Editing New Caledonia (section)

=== Religion ===
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|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in New Caledonia according to the ''Global Religious Landscape'' survey by the [[Pew Research Center|Pew Forum]], 2012<ref name="Survey">{{cite web|url=https://www.pewforum.org/files/2014/01/global-religion-full.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125173538/https://www.pewforum.org/files/2014/01/global-religion-full.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2017|title=The Global Religious Landscape|publisher=Pewforum.org|access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Christianity]]
|value1 = 85.2
|color1 = Red
|label2 = No religion
|value2 = 10.4
|color2 = #FFFFFF
|label3 = [[Islam]]
|value3 = 2.8
|color3 = Green
|label4 = [[Buddhism]]
|value4 = 0.6
|color4 = Gold
|label5 = Folk religion
|value5 = 0.2
|color5 = Chartreuse
|label6 = Others
|value6 = 0.8
|color6 = Orange
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The predominant religion is [[Christianity]]; half of the population is [[Catholic]], including most of the Europeans, [[West Uvean]]s, and Vietnamese and half of the Melanesian and Polynesian minorities.<ref name="ncbrit"/> Catholicism was introduced by French colonists. The island also has numerous [[Protestant]] churches, of which the [[Free Evangelical Church]] and the [[Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands]] have the largest number of adherents; their memberships are almost entirely Melanesian.<ref name="ncbrit"/> Protestantism gained ground in the late 20th century and continues to expand. There are also numerous other Christian groups and more than 6,000 Muslims.<ref name="ncbrit"/><ref>{{cite book|author=R. G. Crocombe|title=Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDg9oAkwsXAC&pg=PA375|access-date=24 August 2012|year=2007|publisher=editorips@usp.ac.fj|isbn=978-982-02-0388-4|pages=375–|archive-date=4 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604054847/http://books.google.com/books?id=iDg9oAkwsXAC&pg=PA375|url-status=live}}</ref> (See [[Islam in New Caledonia]] and [[Baháʼí Faith in New Caledonia]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}) Nouméa is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa]].