Editing Milwaukee (section)

===Religion===
[[File:Milwaukee Cathedral 3.jpg|thumb|[[Basilica of St. Josaphat]] in Milwaukee's historic [[Lincoln Village, Milwaukee|Lincoln Village]] ]]

As of 2010, approximately 51.8% of residents in the Milwaukee area said they regularly attended religious services. 24.6% of the Milwaukee area population identified as [[Catholic]], 10.8% as [[Lutheran]], 1.6% as [[Methodist]], and 0.6% as [[Judaism|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/m/33340/rcms2010_33340_metro_name_2010.asp|title=Metro-Area Membership Report: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI CMSA|access-date=September 11, 2015|year=2012|publisher=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016085038/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/m/33340/rcms2010_33340_metro_name_2010.asp|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Milwaukee metro area contains the majority of the state's Jewish population,<ref name="Sheskin">{{cite book|last1=Sheskin|first1=Ira M.|last2=Dashefsky|first2=Arnold|title=American Jewish Year Book 2017|chapter=United States Jewish Population, 2017|chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70663-4_5|date=2018|volume=117|pages=179–284|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-70663-4_5|isbn=978-3-319-70662-7|access-date=October 5, 2023|issn=0065-8987}}</ref> and has a long [[Jews in Milwaukee|history of Jewish immigration]] from German-speaking and Eastern European countries.<ref name="Cohen">{{cite web|last1=Cohen|first1=Sheila Terman|title=What Happened To Wisconsin's Once-Thriving Smaller Jewish Communities?|url=https://www.wiscontext.org/what-happened-wisconsins-once-thriving-smaller-jewish-communities|website=WisContext|access-date=August 1, 2022|language=en|date=September 25, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee]] is headquartered in the city. The [[School Sisters of St. Francis]] have their [[motherhouse]] in Milwaukee, and several other religious orders have a significant presence in the area, including the [[Jesuits]] and [[Franciscan]]s. Milwaukee, where [[Joseph Kentenich]] was exiled for 14 years from 1952 to 1965, is also the center for the [[Schoenstatt Movement]] in the US. Milwaukee is home to numerous historic Catholic parishes, including the [[Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee)|Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist]]. The oldest church building in Milwaukee is [[St. Joan of Arc Chapel]], which was built {{circa|1420}} in France and presently located on the [[Marquette University]] campus. The [[Basilica of St. Josaphat]] was the first church to be given [[Basilicas in the Catholic Church|basicila designation]] in Wisconsin and the third in the US. [[Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians]], northwest of Milwaukee in [[Hubertus, Wisconsin]], was also made a basilica in 2006.

The [[Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee]] is based in the city, as are several [[Lutheran]] bodies, including the [[Greater Milwaukee Synod]] of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]; the [[South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod|South Wisconsin District]] of the [[Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod]], which operates [[Concordia University Wisconsin]] in the suburb of [[Mequon, Wisconsin|Mequon]]; and the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]], which was founded in Milwaukee in 1850 and has headquarters in the suburb of [[Waukesha, Wisconsin|Waukesha]]. [[Milwaukee Lutheran High School]] and [[Wisconsin Lutheran High School]] are the nation's oldest Lutheran high schools.

The [[St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Milwaukee)|St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral]] is a landmark of the Serbian community in Milwaukee, located by the American Serb hall, which the congregation also operated until putting it up for sale in January 2021 due to financial challenges caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Maredithe|date=January 26, 2021|title=Iconic Milwaukee venue Serb Hall up for sale|url=https://biztimes.com/iconic-milwaukee-venue-serb-hall-up-for-sale/|access-date=March 2, 2021|website=BizTimes – Milwaukee Business News|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] has a presence in the Milwaukee area. The Milwaukee area has two stakes, with fourteen wards and four branches among them. The closest temple is the [[Chicago Illinois Temple]]. The area is part of the [[Mission (LDS Church)|Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission]].<ref name="LDS">{{cite web|url=http://www.lds.org|title=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Official Website|access-date=April 11, 2011|year=2011}}</ref>