To Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Uruguay | - | 48.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic - attend regularly | Uruguay | 909,900 | 30.00% | - | - | 1990 | Morrison, Marion. Uruguay (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Children's Press (1992), pg. 116-117. | "Population: 3,033,000 (1990 estimate)... Uruguay has no official religion. Some 60% of the population follows Roman Catholicism, but less than half of the adults attend church regularly. " |
| Catholic - bishops | Uruguay | 10 | - | - | - | 1977 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years); "Tables courtesy of Anthony Gill " | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic - bishops | Uruguay | 10 | - | - | - | 1982 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years); "Tables courtesy of Anthony Gill " | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic - bishops | Uruguay | 11 | - | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years); "Tables courtesy of Anthony Gill " | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic - bishops | Uruguay | 12 | - | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years); "Tables courtesy of Anthony Gill " | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic - bishops | Uruguay | 13 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years); "Tables courtesy of Anthony Gill " | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic - nuns | Uruguay | 1,581 | - | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 3.1: "Growth or Decline in Religious Sisters, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - nuns | Uruguay | 1,478 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 3.1: "Growth or Decline in Religious Sisters, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - priests | Uruguay | 655 | - | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 2: "Increase in Priests, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - priests | Uruguay | 520 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 2: "Increase in Priests, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - seminarians | Uruguay | 25 | - | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 1.1: "Increase in Seminarians " |
| Catholic - seminarians | Uruguay | 77 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 1.1: "Increase in Seminarians " |
| Charrua | Uruguay | - | - | - | - | 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. 702. | Chapter: "South American Tribal Religions "; map: "Tribal Locations " |
| Christianity | Uruguay | - | 62.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 62%, secular 36%, Jewish 2% " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | 15,000 | - | - | - | 1967 | "The Church in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay " in Ensign (Oct. 1998), pg. 79. | "...Uruguay... has a pop. of about 3.3 million... membership has grown from 15,000 in 1967 to 26,000 in 1979, to 52,000 in 1990, to 71,752 members today. The Church in Uruguay has 15 stakes, 91 wards, 88 branches... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | 26,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | "The Church in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay " in Ensign (Oct. 1998), pg. 79. | |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | 52,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | "The Church in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay " in Ensign (Oct. 1998), pg. 79. | |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | 64,000 | 1.90% | 144 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 | Uruguay | 71,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | "Putting Down Roots in Uruguay " in Ensign (Dec. 1997), pg. 19. | "Just 50 years after the opening of the Uruguay Mission, some 71,000 Uruguyans belong to the Church. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | 69,000 | 2.10% | 170 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 Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | 67,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | There are now about 67,000 Saints in Uruguay, in 14 Stakes. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | 71,752 | 2.17% | 179 units |
- | 1998 | "The Church in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay " in Ensign (Oct. 1998), pg. 79. | |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Uruguay | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Church of the Nazarene | Uruguay | 4,045 | 0.12% | 69 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 13 Jan. 1998; total population: 3,246,000 |
| Consejo de las Congregaciones de los Hermanos Menonitas | Uruguay | 171 | - | 8 units |
- | 1994 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | URUGUAY: Consejo de las Congregaciones de los Hermanos Menonitas; Members (1994): 171; Congregations: 8 |
| Convencion de Iglesias Menonitas en Uruguay | Uruguay | 250 | - | 7 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | URUGUAY... Convencion de Iglesias Menonitas en Uruguay; Members: 250; Congregations: 7 |
| Islam | Uruguay | 500 | 0.01% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Uruguay | 4,799 | 0.17% | 90 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 | Uruguay | 10,395 | 0.34% | 132 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 23,681. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Uruguay | 10,422 | 0.34% | 136 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 | Uruguay | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uruguay | 14,516 | - | 90 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 | Uruguay | 23,681 | 0.78% | 132 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 | Uruguay | 22,434 | 0.74% | - | - | 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. |
| Judaism | Uruguay | 62,000 | 2.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 3.1 million [total pop.] (1991). In 1990 about 66 percent were professed Roman Catholics; 2 percent Protestants; and 2 percent Jews. Remainder nonprofessing or other (less than half of adult population attended church regularly). |
| Judaism | Uruguay | - | 2.00% | - | - | 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% " |
| Judaism | Uruguay | 53,578 | 1.70% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Official department of tourism, Uruguay | Total population: 3.151.662 (Census 1996); Religion: Catholics 56,2%, Non Religious 38,3%, Protestants 2%, Jewish 1,7%, Other 1,1% |
| Judaism | Uruguay | 65,414 | 2.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 3,270,707. Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%. |
| Judaism | Uruguay | 32,500 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jewish Communities of the World web site (1998) | Table: World Jewry. "collected our data from from demographic and other academic studies, community reports, and up-dates in the general media... consulted with experts to verify findings before reaching our assessments and estimates. " |
| Judaism | Uruguay | - | 1.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Judaism | Uruguay | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 62%, secular 36%, Jewish 2% " |
| Konferenz der Mennonitengemeinden in Uruguay | Uruguay | 503 | - | 4 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | URUGUAY... Konferenz der Mennonitengemeinden in Uruguay; Members: 503; Congregations: 4 |
