Editing French Polynesia (section)

=== Religion ===
[[File:TuamotuCemetery.jpg|thumb|Cemetery in the [[Îles Tuamotu-Gambier|Tuāmotu]]]]
[[Christianity]] is the main religion of the islands. A majority of 54% belongs to various [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches, especially the [[Maohi Protestant Church]], which is the largest and accounts for more than 50% of the population.<ref name=tahitipresse>{{cite news |title=126th Maohi Protestant Church Synod to last one week |url=http://en.tahitipresse.pf/2010/07/126th-maohi-protestant-church-synod-to-last-one-week/ |work=[[Tahitipresse]] |date=26 July 2010 |access-date=31 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729164942/http://en.tahitipresse.pf/2010/07/126th-maohi-protestant-church-synod-to-last-one-week/ |archive-date=29 July 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> It traces its origins to [[Pōmare II]], the king of Tahiti, who converted from traditional beliefs to the [[Reformed tradition]] brought to the islands by the [[London Missionary Society]].

[[Catholic Church|Catholics]] constitute a large minority of 38.3%<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Papeete (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpape.html|access-date=2021-08-15|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815081524/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpape.html|url-status=live}}</ref> of the population (2019)<ref name=":0" /> which has its own [[ecclesiastical province]], comprising the Metropolitan [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete|Archdiocese of Papeete]] and its only [[suffragan]], the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae|Diocese of Taiohae]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/PF.htm|website=GCatholic|title=Catholic Church in Territory of French Polynesia|access-date=1 April 2017|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210045604/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/PF.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The number and proportion of Catholics has increased significantly since 1950, when they represented 21.6% of the total population.<ref name=":0" />

Data from 1991 revealed that Catholics were in the majority in the [[Tuamotu Islands]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Saura|first=Bruno|date=1991|title=The Tahitian Churches and the Problem of the French Presence in 1991|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25169083|journal=The Journal of Pacific History|volume=26|issue=2|pages=347–357|doi=10.1080/00223349108572673|jstor=25169083|issn=0022-3344|access-date=15 August 2021|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815003850/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25169083|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Gambier Islands]]<ref name=":1" /> and the [[Marquesas Islands]],<ref name=":1" /> while Protestants formed the majority in the [[Austral Islands]]<ref name=":1" /> and several of the [[Society Islands]] such as Tahiti.<ref name=":1" /> This diversity is due to the fact that Protestant missionaries (from [[England]] and the [[United States]]) first came to one group of islands, and after French colonisation the [[Catholic Church]] spread to several more scattered islands, but also to the main island of Tahiti.<ref name=":1" />

[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in French Polynesia|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] had 28,147 members {{As of|2018||lc=y}}.<ref>[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/french-polynesia LDS Newsroom Statistical Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712232042/https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/french-polynesia |date=12 July 2019 }}. Retrieved 25 March 2020.</ref> [[Community of Christ]], another denomination within the [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter-Day Saint]] tradition, claimed 9,256 total French Polynesian members as of 2018<ref>Saturday/Sunday Bulletin World Conference 2019. Community of Christ. 2019. pp. 15–16.</ref> including Mareva Arnaud Tchong who serves in the church's governing [[Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ)|Council of Twelve Apostles]]. There were about 3,000 [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] in Tahiti {{As of|2014|lc=y}},<ref>{{cite book|title=2015 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses|publisher=Watch Tower Society|page=186}}</ref> and an estimated 500 Muslims in French Polynesia.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8dbb5.html| title = State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 – Case study: Tahiti: Islamophobia in French Polynesia| access-date = 31 May 2020| archive-date = 9 January 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109123410/http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8dbb5.html| url-status = live}}</ref>