Protestantism in Poland

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Protestantism in Poland

  Lutherans (42%)
  Pentecostals (34%)
  Seventh-day Adventists (7%)
  Baptists (4%)
  Methodists (3%)
  Calvinists (2%)
  Other Protestants (8%)

Protestantism in Poland is the third largest faith in Poland, after the Roman Catholic Church (32,440,722) and the Polish Orthodox Church (503,996).[1] As of 2018 there were 103 registered Protestant denominations in Poland.[2] Most Protestants (mainly Lutherans) in the country live in historically Protestant regions such as Cieszyn Silesia and Warmia-Masuria and in major urban areas. However, almost all urban and rural areas in Poland are predominantly Roman Catholic. The only town in the country with a majority Protestant population is Wisła.[3]

Major denominations (with at least two thousand followers) classified as Protestant by Poland's Central Statistical Office (as of 2020) include:[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mały Rocznik Statystyczny Polski 2021 (Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2021) (PDF) (in Polish and English). Warszawa: Statistics Poland. 2021. p. 119. ISSN 1640-3630.
  2. ^ Wyznania religijne w Polsce 2015–2018 (PDF). Warszawa: Statistics Poland. 2020. p. 26. ISBN 9788366466005. (in Polish and English)
  3. ^ "Prezydent na nabożeństwie ekumenicznym w Wiśle". Polish Ecumenical Council. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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