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Christianity is the dominant religion in South Africa, with 85.3% of the population in 2022 professing to be Christian. No single denomination predominates, with mainstream Protestant churches, Pentecostal churches, African initiated churches, and the Catholic Church all having significant numbers of adherents.
Christianity by country. Christianity is the dominant religion in South Africa, with almost 80% of the population in 2001 professing to be Christian. No single denomination predominates, with mainstream Protestant churches, Pentecostal churches, African initiated churches, and the Catholic Church all having significant numbers of adherents.
Jurisdictions. The Catholic Church in South Africa consists of five Archdioceses (Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Pretoria), 22 Dioceses, 2 Vicariates Apostolic and a Military Ordinariate. The five Ecclesiastical provinces are—. Bloemfontein. Leadership: Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani S.C.J., appointed 1 April 2020.
Religion in Africa (2020 estimate) [1] Christianity (49.3%) Islam (41.5%) Traditional faiths (7.9%) None / Other (1.3%) Religion in Africa is multifaceted and has been a major influence on art, culture and philosophy. Today, the continent's various populations and individuals are mostly adherents of Christianity, Islam, and to a lesser extent ...
Protestantism in South Africa accounted for 73.2% of the population in 2010. [1] Approximately 81% of South Africans are Christian and 5 out of 6 Christians are Protestant (c. 36.5 million people). Later censuses do not ask for citizens’ religious affiliations. [2] Estimates in 2017 suggested that 62.5% of the population are Protestant.
Islam by country. South Africa is a Christian majority nation with Islam being a minority religion, practised by roughly 1.6% of the total population. [4] Islam in South Africa has grown in three different phases. The first phase brought the earliest Muslims as part of the involuntary migration of slaves, artisans, political prisoners, and ...
Christianity in Africa arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD, and in the 21st century the majority of Africans are Christians. [1] Several African Christians influenced the early development of Christianity and shaped its doctrines, including Tertullian, Perpetua, Felicity, Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo.
The Constitution nevertheless enshrines the right to freedom of religion. Chapter 2 of the Constitution of South Africa, the Bill of Rights, contains a number of provisions dealing with religious freedom. Section 9, the equality clause, prohibits unfair discrimination on various grounds including religion and requires national legislation to be ...