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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Christianity is the main religion of the islands. A majority of 54% belongs to various Protestant churches, especially the '''Maohi Protestant Church''', which is the largest and accounts for more than 50% of the population. It traces its origins to Pomare II, the king of Tahiti, who converted from traditional beliefs to the Reformed tradition brought to the islands by the London Missionary Society. | |||
Latin rite '''Roman Catholics''' constitute a large minority with 30% of the population, which has its own ecclesiastical province, comprising the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete and its only suffragan, the Diocese of Taiohae. '''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''' had 28,147 members as of 2018. '''Community of Christ''', another denomination within the Latter-Day Saint tradition, claimed 7,990 total French Polynesian members as of 2015. There were about 3,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in Tahiti as of 2014.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "French Polynesia", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia, accessed 9 April 2020. </ref> | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||