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The largest religious denominations by number of adherents as a percentage of California's population in 2014 were the '''Catholic Church''' with 28 percent, Evangelical Protestants with 20 percent, and Mainline Protestants with 10 percent. Together, all kinds of Protestants accounted for 32 percent. Those unaffiliated with any religion represented 27 percent of the population. | |||
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According to the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) the largest denominations by adherents in 2010 were the '''Roman Catholic''' Church with 10,233,334; '''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with 763,818'''; and the '''Southern Baptist Convention''' with 489,953. | |||
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The first priests to come to California were '''Roman Catholic missionaries from Spain'''. Roman Catholics founded 21 missions along the California coast, as well as the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. California continues to have a large Roman Catholic population due to the large numbers of Mexicans and Central Americans living within its borders. California has twelve dioceses and two archdioceses, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the former being the largest archdiocese in the United States. <ref>"California: Religion", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#Religion, accessed 27 June 2020.</ref> | |||
==Information Found in the Records== | ==Information Found in the Records== | ||
To effectively use church records, become familiar with their content. Click on these links to learn about a specific record type: | To effectively use church records, become familiar with their content. Click on these links to learn about a specific record type: | ||