Religion in the Canary Islands (2019)[1]
As in the rest of Spain, the majority religion in the Canary Islands is the Catholic Church.[2][3] The Catholic religion has been the majority since the Conquest of the Canary Islands in the fifteenth century. This religion would largely replace the Canarian aboriginal religion through the prohibition of the latter and syncretism. According to a survey conducted in 2019, Canary Islands is the fifth autonomous community in Spain with the highest percentage of people who declare themselves to be Catholics after the Region of Murcia, Extremadura, Galicia, Aragon, and Castile and León. 76.7% of the population is Catholic.[1]
In the Canary Islands there are also minorities of other religions, such as Islam,[4] Evangelical Churches,[4] Hinduism,[4] Afro-American religion,[4] Chinese Religions,[4] Buddhism,[4] Baháʼí Faith[4] and Judaism,[4] as well as the existence in the archipelago of a form of autochthonous neo-paganism, the Church of the Guanche People. The Canary Islands is currently one of the regions with the greatest religious diversity in Spain and Europe.