Religious buildings in Paris

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The city of Paris, France is home to a large number of religious buildings, of many different religions.

Religion in Paris (2011)[1]

  Catholicism (61%)
  Irreligion (25%)
  Islam (7%)
  Protestantism (4%)
  Judaism (1%)
  Other religion (2%)

Christianity

Main article:
List of churches in Paris
Archdiocese of Paris
.

Like the rest of France, Paris has been predominantly

Catholic since the early Middle Ages, though religious attendance is now low. A majority of Parisians are still nominally Catholic. According to 2011 statistics, there are 106 parishes and curates in the city, plus separate parishes for Spanish, Polish, and Portuguese Catholics. There are an additional 10 Eastern Orthodox parishes, and bishops for the Armenian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. In addition, there are 80 male religious orders and 140 female religious orders in the city, as well as 110 Catholic schools with 75,000 students.[2]

The principal Catholic church in Paris is the Cathedral of

Archbishop of Paris in March 2005.[4]

Almost all Protestant denominations are represented in Paris, with 74

evangelical churches from various denominations,[5] including 21 parishes of the United Protestant Church of France and three stakes and a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There are several important churches for the English-speaking community: the American Church in Paris, founded in 1814, was the first American church outside the United States; the current church was finished in 1931.[6] The Saint George's Anglican Church in the 16th arrondissement is the principal Anglican church in the city.[7]

Islam

The Grand Mosque of Paris (1926) is the oldest mosque in France.

The

First World War.[8]

In 2011, there were nineteen large mosques within the city limits of Paris, all except the Grand Mosque located in the outer arrondissements of the city, as well as hundreds of small prayer rooms. The number of mosques doubled between 1991 and 2011.[9]

Judaism

During the

Marais-quarter Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue, built in 1913 by architect Hector Guimard, is a Paris landmark.[14]

Buddhism and Hinduism

The

Ganesh
, on Rue Pajol in the 18th arrondissement, opened in 1985.

See also

References

  1. ^ IFOP (April 2011). "Les Français et la croyance religieuse" [Religious belief in France] (PDF) (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Statistics on the Catholic Church in Paris" (in French). Archdiocese of Paris. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Notre-Dame de Paris". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Website of the Diocese of Paris" (in French). Archdiocese of Paris.
  5. ^ "Liste des églises évangéliques à Paris" (in French). Eglises.org. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ^ "History, Architecture & Tours". The American Church in Paris. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Welcome to St George's Anglican Church in Paris, France" (in French). St. George's Anglican Church in Paris. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  8. ISBN 2-7071-3904-1
    . Page 78.
  9. ^ "The number of Muslim religious sites has doubled in twenty years". Le Figaro. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Le Bilan de la Shoah en France [Le régime de Vichy]". bseditions.fr.
  11. ^ Yad Vashem [1]
  12. ISBN 978-0-7859-9300-1
    .
  13. ^ "Consistoire de Paris" (in French). Consistoire.org. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  14. ISBN 0-486-29078-6
    .
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