Editing Isle of Man (section)

=== Religion ===
{{See also|Diocese of Sodor and Man}}
[[File:Peel Cathedral 01.JPG|thumb|right|[[Peel Cathedral]]]]

The predominant religious tradition of the Isle of Man is [[Christianity]], adhered to by 54.7% of the Manx according to the 2021 census.<ref name=2021Census/> At the same time, 43.8% of the population had [[irreligion|no religion]], 0.5% adhered to [[Islam]], 0.5% to [[Buddhism]], 0.4% to [[Hinduism]], 0.2% to [[Judaism]] and 0.2% to other religions.<ref name=2021Census/>

Before the [[Protestant Reformation]], the island had a long history as part of the unified [[Catholic Church]]. In the years following the Reformation, the religious authorities on the island, and later the population of the island, accepted the religious authority of the British monarchy, [[Anglicanism]] and the [[Church of England]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Moore |first=A. |title=Diocesan Histories. Sodor and Mann. |url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/dh1893/index.htm |access-date=24 February 2009 |archive-date=10 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410123532/http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/dh1893/index.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The Isle of Man also came under the influence of Irish religious tradition. The island forms a separate diocese called [[Diocese of Sodor and Man|Sodor and Man]], which in the distant past comprised the medieval kingdom of Man and the Scottish isles ("Suðreyjar" in Old Norse). Nowadays, it consists of sixteen parishes,<ref>{{cite web |last=Gumbley |first=Ken |date=1 March 2012 |title=Diocese of Sodor and Man |url=http://www.gumbley.net/diocese.htm |access-date=15 August 2019 |website=Welcome to Kirk Braddan |archive-date=14 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614124455/http://www.gumbley.net/diocese.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> and since 1541<ref>Act of Parliament (1541) 33 Hen.8 c.31</ref> has been part of the [[Province of York]].<ref>{{cite web |date=28 May 2012 |title=England-Sodor & Man |url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=214 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528223800/http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=214 |archive-date=28 May 2012 |access-date=15 August 2019 |website=Anglican Communion}}</ref>

Other Christian denominations and other religions also operate on the Isle of Man. The second largest denomination is the [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist Church]], whose Isle of Man District is close in numbers to the Anglican diocese. Then, there are eight Catholic parish churches, included in the [[Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The Archdiocese of Liverpool |url=http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk |access-date=15 August 2019 |website=Liverpool Catholic |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025120855/http://liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a presence of [[Eastern Orthodox]] Christians. Additionally, there are five [[Baptist]] churches, four [[Pentecostal]] churches, the [[Salvation Army]], a [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Isle of Man|ward]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Isle of Man|the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], two congregations of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], two [[United Reformed]] churches, as well as other Christian churches.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

The Manx [[Muslim]] community has a mosque in Douglas, while [[Jews]] also have [[history of the Jews in the Isle of Man|a history]] on the island.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 May 2012 |title=Religious Faiths and Organisations |url=http://www.gov.im/IsleOfMan/religion.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608055741/http://www.gov.im/IsleOfMan/religion.xml |archive-date=8 June 2003 |access-date=15 August 2019 |website=gov.im |publisher=Isle of Man Government}}</ref> In 2022, the island's first [[Buddhist]] temple was established in [[Baldrine]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Nettle |first=Gemma |date=12 December 2022 |title=Island's first Buddhist temple now open to the public |url=https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/islands-first-buddhist-temple-now-open-to-the-public-581996 |website=Isle of Man Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212161102/https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/islands-first-buddhist-temple-now-open-to-the-public-581996 |archive-date=12 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>