State religion

==Established churches and former state churches==
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! Country
! Church
! Denomination
! Disestablished
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| [[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]] || [[Evangelical State Church of Anhalt]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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| [[Armenia]] || [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] || [[Oriental Orthodox]] || 1921
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| [[Austria]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Federal Constitutional Law (Austrian act)|1918]]
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|rowspan="2"| [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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| [[Evangelical Church of Baden|United Evangelical Protestant State Church of Baden]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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|rowspan="3"| [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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| [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria|Protestant State Church in the Kingdom of Bavaria right of the Rhine]] || [[Lutheran]] and [[Reformed churches|Reformed]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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| [[Evangelical Church of the Palatinate|United Protestant Evangelical Christian Church of the Palatinate]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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| [[Barbados]] || [[Church of England]] || [[Anglican]] || 1968
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| Bolivia || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Constitution of Bolivia|2009]]
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| Brazil{{efn|[http://www.v-brazil.com/government/laws/titleIII.html Brazilian Laws – the Federal Constitution – The Organization of State]. V-brazil.com. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Brazil had [[Roman Catholicism]] as the state religion from the country's [[Independence of Brazil|independence]], in 1822, until the fall of the [[Brazilian Empire]]. The [[República Velha|new Republican government]] passed, in 1890, Decree 119-A {{cite web|title=Decreto 119-A|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/1851-1899/d119-a.htm|quote=Prohibits federal and state authorities to intervene on religion, granting freedom of religion.}} (still in force), instituting the separation of church and state for the first time in Brazilian law. [[Positivist]] thinker [[Demétrio Nunes Ribeiro]] urged the new government to adopt this stance. The 1891 Constitution, the first under the Republican system of government, abolished privileges for any specific religion, reaffirming the separation of church and state. This has been the case ever since the 1988 [[Constitution of Brazil]], currently in force, does so in its Nineteenth Article. The Preamble to the Constitution does refer to "God's protection" over the document's [[promulgation]], but this is not legally taken as endorsement of belief in any deity.}} || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] ||[[History of the Constitution of Brazil#Old Republic|1890]]
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| [[Duchy of Brunswick|Brunswick]] || [[Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick|Evangelical Lutheran State Church in Brunswick]] || [[Lutheran]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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| Bulgaria || [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || 1946
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| [[Central African Empire]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Operation Caban|1979]]
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| Chile || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Chilean Constitution of 1925|1925]]
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| Colombia || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1936<ref>John Gunter, ''Inside Latin America'' (1941), p. 166</ref>
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| Cuba || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1902
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| Cyprus || [[Church of Cyprus]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || 1977, following the death of the Ethnarch [[Makarios III]]
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| Czechoslovakia || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920|1920]]
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| Denmark || [[Church of Denmark]] || [[Lutheran]] || Current
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| England || [[Church of England]] || [[Anglican]] || Current
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| [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] || [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] || [[Oriental Orthodox]] || [[Ethiopian Revolution|1974]]
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| [[Faroe Islands]] || [[Church of the Faroe Islands]] || [[Lutheran]] || Elevated from a diocese of the [[Church of Denmark]] in 2007 (the two remain in close cooperation)
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|rowspan="2"| Finland || [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1867
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|[[Finnish Orthodox Church]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || 1917
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|rowspan="3"| France || [[Cult of Reason]] || N/A || 1794 (established 1793)
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| [[Cult of the Supreme Being]] || N/A || 1794, officially banned in 1802
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|| [[Roman Catholic Church]]{{efn|In France the [[Concordat of 1801]] made the Roman Catholic, [[Calvinist]], [[Lutheran]] churches and [[Judaism]] state-sponsored religions until [[1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State]].}} || [[Catholic]] || [[1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State|1905]]
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| [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] || [[Georgian Orthodox Church]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || 1921
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| Greece || [[Church of Greece]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]]<ref name=GreeceConstitution/> || The [[Church of Greece]] is recognized by the Greek Constitution as the "prevailing religion" in Greece.<ref name=GreeceConstitution/> However, this provision does not give official status to the Church of Greece, while all other religions are recognized as equal and may be practiced freely.<ref name=GreeceConstitution2/>
