Christian state
Established Churches and former state Churches

Christian state

Section Title: Established Churches and former state Churches
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Country	Church	Denomination	Disestablished

Anhalt	Evangelical State Church of Anhalt	united Protestant	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 Protestant	1918

Bavaria	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1918

Bolivia	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	2009

Brazil	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1890

Brunswick	Evangelical Lutheran State Church in Brunswick	Lutheran	1918

Bulgaria	Bulgarian Orthodox Church	Eastern Orthodox	1946

Chile	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1925

Colombia	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1936

Connecticut Colony	Congregational Church	Reformed	1818

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	Current

East Florida	Church of England	Anglican	1783

England	Church of England	Anglican	Current

Ethiopia	Ethiopian Orthodox Church	Oriental Orthodox	1974

Faroe Islands	Church of the Faroe Islands	Lutheran	Current; elevated from a diocese of the Church of Denmark in 2007 (the two remain in close cooperation)

Finland	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland	Lutheran	1869

Finnish Orthodox Church	Eastern Orthodox	1917

France	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1905

Georgia	Georgian Orthodox Church	Eastern Orthodox	1921

Greece	Greek Orthodox Church	Eastern Orthodox	The Church of Greece is recognized by the Greek Constitution as the "prevailing religion" in Greece. However, this provision does not give official status to the Church of Greece, while all other religions are recognized as equal and may be practiced freely.

Greenland	Church of Denmark	Lutheran	Current; under discussion to be elevated from The Diocese of Greenland in the Church of Denmark to a state church for Greenland, along‐the‐lines the Faroese Church took in 2007

Guatemala	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1871

Haiti	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1987

Hawaii	Church of Hawaii	Anglican	1893

Hesse	Evangelical Church in Hesse	united Protestant	1918

Hungary	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1946

Iceland	Lutheran Evangelical Church	Lutheran	Current

Kingdom of Ireland	Church of Ireland	Anglican	1871

Republic of Ireland	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1973

Italy	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1985

Liechtenstein	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	Current

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	Current

Republic of Macedonia	Macedonian Orthodox Church	Eastern Orthodox	1921

Malta	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	Current

Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Lutheran	1918

Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Mecklenburg-Strelitz State Church	Lutheran	1918

Mexico	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1857 (reestablished between 1864 and 1867)

Monaco	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	Current

Netherlands	Dutch Reformed Church	Reformed	1795

New Brunswick	Church of England	Anglican

Norway	Church of Norway	Lutheran	2017

Nova Scotia	Church of England	Anglican	1850

Oldenburg	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oldenburg	Lutheran	1918

Panama	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1904

Paraguay	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1992

Philippines	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1898

Poland	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1947

Portugal	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1910, 1976 (reestablished between 1933 and 1974)

Prince Edward Island	Church of England	Anglican

Province of Georgia, British America	Church of England	Anglican	1789

Province of Maryland	Church of England	Anglican	1776

Province of Massachusetts Bay	Congregational Church	Reformed	1834

Province of New Hampshire	Church of England	Anglican	1877

Province of North Carolina	Church of England	Anglican	1776

Province of South Carolina	Church of England	Anglican	1790

Prussia pre 1866 provinces	Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces with nine ecclesiastical provinces	united Protestant	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 Protestant	1918

Prussia Province of Hesse-Nassau (partially)	Evangelical Church of Electoral Hesse	united Protestant	1918

Prussia Province of Hesse-Nassau (partially)	Evangelical State Church in Nassau	united Protestant	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 Orthodox	1920

Spain	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1978

Sweden	Church of Sweden	Lutheran	2000

Switzerland	separate Cantonal Churches («Landeskirchen»)	Zwinglianism & Calvinism or Catholic	during the 20th century

Tuvalu	Church of Tuvalu	Reformed	Current

United Province of Canada	Church of England	Anglican	1854

Uruguay	Roman Catholic Church	Catholic	1918 (into effect in 1919)

Virginia	Church of England	Anglican	1786

Waldeck	Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont	united Protestants	1918

Wales	Church of England	Anglican	1920

West Florida	Church of England	Anglican	1783

Württemberg	Evangelical State Church in Württemberg	Lutheran	1918

Sentence(s)

Finland has two churches, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Finnish Orthodox Church.

final_sentence: Finland has two churches, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Finnish Orthodox Church.