Indianapolis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Religion=== {{Bar box|float=right|title=Religion in Indianapolis|titlebar=#ddd|width=285px|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|bars={{bar percent|[[Protestantism]]|dodgerblue|13}} {{bar percent|[[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]|#d4213d|11}} {{bar percent|Other [[Christianity|Christian]]|Deepskyblue|13}} {{bar percent|[[Irreligion|No religion]]|grey|22}} {{bar percent|Others|orange|1}}}}[[File:Saint Mary Catholic Church (Indianapolis, IN) - interior, nave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Interior of [[St. Mary's Catholic Church (Indianapolis, Indiana)|St. Mary Catholic Church]]. The parish was established in 1858 to serve the city's [[German American|German]] population. {{As of|2020}}, St. Mary holds daily [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]] in both English and Spanish.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |date=March 2021 |last=Little |first=Lee |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/saint-mary-of-the-immaculate-conception-roman-catholic-church/ |access-date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>]] Of the 42.42% of the city's residents who identify as religious, [[Roman Catholic]]s make up the largest group, at 11.31%.<ref name="SBP"/> The second highest religious group in the city are [[Baptist]]s at 10.31%, with [[Methodist]]s following behind at 4.97%. [[Presbyterian]]s make up 2.13% of the city's religiously affiliated population, followed by [[Pentecostal]]s and [[Lutheran]]s. Another 8.57% are affiliated with other Christian faiths.<ref name="SBP"/> 0.32% of religiously affiliated persons identified themselves as following [[Eastern religion]]s, while 0.68% of the religiously affiliated population identified as [[Jewish]], and 0.29% as [[Muslim]].<ref name="SBP">{{cite web |url=http://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/indiana/indianapolis |work=Sperling's Best Places |title=Indianapolis, Indiana Religion |access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> According to the nonpartisan and nonprofit [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s American Values Atlas, 22% of residents identify as religiously "unaffiliated", consistent with the national average of 22.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ava.publicreligion.org/#religious/2015/MetroAreas/religion/16 |work=Public Religion Research Institute |title=American Values Atlas |access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> [[Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Indianapolis)|SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral]] is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last1=Divita |first1=James |last2=Costley |first2=Tiffany |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/ss-peter-and-paul-cathedral/ |access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref> [[Bishop Simon BrutΓ© College Seminary]] and [[Marian University (Indiana)|Marian University]] are affiliated with the archdiocese. [[Christian Theological Seminary]] is another seminary located in the city, affiliated with the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]]. [[Christ Church Cathedral (Indianapolis)|Christ Church Cathedral]], the city's oldest house of worship, is [[pro-cathedral]] of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/indianapolis/christchurch.html |work=National Park Service β U.S. Department of the Interior |title=Christ Church Cathedral |access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref> The [[Indiana-Kentucky Synod]] of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] is also based in Indianapolis. [[Religious denominations]] headquartered in the city include the [[Free Methodist Church]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Free Methodist World Ministries Center |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |date=June 2022 |last=Little |first=Lee |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/free-methodist-world-ministries-center/ |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> and [[Lutheran Ministerium and Synod β USA]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page