda | - | - | - | - | 1999 | Creed, Alexander. Uganda ( "Major World Nations " book series). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 58. | "Some tribes still follow their traditional religions. These groups include the Dodoth, the Jie, and the Karamojong, all of which live in the northeastern sections of the country. And many of the people who practice an organized religion retain some tribal beliefs. Most of Uganda's 40 tribes retain some traditional religions beliefs. Many of these are concerned with the supernatural world--especially the relationship between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Followers often believe in several gods: a high god and a collection of lesser spirits. " |
| Protestant | Uganda | 1,800,000 | 26.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD `79); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 11,900,000. Protestants 26%. Community 1,800,000. Denominations 12, but all Anglicans made illegal in 1977. Evangelicals 18%. |
| Protestant | Uganda | 5,577,000 | 33.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 16.9 million [total pop.] (1990). 66% Christian, equally divided between Roman Catholics & Protestants; largest Protestant denomination Anglican (Episcopal). About 15% Muslim. Remainder traditional or no religion. |
| Protestant | Uganda | - | 29.00% | - | - | 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 | Uganda | - | 33.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* "After 22 years of Exile, Asians Return to a Different Uganda " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1994) | Uganda is 66% Christian (half Catholic, half Protestant), 15% Muslim and 19% of tribal religion. |
| Protestant | Uganda | 6,799,608 | 33.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 20,604,874. Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%. |
| Protestant | Uganda | 6,660,000 | 33.30% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 448-449. | "Location:Uganda; Population: 20 million "; Pg. 449: "About two-thirds of Ugandans are Christians, evenly divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics. " |
| Protestant | Uganda | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Protestant | Uganda | - | 33.00% | - | - | 1999 | Creed, Alexander. Uganda ( "Major World Nations " book series). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 57-58. | "About 33% of Ugandans are Protestant. Many of these belong to the Church of Uganda. Others belong to the Anglican church, the Pentecostal Assembly of God, or the Baptist Church of Uganda. " |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia | Uganda | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (1998) | Counted listings in directory of parishes. |
| Sikhism | Uganda | - | - | 2 units |
- | 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 ") |
| Catholic | Uganda - Baganda | 1,275,000 | 42.50% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 35, 37. | "Baganda: Alternate Names: The King's Men; Location: Uganda; Population: About 3 million; Religion: Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism); Islam "; Pg. 37: "The majority of present-day Baganda are Christian, about evenly divided between Catholic and Protestant. Approximately 15% are Muslim... Contemporary Baganda are considered to be extremely religious, whatever their faith, although the Balubaale cult no longer exists. Belief in ancestors and the power of witches are still, however, quite common. " |
| Christianity | Uganda - Baganda | 2,550,000 | 85.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 35, 37. | "Baganda: Alternate Names: The King's Men; Location: Uganda; Population: About 3 million; Religion: Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism); Islam "; Pg. 37: "The majority of present-day Baganda are Christian, about evenly divided between Catholic and Protestant. Approximately 15% are Muslim... Contemporary Baganda are considered to be extremely religious, whatever their faith, although the Balubaale cult no longer exists. Belief in ancestors and the power of witches are still, however, quite common. " |
| Islam | Uganda - Baganda | 150,000 | 15.00% | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, Jim & Joann Biondi. From Afar to Zulu: A Dictionary of African Cultures. New York: Walker Publishing Co. (1995), pg. 24-27. | "Baganda: Population: 1,000,000; Location: Uganda "; Pg. 26: "Today the Baganda make up 20 percent of the Uganda population... "; Pg. 27: "...the majority have adopted Christian beliefs. Some 15% are Muslim. " |
| Islam | Uganda - Baganda | 450,000 | 15.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 35, 37. | "Baganda: Alternate Names: The King's Men; Location: Uganda; Population: About 3 million; Religion: Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism); Islam "; Pg. 37: "The majority of present-day Baganda are Christian, about evenly divided between Catholic and Protestant. Approximately 15% are Muslim... Contemporary Baganda are considered to be extremely religious, whatever their faith, although the Balubaale cult no longer exists. Belief in ancestors and the power of witches are still, however, quite common. " |
| Protestant | Uganda - Baganda | 1,275,000 | 42.50% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 35, 37. | "Baganda: Alternate Names: The King's Men; Location: Uganda; Population: About 3 million; Religion: Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism); Islam "; Pg. 37: "The majority of present-day Baganda are Christian, about evenly divided between Catholic and Protestant. Approximately 15% are Muslim... Contemporary Baganda are considered to be extremely religious, whatever their faith, although the Balubaale cult no longer exists. Belief in ancestors and the power of witches are still, however, quite common. " |
| Hinduism | Uganda: Kampala | 2,500 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* "After 22 years of Exile, Asians Return to a Different Uganda " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1994) | There are approximately 2,500 Hindus now in Kampala, the capital city [of Uganda]. |
| Atheism | Ukraine | - | - | - | - | 1980 | Bassis, Volodymyr. Ukraine (series: Cultures of the World). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1997), pg. 76. | "'They all have hidden crosses on their foreheads,' an American once concluded about Ukrainians after a long term visit to Ukraine. This observation is fairly accurate considering the lengths the communist regime went to discourage religion. At universities, besides an enormous number of ideological subjects, there was also a mandatory course on 'scientific atheism.' The subject was designed to prove that there was no God. Anyone who wanted to reach success in their career was forced to pronounce themselves an atheist. Religion was seen as the most serious obstacle to building Communism. " |
| attendance - weekly | Ukraine | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "The University of Michigan News and Information Services "; web page: "Study identifies worldwide rates of religiosity, church attendance " (viewed 17 April 1999). "News Release: December 10, 1997 " By Diane Swanbrow. | Table: weekly church attendance in various nations. "Source: Based on latest avail. data from... World Values surveys. Results with an asterisk are from the 1990-1991 survey; all others are from 1995-1997 survey. " |
| Baptist World Alliance | Ukraine | 133,337 | 0.26% | 1,958 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 "; [BWA stats. in individual countries are sum of figures for member bodies of BWA in the countries.]; [County population figures for 1998 from United Nations data available here.] |
| Brotherhood of Christians-Baptists of the Ukraine | Ukraine | 7,880 | - | 84 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 " |
| Carpatho-Rusyns | Ukraine | 720,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Rusyn People " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "The estimated number of Carpatho-Rusyns is 1.6 million worldwide. Approximately 45% of the Rusyn People live in Ukraine. " |
| Catholic | Ukraine | - | - | - | - | 1974 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 394. | "The Ukrainian Catholic Church met a similar fate soon after its abolition by the Soviet government in 1946. There were many arrests and assassinations, and many were exiled to Siberia. Although in 1974 a Council on Religious Affairs was created by the Soviets to abolish religious activity, underground Catholic churches continued to operate. " |
| Catholic | Ukraine | 5,752,000 | 11.10% | 3,323 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 | Ukraine | - | 15.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 53,770,000 |
| Catholic - Ukrainian Catholic | Ukraine | 5,000,000 | - | - | - | 1946 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973), pg. 29. | "In 1946 the Uniats of Ukraine (about 5,000,000) and in 1948 those of Rumania (1,500,000) were forcibly separated by the Communists from the Roman Catholic Church and joined to the Russian and Rumanian Orthodox churches. The change was affected by arresting the entire Catholic hierarchy and offering the clergy a choice between imprisonment (or death) and separation from Rome. " |