| Mennonite World Conference | Uruguay | 924 | - | - | - | 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: 3. |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | - | 35.00% | - | - | 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% " |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | 1,207,086 | 38.30% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Official department of tourism, Uruguay | Total population: 3.151.662 (Census 1996); Religion: Catholics 56,2%, Non Religious 38,3%, Protestants 2%, Jewish 1,7%, Other 1,1% |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | - | 37.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "South America " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "Possibly the most secularized nation in Latin America, Uruguay has the highest percentage of atheists and agnostics. More than 90 percent of its people are of European origin. " |
| Orthodox (Eastern Christian) | Uruguay | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| other | Uruguay | 1,090,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| other | Uruguay | 981,212 | 30.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 3,270,707. Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%. |
| Protestant | Uruguay | - | 0.01% | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 7/4/87 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Only about one in 10,000 of the population of Uruguay are Protestants. |
| Protestant | Uruguay | 62,000 | 2.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 3.1 million [total pop.] (1991). In 1990 about 66 percent were professed Roman Catholics; 2 percent Protestants; and 2 percent Jews. Remainder nonprofessing or other (less than half of adult population attended church regularly). |
| Protestant | Uruguay | - | 3.00% | - | - | 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 | Uruguay | - | - | - | - | 1992 | Morrison, Marion. Uruguay (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Children's Press (1992), pg. 84. | "Today in Uruguay there is complete freedom to practice any religion, and Evangelical, Baptist, Methodist and other Protestant congregations are represented. " |
| Protestant | Uruguay | 63,033 | 2.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Official department of tourism, Uruguay | Total population: 3.151.662 (Census 1996); Religion: Catholics 56,2%, Non Religious 38,3%, Protestants 2%, Jewish 1,7%, Other 1,1% |
| Protestant | Uruguay | 65,414 | 2.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 3,270,707. Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%. |
| Protestant | Uruguay | - | 3.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia | Uruguay | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (1998) | Counted listings in directory of parishes. |
| secular | Uruguay | - | 36.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 62%, secular 36%, Jewish 2% " |
| SIM International - missionaries | Uruguay | 2 | - | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* "South America " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "One SIM couple entered Uruguay in 1995 and another in 1998. SIM is beginning a cell church ministry in eastern Montevideo and helping the existing evangelical churches to improve their ministry. " |
| SIM International - missionaries | Uruguay | 4 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* "South America " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "One SIM couple entered Uruguay in 1995 and another in 1998. SIM is beginning a cell church ministry in eastern Montevideo and helping the existing evangelical churches to improve their ministry. " |
| miscellaneous regional info | Uruguay | - | - | - | - | 1969 | Carpenter, Allan & Jean Currens Lyon. Uruguay (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Childrens Press (1969), pg. 57. | "Most of the people are Roman Catholic but freedom of religion provides opportunity for Holy Trinity Anglican (British) and Emmanuel Methodist Churches (American) to hold services in English. There are also a number of Jewish synagogues. " |
| miscellaneous regional info | Uruguay | - | - | - | - | 1992 | Morrison, Marion. Uruguay (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Children's Press (1992), pg. 84. | "Today in Uruguay there is complete freedom to practice any religion, and Evangelical, Baptist, Methodist and other Protestant congregations are represented. The Catholic Church does run some schools... But religion is not an important aspect of daily life and is not taught in state schools... in some remote parts of the country there are no churches. " |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | Utah | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1890 | *LINK* Mims, Bob. "AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCHES IN UTAH: They Have Come a Long Way Since Trek With Mormon Wagon Train " in Salt Lake Tribune (12 Feb 2000) | "The first [African-American church in Utah], in 1890, was Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church. " |
| Agnostic | Utah | - | 0.90% | - | - | 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. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Utah | 2,775 | 0.16% | 10 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,971. |
| Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) | Utah | 6 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 04. [Listed as 'Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean).'] |
| Asatru | Utah | 3 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | *LINK* Mims, Bob. "Battling Toward Valhalla: Practitioners of Asatru celebrate life in the way of the ancient Vikings " in Salt Lake Tribune (Saturday, January 30, 1999). | "Parker, who has seen Asatru in Utah grow to four kindreds [congregations] and 50 adherents since he launched his Eagle's Kindred with two other believers in 1993... " |
| Asatru | Utah | 50 | - | 4 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Mims, Bob. "Battling Toward Valhalla: Practitioners of Asatru celebrate life in the way of the ancient Vikings " in Salt Lake Tribune (Saturday, January 30, 1999). | "Parker, who has seen Asatru in Utah grow to four kindreds [congregations] and 50 adherents since he launched his Eagle's Kindred with two other believers in 1993... admits his beliefs today represent 'quite a transition' from his fundamentalist Baptist upbringing. " |
| Assemblies of God | Utah | 6,450 | 0.37% | 29 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,919. [Listed as 'Assemblies of God.'] |
| Assemblies of God | Utah | - | 0.20% | - | - | 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. |
| Bahai Faith | Utah | 300 | - | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Baha'is Prayerfully To Choose National Convention Delegate " in Salt Lake Tribune (14 Oct 2000) | More than 150 members of Salt Lake City's Baha'i community, along with some from southern Wyoming, western Colorado and parts of Idaho, are meeting today at the University of Utah to select a delegate to the national Baha'i convention that will, in turn, elect members of the faith's governing council in the United States... The Baha'i religion... has a membership of... about 300 in Utah. |
| Baptist | Utah | - | 2.40% | - | - | 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. |
| Baptist - black denominations | Utah | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1892 | *LINK* Mims, Bob. "AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCHES IN UTAH: They Have Come a Long Way Since Trek With Mormon Wagon Train " in Salt Lake Tribune (12 Feb 2000) | "The first [African-American church in Utah], in 1890, was Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church. Two years later, Calvary Baptist became the second. " |
