Religion in Poland

Religion in Poland according to the 2011 census, conducted by the Central Statistics Office (GUS)

While there are a number of religious communities operating in Poland, the majority of its population adheres to Christianity. Within this, the largest grouping is the Roman Catholic Church - with 87.5% of Poles in 2011 identifying as Roman Catholic, (census conducted by the Central Statistics Office (GUS)). 65% of Polish believers attend church services on a regular basis.

Catholicism continues to play an important role in the lives of many Poles and the Roman Catholic Church in Poland enjoys social prestige and political influence, despite repression experienced under Communist rule. It is particularly regarded by its members as a repository of Polish heritage and culture. Poland lays claim to having the highest proportion of Catholic citizens than any country in Europe except for Malta (including more than in Italy, Spain and Ireland).

This numerical dominance results from the Nazi German Holocaust of Jews living in Poland and the World War II casualties among Polish religious minorities, as well as the flight of German Protestants from the Soviet army at the end of World War II.

The rest of the population consists mainly of Eastern Orthodox (504,150 believers, Polish and Belarusian), various Protestant churches (about 145,600, with the largest being the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland with 61,738 members) and Jehovah's Witnesses (129,270). There are about 85,000 Greek Catholics in Poland. Other religions practiced in Poland, by less than 1% of the population, include Islam and Judaism and to a lesser extent Hinduism and Buddhism.

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