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El Salvador's approximately 6.2 million inhabitants are mostly Christian. For percentages it cites the Institute of Public Opinion of the University of Central America May 2017 survey. Evangelicalism, Evangelical Protestantism is experiencing rapid growth in recent decades while the Catholic share of the population is on decline.
El Salvador is a secular country and the freedom of religion is enshrined in the nation's Constitution of El Salvador, constitution. However, the constitution grants automatic official recognition to the Catholic Church in El Salvador, Roman Catholic Church and requires other religious groups to apply for official recognition through registration.
Religions in El Salvador (2003)
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There is some debate about percentages, the Institute of Public Opinion of the Central American University, University of Central America in May 2017 found 47.5% of the population as Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, and 35.1% as Protestant, 14.5% as not having a religion and the remainder (about 3%) being Jehovah's Witnesses, Hare Krishnas, International Society of Krishna Consciousness, Muslims, Jews, Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼís, Buddhists, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and members of indigenous religions. However, Latinobarómetro in 2017 found 39% were Catholic, 28% Protestant, 30% atheist/agnostic/not religious, 2% other religions, and 1% did not answer. It also found in 1996 that 67% of the population considered themselves Catholic and 15% Protestant.
Iglesia El Rosario, frente a Plaza Libertad.jpg, Iglesia El Rosario, San Salvador
File:Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador.png, San Salvador Cathedral
CATEDRAL DE SAN MIGUEL, EL SALVADOR - panoramio.jpg, Cathedral Basilica of Queen of Peace, San Miguel
Iglesia Don Rua.JPG, Iglesia Don Rua, San Salvador
Fachada principal de la Iglesia El Calvario.JPG, Iglesia El Calvario, San Salvador
El Carmen SantaTecla.jpg, Iglesia El Carmen, San Salvador
Basílica Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.jpg, Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, San Salvador
Iglesia Santa Lucía de Suchitoto.JPG, Iglesia Santa Lucía, Suchitoto
Iglesia Catolica Dulce Nombre de Maria.jpg, Church in Dulce Nombre de María
Santa Ana Iglesia El Carmen.jpg, Iglesia El Carmen, Santa Ana, El Salvador
Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción..jpg, Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Ahuachapán
Zacatecoluca Catedral Nuestra Señora de los Pobres 2.jpg, Our Lady of the Poor Cathedral, Zacatecoluca
San Salvador Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Candelaria.jpg, Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, San Salvador Department
Iglesia del Cristo Negro de Juayua.jpg, Iglesia del Cristo Negro, Juayua
Iglesia de San Pedro Perulapán.jpg, Iglesia de San Pedro Perulapán
Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apostol, Santiago Texacuangos, San Salvador.jpg, Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apostol, Santiago Texacuangos, San Salvador Department
Iglesia del Perpetuo Socorro.JPG, Iglesia del Perpetuo Socorro, San Salvador
Iglesia El Calvario San Miguel El Salvador.jpg, Iglesia El Calvario San Miguel, San Miguel, El Salvador
Iglesia Parroquial de San José Guayabal.JPG, Iglesia Parroquial de San José Guayabal
Catedral San Vicente.jpg, Cathedral of San Vicente, El Salvador
Iglesia Parroquial San Miguel Arcangel en Ilobasco.JPG, Iglesia Parroquial San Miguel Arcangel in Ilobasco
Iglesia San Francisco Gotera - panoramio.jpg, Iglesia San Francisco Gotera
Iglesia Santa Barbara en Sensuntepeque, Cabañas.jpg, Iglesia Santa Barbara en Sensuntepeque
Iglesia de Chalchuapa.jpg, Parroquia Santiago Apostol, Chalchuapa
IGLESIA EL CALVARIO.JPG, Iglesia el Calvario, Santa Ana, El Salvador
Iglesia de San Pedro Nonualco.JPG, Iglesia de San Pedro Nonualco
Iglesia de la Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Izalco.jpg, Iglesia de la Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Izalco
Catedral de Sonsonate.jpg, Sonsonate Cathedral
Iglesia Parroquial San Juan Evangelista, San Juan Opico, El Salvador. Fachada.jpg, :Iglesia Parroquial San Juan Evangelista, San Juan Opico
100 4073.JPG, Iglesia de Panchimalco
International Religious Freedom Report 2017 El Salvador
', US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Religious groups may register with the government for the purposes of tax-exemption and acquiring building permits. Special visas are required for individuals who wish to travel to El Salvador to engage in proselytizing. Public school education is secular. Private schools may include religious content in their curricula, but do not receive government support. Since 2016, clergy have limited access to prisons, due to concerns that some members of the clergy were using prison visits to smuggle items into prisons.
