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Europe > Switzerland > Religion

SWISS RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Catholic > Cardinal electors 1 [26th of 63]
Catholic > Cardinals 3 [13th of 65]
Catholic > Diocesan priests 1,817 [25th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses 8 [63rd of 150]
Catholic > Parishes 1,662 [22nd of 149]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons 148 [18th of 90]
Catholic > Total Priests 3,091 [21st of 149]
Catholics 3,140,000 [50th of 140]
Catholics as percentage 46.26 [50th of 150]
Church attendance 16% [31st of 53]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 4.4% [90th of 168]
Islam > Population 329,532 [96th of 165]
Jehovahs Witnesses 17,958 [52nd of 178]
Jews 18,000 [26th of 89]
Religions > Roman Catholic 41.8 % [55th of 96]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 48 % [49th of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total 3,633,600 [53rd of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 4,258 [107th of 232]
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Denomination
none since the adoption of the Federal Constitution (1848)
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished
none since the adoption of the Federal Constitution (1848)

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SOURCES: Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Catholic Hierarchy.org; World Values Survey; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; CIA World Factbook; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country ; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; Wikipedia: State religion

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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