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