Editing Glasgow (section)

===Religion===
Glasgow is a city of significant religious diversity. As per the 2022 census, the largest group with 43 % has no religion followed by the [[Roman Catholicism in Scotland|Roman Catholic Church]] which represents nearly 21 % of the population.

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001, 2011 and 2022 censuses in Glasgow.

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!rowspan="2"|Current religion
!colspan="2"|2001<ref name="scotland2001"/>||colspan="2"|2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/standard-outputs.html |title=Scotland's Census 2011&nbsp;– Table KS209SCb |publisher=scotlandscensus.gov.uk |accessdate=3 November 2015 }}</ref>||colspan="2"|2022<ref name="2022census_Scot">{{cite web |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/media/trbdxzme/scotland-s-census-2022-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-chart-data.xlsx |title=Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 May 2024 |website=Scotland's Census |publisher=[[National Records of Scotland]] |access-date=21 May 2024 }} [https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/search-by Alternative URL] 'Search data by location' > 'Local Authority (CA2019)' > 'Glasgow City' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Religion'</ref>
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!Number
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!Number
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!Number
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|Christianity||align=right|'''374,393'''||align=right|'''64.79%'''||align=right|'''322,954'''||align=right|'''54.44%'''||align=right|'''240,337'''||align=right|'''38.72%'''
|-
|–[[Catholic Church in Scotland|Roman Catholic]]||align=right|168,733||align=right|29.20%||align=right|161,685||align=right|27.25%||align=right|128,743||align=right|20.74%
|-
|–[[Church of Scotland]]||align=right|182,172||align=right|31.52%||align=right|136,889||align=right|23.07%||align=right|82,585||align=right|13.30%
|-
|–Other Christian||align=right|23,488||align=right|4.06%||align=right|24,380||align=right|4.11%||align=right|29,009||align=right|4.67%
|-
|[[Islam in Scotland|Islam]]||align=right|17,792||align=right|3.08%||align=right|32,117||align=right|5.41%||align=right|48,766||align=right|7.86%
|-
|[[Hinduism in Scotland|Hinduism]]||align=right|1,209||align=right|0.21%||align=right|4,074||align=right|0.69%||align=right|8,166||align=right|1.32%
|-
|[[Buddhism in Scotland|Buddhism]]||align=right|1,194||align=right|0.21%||align=right|2,570||align=right|0.43%||align=right|2,854||align=right|0.46%
|-
|[[Sikhism in Scotland|Sikhism]]||align=right|2,374||align=right|0.41%||align=right|3,149||align=right|0.53%||align=right|3,456||align=right|0.56%
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|[[History of the Jews in Scotland|Judaism]]||align=right|1,083||align=right|0.19%||align=right|897||align=right|0.15%||align=right|973||align=right|0.16%
|-
|[[Modern paganism in the United Kingdom|Paganism]]{{efn|name="new 2022 category"|New category created for the 2022 census}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||align=right|2,001||align=right|0.32%
|-
|Other religion||align=right|3,799||align=right|0.66%||align=right|1,599||align=right|0.27%||align=right|1,817||align=right|0.29%
|-
|[[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No religion]]||align=right|131,189||align=right|22.70%||align=right|183,835||align=right|30.99%||align=right|268,327||align=right|43.23%
|-
|Religion not stated||align=right|44,836||align=right|7.76%||align=right|42,050||align=right|7.09%||align=right|44,076||align=right|7.10%
|-
|'''No religion/Not stated total'''||align=right|'''176,025'''||align=right|'''30.46%'''||align=right|'''225,885'''||align=right|'''38.08%'''||align=right|'''312,403'''||align=right|'''50.33%'''
|-
|'''Total population'''||align=right|'''577,869'''||align=right|'''100.00%'''||align=right|'''593,245'''||align=right|'''100.00%'''||align=right|'''620,756'''||align=right|'''100.00%'''
|}

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There are 147 congregations in the Church of Scotland's [[Presbytery of Glasgow (Church of Scotland)|Presbytery of Glasgow]] (of which 104 are within the city boundaries, the other 43 being in adjacent areas).<ref>''Church of Scotland Yearbook 2008–09'', {{ISBN|978-0861533848}}</ref> Within the city boundaries there are 65 parishes of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcag.org.uk/index.php/the-archdiocese/parishes |title=Parishes |website=www.rcag.org.uk |access-date=7 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529182730/http://www.rcag.org.uk/index.php/the-archdiocese/parishes |archive-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and four parishes of the [[Diocese of Motherwell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcdom.org.uk/parish-list |title=Diocese of Motherwell |website=Diocese of Motherwell |access-date=7 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022003424/http://www.rcdom.org.uk/parish-list |archive-date=22 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city has four Christian [[cathedral]]s: [[Glasgow Cathedral]], of the Church of Scotland; [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow|St Andrew's Cathedral]], of the Roman Catholic Church; [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow|St Mary's Cathedral]], of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]], and [[St Luke's Orthodox Cathedral, Glasgow|St Luke's Cathedral]], of the [[Greek Orthodox Church]]. The Baptist Church and Salvation Army are well represented.

Much of the city's Roman Catholic population are those of [[Irish-Scottish people|Irish ancestry]].

[[File:Glasgow-cathedral-may-2007.jpg|thumb|right|Glasgow Cathedral marks the site where [[Saint Mungo]] built his church and established Glasgow.]]

[[Biblical Unitarianism|Biblical unitarians]] are represented by three [[Christadelphian]] ecclesias, referred to geographically, as "South",<ref>"[http://www.searchforhope.org/glasgowsouth Glasgow South Christadelphian Ecclesia] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429080858/http://www.searchforhope.org/glasgowsouth |date=29 April 2011}}" on searchforhope.org</ref> "Central"<ref>"[http://www.searchforhope.org/glasgowcentral Glasgow Central Christadelphian Ecclesia] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429032620/http://www.searchforhope.org/glasgowcentral |date=29 April 2011}}" on searchforhope.org</ref> and "Kelvin".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glasgowkelvin.org.uk/index.html?lm=1&op=3 |title=Location |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430153339/http://www.glasgowkelvin.org.uk/index.html?lm=1&op=3 |archive-date=30 April 2011 |website=glasgowkelvin.org.uk}}</ref>

The [[Sikh]] community is served by four [[Gurdwaras]]. Two are situated in the West End (''Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha'' in [[Sandyford, Glasgow|Sandyford]] and ''Guru Nanak Sikh Temple'' in [[Kelvinbridge]]) and two in the Southside area of [[Pollokshields]] (''Guru Granth Sahib Gurdwara'' and ''Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara''). In 2013, Scotland's first purpose-built Gurdwara opened in a massive opening ceremony. Built at a cost of £3.8M, it can hold 1,500 worshippers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22300608 |title=Glasgow Gurdwara: £3.8m Sikh temple prepares to open its doors |publisher=BBC |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429151942/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22300608 |archive-date=29 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Central Gurdwara is currently constructing a new building in the city. There are almost 10,000 Sikhs in Scotland and the majority live in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/08142443/24477 |title=Faith Communities and Local Government in Glasgow |publisher=The Scottish Government |access-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430111503/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/08142443/24477 |archive-date=30 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Glasgow Central Mosque]] in the Gorbals district is the largest mosque in Scotland and, along with twelve other mosques in the city, caters for the city's Muslim population, estimated to number 33,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mcb.org.uk/library/statistics.php |title=MCB Muslim Population |publisher=Mcb.org.uk |access-date=12 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301160230/http://www.mcb.org.uk/library/statistics.php |archive-date=1 March 2009}}</ref> Glasgow also has a Hindu [[mandir]].

Glasgow has seven synagogues, including the Romanesque-revival [[Garnethill Synagogue]] in the city centre. Glasgow currently has the seventh largest Jewish population in the United Kingdom after [[London]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]], [[Gateshead]], [[Brighton]] and [[Bournemouth]] but once had a Jewish population second only to London, estimated at 20,000 in the Gorbals alone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/glasgow.htm |title=Glasgow Jewish Community |publisher=JewishGen.org |access-date=12 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923115317/http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/glasgow.htm |archive-date=23 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1993, the [[St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art]] opened in Glasgow. It is believed to be the only public museum to examine all the world's major religious faiths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seeglasgow.com/seeglasgow/museums-and-galleriesnew/history-and-heritage-/st-mungo-museum |title=St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art |publisher=Seeglasgow.com |access-date=12 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129155747/http://www.seeglasgow.com/seeglasgow/museums-and-galleriesnew/history-and-heritage-/st-mungo-museum |archive-date=29 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clyde-valley.com/Glasgow/mungomus.htm |title=St. Mungo Museum |publisher=Clyde-valley.com |access-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805205723/http://www.clyde-valley.com/Glasgow/mungomus.htm |archive-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>