Editing Demographics of Puerto Rico (section)

====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.