Protestantism in Italy

Protestant church in Bordighera, Liguria

Protestantism in Italy comprises a minority of the country's religious population.

The Catholic Church is by far the largest Christian denomination, but Protestantism has a significant presence. While the CESNUR (an Italian think tank devoted to religious studies, especially on new religions in Italy) asserts that there are 442,377 Protestants in Italy, due to the difficulty of keeping accurate records regarding the proclaimed religion of immigrants to the country, that number likely reflects, at best, only an approximation of the actual number of Protestants in the country.[1][better source needed]

In 2022, non-Catholic Christians made up 4% of the population,[2] while estimates suggest that 0.65% of the country has a Protestant background.[3]

  1. ^ Introvigne, Massimo; Zoccatelli, PierLuigi (2014-03-06). "Le Religioni in Italia". cesnur.com. CENSUR. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. ^ US State Dept 2022 report
  3. ^ The ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-28