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    Religion in Austria

    Religion in Austria is predominantly Christianity, adhered to by 68.2% of the country's population according to the 2021 national survey conducted by Statistics Austria. Among Christians, 80.9% were Catholics, 7.2% were Orthodox Christians, 5.6% were Protestants, while the remaining 6.2% were other Christians, belonging to other denominations of the religion or not affiliated to any denomination. In the same census, 8.3% of the Austrians declared that their religion was Islam, 1.2% declared to believe in other non-Christian religions, and 22.4% declared they did not belong to any religion, denomination or religious community. According to church membership data, in 2023 50.6% of the population were Roman Catholics and 2.7% adhered to Protestant churches. Austria was historically a strongly Catholic country, having been the centre of the Habsburg monarchy which championed Roman Catholicism. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Catholicism is the largest religion in Austria, representing 57.9% [11] of the total population in 2017. The Catholic Church 's governing body in Austria is the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops, made up of the hierarchy of the two archbishops (Vienna, Salzburg), the bishops and the abbot of territorial abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau .
  3. worldatlas.com

    Learn about the religious diversity and history of Austria, where Roman Catholics are the majority but other faiths are also tolerated. Find out the share of each belief system, the cultural influence of religion, and the legal system of religious freedom.
  4. shunculture.com

    Austria's constitution and religion. Austria's constitution guarantees freedom of religion. This is enshrined in the Patents of Tolerance of 1781/82 and Article 14 of the Basic Law on the General Rights of Nationals of 1867. The Austrian legal system is religiously neutral and does not identify with any specific church or religious community.
  5. culturalatlas.sbs.com.au

    Religious freedom is guaranteed in the Austrian constitution. Since the 2001 Census for Austria, no official data has been collected on religious affiliation to maintain a secular stance. Nonetheless, Christianity, particularly Roman Catholicism, continues to be the predominant religion in Austria.
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  7. What is Austria's main religion? Catholicism is the largest religion in Austria, representing 57.9% of the total population in 2017. What is Austria's national religion? Religious freedom is guaranteed in the Austrian constitution. Since the 2001 Census for Austria, no official data has been collected on religious affiliation to maintain a secular stance.
  8. bundeskanzleramt.gv.at

    Religion in Austria. 1 Introduction. Faith and religion are expressions of the spiritual, traditional, collective and historical . experiences of human beings and peoples. Freedom of creed and conscience, and the . freedom of beliefs among religious communities, are basic human rights and essential .
  9. statistik.at

    In addition, Statistics Austria records the number of withdrawals as well as admissions and readmissions among the religious communities in Austria that are subject to church contributions (Roman Catholic, Protestant - Augsburg Confession and Helvetian Confession, Old Catholic). These statistics on changes of religion are based on a survey of ...
  10. Austria's Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and the government generally respects this right in practice. However, it is important to note that some religious groups in Austria may receive second-class status or no status under the 1998 Law on the Status of Religious Confessional Communities.
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