Editing Jersey (section)

=== Religion ===
[[File:Saint Thomas Roman Catholic church, Victoria Street, Jersey.jpg|thumb|St Thomas' Catholic Church in St Helier.]]
{{main|Religion in Jersey}}
Jersey's patron saint is [[Helier|Saint Helier]], after whom the capital town is named.<ref>{{cite web |title=Index to pages and links on St Helier's Church and the Saint (and his background) |url=https://members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/sthelier0.htm |website=Société Jersiaise |access-date=13 April 2025}}
* {{cite web|url=https://members.societe-jersiaise.org/geraint/helier.html |title=Saint Helier – Saint Hélyi – Saint Hélier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311231037/http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/geraint/helier/|archive-date=11 March 2006 |website=Société Jersiaise}}</ref> From the fifth century, the island was under the Bishop of Coutances, until being transferred to the [[Diocese of Winchester]] in 1568.<ref name="About">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.jerseydeanery.je/about |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=Deanery of Jersey |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405202145/https://www.jerseydeanery.je/about |url-status=live }}</ref> Jersey became "formally attached" to the [[Diocese of Salisbury]] in November 2022.<ref>Salisbury diocese website</ref> The established church is the [[Church of England]], presided over in the island by the [[Dean of Jersey|Dean]], who is ''ex officio'' a States Member, but has no vote.<ref name="About"/> The primary churches are the parish churches, which are 12 ancient Anglican churches, one in each parish centre, though other churches do exist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Churches |url=https://www.jerseydeanery.je/churches |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=Deanery of Jersey |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404212157/https://www.jerseydeanery.je/churches |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to a 2015 survey of islanders, 54% of adults have a religion. Christianity is the predominant religion in the island, with over half of islanders identifying as Christian in some form. The largest belief demographic is "no religion" with 39% of the population.<ref name="JASS152">{{cite book |url=http://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Government%20and%20administration/R%20JASS%202015%2020151202%20SU.pdf |title=Jersey Annual Social Survey: 2015 |publisher=States of Jersey |page=8 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208151311/http://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Government%20and%20administration/R%20JASS%202015%2020151202%20SU.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Religion in Jersey<ref name="JASS152" />
!Religion
!Percentage (2015)
|-
|[[Irreligion|No religion]]
|39%
|-
|'''All religious'''
|'''54%'''
|-
|[[Anglican]]
|23%
|-
|[[Catholic]]
|22.5%
|-
|Other Christian
|6.8%
|-
|Other religion
|3%
|}