CIA.gov
online review
El Salvador's approximately 6.2 million inhabitants are mostly Christian. For percentages it cites the Institute of Public Opinion of the University of Central America May 2017 survey. Evangelicalism, Evangelical Protestantism is experiencing rapid growth in recent decades while the Catholic share of the population is on decline.
El Salvador is a secular country and the freedom of religion is enshrined in the nation's Constitution of El Salvador, constitution. However, the constitution grants automatic official recognition to the Catholic Church in El Salvador, Roman Catholic Church and requires other religious groups to apply for official recognition through registration.
Historical Trends
*Sources: Based on Pew Center Research (including historical percentages of Catholicism) and CID-Gallup surveys, top of non-religious population based on the National Technological University Investigation at ends 2003/ref>
Religious affiliation
There is some debate about percentages, the Institute of Public Opinion of the Central American University, University of Central America in May 2017 found 47.5% of the population as Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, and 35.1% as Protestant, 14.5% as not having a religion and the remainder (about 3%) being Jehovah's Witnesses, Hare Krishnas, International Society of Krishna Consciousness, Muslims, Jews, Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼís, Buddhists, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and members of indigenous religions. However, Latinobarómetro in 2017 found 39% were Catholic, 28% Protestant, 30% atheist/agnostic/not religious, 2% other religions, and 1% did not answer. It also found in 1996 that 67% of the population considered themselves Catholic and 15% Protestant.
Churches of El Salvador
Protestant denominations
Mision Cristiana Elim Internacional is a large pentecostal denomination started in El Salvador. It claims that its main church in San Salvador has 120,000 attending. The Assemblies of God claim 285,226 members (2007). The Mormons claim 120,317 people in 164 congregations and 1 temple (2015) which if correct would be just under 2% of the population. An IUDOP study in 2009 found that Mormons were 2% of the Protestants they surveyed or about .8% of the total population. They started evangelizing in El Salvador in 1951. The Anglican Church in El Salvador (a diocese of the province of the Anglican Church in Central America) claims 6,000 members in 18 congregations. The Baptist Association of El Salvador claims 4,427 members and the Salvadorean Lutheran Synod about 15,000 in 68 congregations.Religious freedom
The Constitution of El Salvador, constitution of El Salvador provides for the freedom of religion and prohibits religious discrimination. Publicly offending others' religious beliefs or damaging religious objects is punishable by imprisonment. Members of the clergy may not hold senior government positions, and are forbidden from joining political parties.International Religious Freedom Report 2017 El Salvador
', US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Religious groups may register with the government for the purposes of tax-exemption and acquiring building permits. Special visas are required for individuals who wish to travel to El Salvador to engage in proselytizing. Public school education is secular. Private schools may include religious content in their curricula, but do not receive government support. Since 2016, clergy have limited access to prisons, due to concerns that some members of the clergy were using prison visits to smuggle items into prisons.
See also
* Demographics of El Salvador * Roman Catholicism in El Salvador * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in El Salvador * Islam in El Salvador * History of the Jews in El Salvador, Judaism in El SalvadorReferences
CIA.gov
Further reading
* Stephen Offutt, ''New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015) focuses on El Salvador and South Africaonline review
External links
* {{North America topic, Religion in Religion in El Salvador,