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| [[Greenland]] || [[Church of Denmark]] || [[Lutheran]] || Under discussion to be elevated from [[Diocese of Greenland|The Diocese of Greenland in the Church of Denmark]] to a state church for Greenland, along‐the‐lines the [[Church of the Faroe Islands|Faroese Church]] took in 2007
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| Guatemala || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1871
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| Haiti || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Constitution of Haiti|1987]]
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| [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Hawaii]] || [[Church of Hawaii]] || [[Anglican]] || [[Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom|1893]]
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| [[Grand Duchy of Hesse|Hesse]] || [[Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau|Evangelical Church in Hesse]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || [[German Revolution of 1918-1919|1918]]
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| Hungary{{efn|In Hungary the constitutional laws of 1848 declared five established churches on equal status: the [[Roman Catholic]], [[Calvinist]], [[Lutheran]], [[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] Church. In 1868 the law was ratified again after the [[Ausgleich]]. In 1895 [[Judaism]] was also recognized as the sixth established church. In 1948 every distinction between the different denominations were abolished.<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220121400/http://www.legislationline.org/upload/legislations/cd/86/39b1e5cc4b9b9b6a97c2830f3608.htm |date=20 February 2008 |title=Constitution of the Republic of Hungary }} (archived from [http://www.legislationline.org/upload/legislations/cd/86/39b1e5cc4b9b9b6a97c2830f3608.htm the original] on 2008-02-20)</ref><ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523210720/http://www.magyarorszag.hu/english/keyevents/a_alpolg/a_allampolgarsagemberijogok/a_alapjog20050805/a_gondlelkiismjog20060627.html |date=23 May 2007 |title=The right of thought, the freedom of conscience and religion }} (archived from [http://www.magyarorszag.hu/english/keyevents/a_alpolg/a_allampolgarsagemberijogok/a_alapjog20050805/a_gondlelkiismjog20060627.html the original] on 2007-05-23)</ref>}} || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1946
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| Iceland || [[National Church of Iceland|Lutheran Evangelical Church]] || [[Lutheran]] || Current
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|rowspan| Ireland{{efn|In the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] the [[Church of Ireland]] was established [[Reformation in Ireland|in the Reformation]].<ref name="LivingstoneSparks2013">{{cite book|last1=Livingstone|first1=E.A.|last2=Sparks|first2=M. W. D.|last3=Peacocke|first3=R.W.|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZecAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA286|year=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0199659623|page=286|chapter=Ireland}}</ref> The [[Act of Union 1800]] created the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] with the [[United Church of England and Ireland]] established outside Scotland. The [[Irish Church Act 1869]] demerged and disestablished the Church of Ireland,<ref name="LivingstoneSparks2013" /> and the island was [[Partition of Ireland|partitioned in 1922]]. The Republic of Ireland's [[Constitution of Ireland|1937 constitution]] prohibits an established religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/en/constitution/index.html#article44|title=Constitution of Ireland|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|pages=Article 44|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref> Originally, it recognized the "special position" of the Roman Catholic Church "as the guardian of the Faith professed by [[Roman Catholicism in Ireland|the great majority of the citizens]]", and recognized "the [[Church of Ireland]], the [[Presbyterian Church in Ireland]], the [[Methodist Church in Ireland]], the [[Religious Society of Friends]] in Ireland, as well as the [[Jews in Ireland|Jewish Congregations]] and the other religious denominations existing in Ireland at the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution".<ref name="KeoghMcCarthy2007">{{cite book|last1=Keogh|first1=Dermot|last2=McCarthy|first2=Dr. Andrew|title=The Making of the Irish Constitution 1937: Bunreacht Na HÉireann|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Mercier Press|isbn=978-1856355612|page=172|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCCQAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> These provisions were [[Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|deleted in 1973]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1972/en/act/cam/0005/index.html|title=Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972.|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>}} || [[Church of Ireland]] || [[Anglican]] || 1871
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| Italy || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Lateran Treaty#History|18 February 1984]] (into force 25 April 1985<ref>{{Cite book|author1=Andrea Mammone|author2=Giuseppe A. Veltri|title=Italy today: the sick man of Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YWKJ00Dw7QC|year=2010|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0415561594|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=7YWKJ00Dw7QC&pg=PA168 168] (Note 1)}}</ref>)
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| [[Liechtenstein]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]]<ref name=LiechtensteinConstitution /> || [[Catholic]] || Current
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| [[Principality of Lippe|Lippe]] || [[Church of Lippe]] || [[Reformed churches|Reformed]] || 1918
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| [[Lithuania]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1940
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| [[Free City of Lübeck|Lübeck]] || [[North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church|Evangelical Lutheran Church in the State of Lübeck]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| [[Luxembourg]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || Not an official state church<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/171706.pdf|title=Luxembourg}}</ref>
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| [[Malta]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || Current
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| [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] || [[Evangelical Church of Mecklenburg|Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] || [[Evangelical Church of Mecklenburg|Mecklenburg-Strelitz State Church]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| [[Mexico]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[constitution of 1857|1857]] (reestablished between 1864 and 1867)
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| Monaco || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1999 (reestablished again in 2020–present).
