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==Historical Background==
==Historical Background==
<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Tonga", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Tonga", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Tonga, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><br>
According to the 2011 census, 36% of the population are members of the Free Wesleyan Church, including the king and the majority of the royal family. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the next largest group (18%), followed by the Roman Catholic Church (15%), and three further Methodist denominations, the Free Church of Tonga (12%), the Church of Tonga (7%), and the Tokaikolo Christian Church (2.5%). Tonga also has members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Anglicans. <ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Tonga", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Tonga, accessed 10 April 2020. </ref><br>


==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==
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