State Religion - Established Churches and Former State Churches

Established Churches and Former State Churches

Country Church Denomination Disestablished
Anhalt Evangelical State Church of Anhalt united 1918
Armenia Armenian Apostolic Church Oriental Orthodox 1921
Austria Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1918
Baden Roman Catholic Church and the United Evangelical Protestant State Church of Baden Catholic and united 1918
Bavaria Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1918
Bolivia Roman Catholic Church Catholic 2009
Brazil Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1890
Duchy of Brunswick Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Brunswick Lutheran 1918
Bulgaria Bulgarian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox 1946
Chile Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1925
Cuba Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1902
Cyprus Cypriot Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox 1977 with the death of the Ethnarch Makarios III
Czechoslovakia Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1920
Denmark Church of Denmark Lutheran no
England Church of England Anglican no
Ethiopia Ethiopian Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox 1974
Finland Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Lutheran 1869
France Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1905
Georgia Georgian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox 1921
Greece Greek Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox no
Guatemala Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1871
Haiti Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1987
Hesse Evangelical Church in Hesse united 1918
Hungary Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1946
Iceland Lutheran Evangelical Church Lutheran no
Ireland Church of Ireland Anglican 1871
Italy Roman Catholic Church Catholic 18 February 1984 (into force 25 April 1985)
Liechtenstein Roman Catholic Church Catholic no
Lippe Church of Lippe Reformed 1918
Lithuania Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1940
Lübeck Evangelical Lutheran Church in the State of Lübeck Lutheran 1918
Luxembourg Roman Catholic Church Catholic ?
Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox 1921
Malta Roman Catholic Church Catholic no
Mecklenburg-Schwerin Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Lutheran 1918
Mecklenburg-Strelitz Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Lutheran 1918
Mexico Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1874
Monaco Roman Catholic Church Catholic no
Mongolia Tibetan Buddhism n/a 1926
Netherlands Dutch Reformed Church Reformed 1795
Norway Church of Norway Lutheran 2012
Oldenburg Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oldenburg Lutheran 1918
Panama Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1904
Paraguay Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1992
Poland Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1947
Portugal Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1910, 1976 (Reestablished between 1933 and 1974).
Prussia
pre 1866 provinces		 Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces with nine ecclesiastical provinces united 1918
Prussia
Province of Hanover		 Evangelical Reformed State Church of the Province of Hanover Reformed 1918
Prussia
Province of Hanover		 Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover Lutheran 1918
Prussia
Province of Hesse-Nassau (partially)		 Evangelical State Church of Frankfurt upon Main united 1918
Prussia
Province of Hesse-Nassau (partially)		 Evangelical Church of Electoral Hesse united 1918
Prussia
Province of Hesse-Nassau (partially)		 Evangelical State Church in Nassau united 1918
Prussia
Prov. of Schleswig-Holstein		 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig-Holstein Lutheran 1918
Quebec Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1960
Romania Romanian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox 1947
Russia Russian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox 1917
Thuringia church bodies in principalities which merged in Thuringia in 1920 Lutheran 1918
Saxony Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Saxony Lutheran 1918
Schaumburg-Lippe Evangelical State Church of Schaumburg-Lippe Lutheran 1918
Scotland Church of Scotland Presbyterian State control disclaimed since 1638. Formally recognised as not an established church in 1921
Serbia Serbian Orthodox Church Eastern 1921
Spain Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1978
Sweden Church of Sweden Lutheran 2000
Switzerland none since the adoption of the Federal Constitution (1848) n/a n/a
Turkey Islam Islam 1928
Uruguay Roman Catholic Church Catholic 1919
United States Episcopal Church Anglican 1792; Colonial legislature required for all citizens in the colonies to be members of a church. During the American Revolution, many people did not want ties to the Church of England, so it was reformed under the Episcopal Church. Many stuck with this religion and it was subtly recognized until the Bill of Rights was passed in Congress from a growing desire for guaranteed rights. This desire stemmed principally from anti-Federalists who demanded separation of church and state at the Philadelphia Convention and would otherwise refuse to sign the Constitution.
Waldeck Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont united 1918
Wales Church in Wales Anglican 1920
Württemberg Evangelical State Church in Württemberg Lutheran 1918

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