Editing Demographics of Puerto Rico (section)

===Christians===
A recent report providing a full breakdown as to specific religions is not available; the most recent was for 2006.

The Christian Denominational Breakdown was as follows in 2006:<ref>
[http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 Denominations] Retrieved June 9, 2009.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117024117/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 |date=January 17, 2009 }}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1ex 5 1ex 1ex;"
|-colspan="3" align="center"| '''Christian Denominations in Pto. Rico (2006)'''
|-
! Denomination !! Adherents
|-
|[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]|| align="right"| 1,650,000
|-
|Other [[Pentecostal]] || align="right"| 229,814
|-
|[[Pentecostal Church of God (Puerto Rico)|Pentecostal Church of God]]|| align="right" | 100,000
|-
|[[Assemblies of God USA|Assemblies of God]] || align="right"| 56,000
|-
|[[American Baptist Churches USA|Baptist Convention]] || align="right"| 35,000
|-
|[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] || align="right"| 31,524
|-
|[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] || align="right"| 25,778
|-
|[[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God (Cleveland)]] || align="right"| 17,500
|-
|[[Defenders of the Faith (Puerto Rico)|Defenders of the Faith]] || align="right"| 17,500
|-
|[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] || align="right"| 16,084
|-
|[[Disciples of Christ]] || align="right"| 10,778
|-
|[[United Methodist]] || align="right"| 10,000
|-
|[[List of Presbyterian Church (USA) synods and presbyteries#Synod of Boriquen (Puerto Rico)|Boriquen Presby Synod]] || align="right"| 8,300
|-
|[[Christian and Missionary Alliance]] || align="right"| 6,500
|-
|[[Church of the Nazarene]]|| align="right"| 2,994
|-
|Other || align="right"| 130,400
|}

====Catholics====
The [[Catholic Church]] has been historically the most dominant religion of the majority of Puerto Ricans, with Puerto Rico having the first [[dioceses]] in the Americas.<ref name="CathEncy"/> This religion was brought by Spanish colonists. The first [[dioceses]] in the Americas, including that of Puerto Rico, were authorized by [[Pope Julius&nbsp;II]] in 1511.<ref name="CathEncy">{{CathEncy|wstitle=Porto Rico|last= Jones |first= W.A.|author-link=|volume=12|short=1}}</ref> One Pope, [[John Paul&nbsp;II]], visited Puerto Rico in October 1984. All [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|municipalities]] in Puerto Rico have at least one Catholic Church, most of which are located at the town center or "''plaza''".

An [[Associated Press]] article in March 2014 stated that "more than 70 percent of whom identify themselves as Catholic" but provided no source for this information. (It may have been using the 2010 [[Pew Research Center]] data.)<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/catholic-church-and-puerto-rico-officials-at-odds-in-widening-sex-abuse-investigation/ |title=Catholic Church and Puerto Rico officials at odds in widening sex abuse investigation |agency=Associated Press |date=March 12, 2014 |website=Fox News|access-date=February 17, 2017}}</ref>

The CIA World Factbook however, reports that 85% of the population of Puerto Rico identifies as Roman Catholic, while 15% identify as Protestant and Other. Neither a date or a source for that information is provided and may not be recent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ |title=Puerto Rico – People and Society |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |website=CIA Library |publisher=CIA |access-date=February 17, 2017 |quote=Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%}}</ref>

In November 2014, a Pew Research report, with the sub-title ''Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region'', indicated that only 56% of Puerto Ricans were Catholic and that 33% were Protestant. This survey was completed between October 2013 and February 2014.

====Protestants====
[[Protestantism in Puerto Rico]] was suppressed under Spanish rule. Prior to the [[Spanish–American War]] there was only one Protestant church on the island, the [[Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad|Holy Trinity Anglican Church]], which was established in 1872 and served the British expatriate community in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://episcopalpr.org/sobre_nosotros/sobre_nosotros.html |title=Sobre Nosotros |publisher=Episcopalpr.org |access-date=February 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317153425/http://www.episcopalpr.org/sobre_nosotros/sobre_nosotros.html |archive-date=March 17, 2010}}</ref> The church was forbidden from ringing its bell, using its front door, or holding services in Spanish until 1898, when American troops landed in Ponce and established freedom of worship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puertorico.com/culture/religion/|title=Religion in Puerto Rico – By Puerto Rico Channel|website=Puertorico.com|access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref> This was the first non-Catholic church in the [[Spanish Empire]] in [[the Americas]].<ref>Luis Fortuño Janeiro. ''Album Histórico de Ponce (1692–1963).'' Page 165. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preb.com/articulos/aleman2.htm |title=La presencia Germanica en Puerto Rico |publisher=Preb.com |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>

Protestantism grew under American sovereignty due to the work of American missionaries, making contemporary Puerto Rico more interconfessional than in previous centuries, although Catholicism continues to be the dominant religion.