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Statistics of belonging

Selected religious organisations in Poland in 2012
(Listed in order of the decreasing number of adherents and the faithful)

Churches and other religious organisations Number of legal units * Number of clerics Number of members
Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church - Latin Rite
(Obrzadek lacinski)
10 201 30 788 - d 33 384 936 - f
Byzantine-Ukrainian Rite (Obrządek bizantyjsko-ukraiński) 134 76 55 000
Polish Catholic Church **
(Kosciól Polskokatolicki)
74 76 20 752
Armenian Rite (Obrządek ormiański) 3 3 650
Byzantine-Slavic Rite (Obrządek bizantyjsko-słowiański) 1 2 147
Old Catholic
Old Catholic Mariavite Church (Starokatolicki Kosciól Mariawitów) 36 26 23 355
Catholic Mariavite Church
(Kosciól Katolicki Mariawitów)
20 11 - e 1 953
Old Catholic Church **
(Kosciól Starokatolicki)
4 10 1 300
Orthodox
Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church ** (Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny) 233 437 504 150
Orthodox Old believers Church in Poland (Wschodni Kosciól Staroobrzedowców w RP) - - 1 006
Protestant and Protestant tradition
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession **
(Kosciól Ewangelicko-Augsburski)
134 201 61 656
Pentecostal Church (Kosciól Zielonoswiatkowy) 224 396 22 750
Seventh-day Adventists Church
(Kosciól Adwentystów Dnia Siódmego)
148 68 9 638
Christian Church of the Proclaimers of Good News (Chrzescijanski Kosciól Glosicieli Dobrej Nowiny) - - 5 500
New Apostolic Church in Poland
(Kosciól Nowoapostolski w Polsce)
52 63 5 323
Baptist Christian Church **
(Kosciól Chrzescijan Baptystów)
- - 4 864
Evangelical Methodist Church **
(Kosciól Ewangelicko-Metodystyczny)
42 28 4 362
Church of Christ in Poland - b
(Kosciól Chrystusowy w Polsce)
38 118 4 252
Church of God in Christ
(Kosciól Bozy w Chrystusie)
63 183 4.140
Evangelical Reformed Church **
(Kosciól Ewangelicko-Reformowany)
11 7 3 488
Free Christian Church (Kosciól Wolnych Chrzescijan) 42 85 2 829
Church of Evangelical Christians (Kosciól Ewangelicznych Chrzescijan) 46 73 1 941
Church of Christ (Kosciól Chrystusowy) 13 13 1 706
Lay Missionary Movement “Epiphany” (Swiecki Ruch Misyjny "Epifania") 66 351 1 427
Association of Free Bible Students
(Zrzeszenie Wolnych Badaczy Pisma Swietego)
15 37 212
Muslim
Muslim Religious Organization in Poland
(Muzulmanski Zwiazek Religijny w Polsce)
- - 1 132
Far Eastern Religions
Buddhist Mission – Three Shelters in Poland
(Misja Buddyjska – Trzy Schronienia w Polsce)
27 25 - b 2 560 - c
Karma Kamtzang Buddhist Association in Poland
(Zwiazek Buddyjski Karma Kamtzang w Polsce)
9 20 1 500
Others
Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Zwiazek Wyznania Swiadków Jehowy)
1466 - 127 348 - c
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Mormons (Kosciól Jezusa Chrystusa w Dniach Ostatnich - Mormoni) - - 1 013
The Identity Institute “Caitanya’s Mission“
(Instytut Wiedzy o Tozsamosci „Misja Czaitanii”)
9 113 1 580

Source: Central Statistical Office, Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2012, Warsaw 2012

* including, among others, parishes, congregations, religious communities and centres
** churches associated in the Polish Ecumenical Council
a - until 2010 - Community of Christ Churches in Poland
b - data from 2008
c - proclaimers
d - including 71 priests of the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Army
e - among which 8 women
f - baptised persons

D 19 November 2013    AKatarzyna Więcek

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