National church

The term national church is usually a reference to a church organization in Christianity that claims pastoral jurisdiction over a nation. The term should not be confused with established church (state church): a national church differs from a state church such that a national church does not necessarily need to be officially endorsed by the state, and even may be persecuted by the government (as Orthodox churches were persecuted under communist regimes). A state religion is similar to a national or state church, except the religion need not be Christian.
The term national church (or independent church) is used a lot within, but is not shortened to, the Anglican Communion and Orthodox Christianity. For example, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America considers itself to be the national church of the United States.
In Catholicism, the term national church might mean to a parish catering to immigrants from another nation.
List of National Churches
A
Armenia - Armenian Apostolic Church
Australia - Uniting Church in Australia, Anglican Church of Australia
Austria - Roman Catholic Church
B
Bangladesh - Church of Bangladesh
Bermuda - United Church of Bermuda
Brazil - Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Bulgaria - Bulgarian Orthodox Church
C
Canada - United Church of Canada, Anglican Church of Canada
China (PRC) - Three-Self Patriotic Movement, China Christian Council, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Cyprus - Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Czech Republic - Czechoslovak Hussite Church
Congo (Democratic Republic) - Church of Christ in Congo
D
Denmark - Church of Denmark
E
Egypt - Coptic Orthodox Church
England - Church of England
Eritrea - Eritrean Orthodox Church
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Orthodox Church
F
Finland - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Finnish Orthodox Church
France - Gallican Church
G
Georgia Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
Germany - Evangelical Church in Germany
Greece - Greek Orthodox Church
H
Hungary - Reformed Church in Hungary
I
Iceland - Lutheran Evangelical Church
India - Church of North India, Church of South India, Indian Orthodox Church and Mar Thoma Church
Indonesia - Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja di Indonesia Communion of Indonesian Churches (Reformed and Lutherans)
Iraq - Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church,
Ireland - Celtic Church, Church of Ireland
Israel/Palestinian territories - Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan & the Holy Land
Italy - Roman Catholic Church, Lombardy, Ambrosian Catholic Church,
J
Jamaica - United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Japan - United Church of Christ in Japan
L
Lebanon - Maronite Catholic Church
K
Kiribati - Kiribati Congregational Church
M
Madagascar - Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
Malta - Maltese Catholic Church
Macedonia, Republic Macedonian Orthodox Church
Mexico - Iglesia Catolica Apostolica Mexicana (ICAM), Hostia Sangrante www.sagradahostia.org
N
Namibia - United Evangelical Church of Namibia
Nauru - Nauru Congregational Church
Netherlands - Protestant Church in the Netherlands
New Zealand - Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia; Maori Ratana Church
Nicaragua - Miskitos Moravian Church
Nigeria - National Association of Aladura Churches, Church of Nigeria
Norway - Church of Norway
P
Pakistan - Church of Pakistan
Papua New Guinea - United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Philippines - Philippine Independent Church
Poland - Polish Catholic Church
Portugal - Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church
R
Romania - none; traditionally the Romanian Orthodox Church has seen itself as the national church, but since 2004 the ROC resigned to any claim of this status to conform with the country's secular constituition.
Russia - Russian Orthodox Church
S
Samoa - Congregational Christian Church in Samoa
Serbia - Serbian Orthodox Church
Scotland - Church of Scotland
Slovakia -
Solomon Island - United Church of Solomon Islands
South Africa - Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Afrikaner Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Spain - Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
Sweden - Church of Sweden
Switzerland - Swiss Reformed Church - some cantons
Syria - Syriac Orthodox Church Jacobite, Syrian Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch.