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===Religion=== {{Main|Religion in Lesotho}} [[File:St Michaels Cathedral, lesotho.jpg|thumb|St Michaels Cathedral]] In December 2011, the population of Lesotho is estimated to be more than 95% [[Christianism|Christian]].<ref name="Pew Christians">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country/|title=Table: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country| date=19 December 2011 |publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511124911/http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country/|archive-date=11 May 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among these estimations, [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] represent 49.4% of the population,<ref name=ARDA/> served by the province of the Metropolitan [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru|Archbishop of Maseru]] and his three suffragans (the bishops of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Leribe|Leribe]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mohale's Hoek|Mohale's Hoek]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Qacha's Nek|Qacha's Nek]]), who form the national [[episcopal conference]]. [[Protestantism|Protestants]] account for 18.2% of the population, [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]] 15.4%, [[Anglican Communion|Anglicans]] 5.3%, and other Christians an additional 1.8%.<ref name=ARDA>{{cite web|date=2015|title=Lesotho|access-date=18 May 2020|publisher=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]]|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_130_1.asp|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811214132/https://thearda.com/internationalData/Countries/Country_130_1.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Non-Christian religions represent 9.6% of the population, and those of [[irreligion|no religion]] 0.2%.<ref name=ARDA/>
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