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| Netherlands || [[Dutch Reformed Church]] || [[Reformed churches|Reformed]] || 1795
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| Nicaragua || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1939<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constitución Política de Nicaragua 1939 |url=https://www.enriquebolanos.org/articulo/constitucion_nicaragua_1939 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=www.enriquebolanos.org}}</ref>
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| [[North Macedonia]] || [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || 1921
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| Norway || [[Church of Norway]] || [[Lutheran]] || As of 2012 the Constitution of Norway no longer names Lutheranism as the official religion of the state and in 2017 the church became an independent legal entity,<ref name="regjeringen.no">[https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/offisielt-fra-statsradet/id2501869/ Offisielt frå statsrådet 27. mai 2016] regjeringen.no «Sanksjon av Stortingets vedtak 18. mai 2016 til lov om endringer i kirkeloven (omdanning av Den norske kirke til eget rettssubjekt m.m.) Lovvedtak 56 (2015–2016) Lov nr. 17 Delt ikraftsetting av lov 27. mai 2016 om endringer i kirkeloven (omdanning av Den norske kirke til eget rettssubjekt m.m.). Loven trer i kraft fra 1. januar 2017 med unntak av romertall I § 3 nr. 8 første og fjerde ledd, § 3 nr. 10 annet punktum og § 5 femte ledd, som trer i kraft 1. juli 2016.»</ref><ref name="snl.no">{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/religion_i_Norge|title=religion i Norge|first1=Tarald|last1=Rasmussen|first2=Sindre|last2=Bangstad|first3=Knut A.|last3=Jacobsen|first4=Bente|last4=Groth|date=23 April 2018|via=Store norske leksikon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kirken.no/nb-NO/om-kirken/aktuelt/2017---et-kirkehistorisk-merkear/|title=2017 – et kirkehistorisk merkeår|date=2017-12-30|website=Den norske kirke, Kirkerådet|access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref> but article 16 says that "The [[Church of Norway]] [...] will remain the National Church of Norway and will as such be supported by the State."<ref name=":0">[https://lovdata.no/NLE/lov/1814-05-17/a16 The Constitution of Norway, Article 16] (English translation, published by the Norwegian Parliament)</ref> As of 1{{nbsp}}January 2017 the Church of Norway is a legal entity independent of the state.<ref name="regjeringen.no" /><ref name="stortinget.no">[https://stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Vedtak/Beslutninger/Lovvedtak/2015-2016/vedtak-201516-056/ Lovvedtak 56 (2015–2016) Vedtak til lov om endringer i kirkeloven (omdanning av Den norske kirke til eget rettssubjekt m.m.)] Stortinget.no</ref>
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| [[Grand Duchy of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]] || [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg|Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oldenburg]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| Panama || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1904
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| [[Paraguay]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || 1992<ref>Under the 1967 Constitution, Roman Catholicism was the state religion as stated in Article 6: "The Roman Catholic Apostolic religion is the state religion, without prejudice to religious freedom, which is guaranteed in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Official relations of the republic with the Holy See shall be governed by concordats or other bilateral agreements." The 1992 Constitution, which replaced the 1967 one, establishes Paraguay as a secular state, as mentioned in section (1) of Article 24: "Freedom of religion, worship, and ideology is recognized without any restrictions other than those established in this Constitution and the law. The State has no official religion."</ref>
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| Peru || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Constitution of Peru|1993]]
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| Philippines{{efn|The Philippines was among several possessions ceded by [[Spain]] to the United States in 1898; religious freedom was subsequently guaranteed in the archipelago. This was codified in the [[Philippine Organic Act (1902)]], section 5: "...{{nbsp}}That no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed." A similarly-worded provision still exists in the [[1987 Constitution|present Constitution]]. Catholicism remains the predominant religion, wielding considerable political and cultural influence.}} || [[Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines|Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898]]
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| Poland{{efn|Article 25 of [http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm the constitution] states: "1. Churches and other religious organizations shall have equal rights. 2. Public authorities in the Republic of Poland shall be impartial in matters of personal conviction". Article 114 of the Polish [[March Constitution of Poland|March Constitution of 1921]] declared the Roman Catholic Church to hold "the principal position among religious denominations equal before the law" (in reference to the idea of ''[[primus inter pares|first among equals]]''). The article was continued in force by article 81 of the [[April Constitution of Poland|April Constitution of 1935]]. The Soviet-backed [[PKWN Manifesto]] of 1944 reintroduced the March Constitution, which remained in force until it was replaced by the [[Small Constitution of 1947]].}}|| [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Small Constitution of 1947|1947]]
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| Portugal{{efn|Until 1910 Roman Catholic Church was considered as state religion. Between 1951 and 1976 Catholic religion was considered as religion of the Portuguese Nation.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}}}|| [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[5 October 1910 revolution|1910]], [[Constitution of Portugal|1976]]
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| [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]<br />pre 1866 provinces || [[Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces]] with nine ecclesiastical provinces || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || 1918
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| Prussia<br />[[Province of Hanover]] || [[Evangelical Reformed Church - Synod of Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany|Evangelical Reformed State Church of the Province of Hanover]] || [[Continental Reformed church|Reformed]] || 1918
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| Prussia<br /> Province of Hanover || [[Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| Prussia<br /> [[Province of Hesse-Nassau]] (partially)|| [[Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau|Evangelical State Church of Frankfurt upon Main]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || 1918
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| Prussia<br /> Province of Hesse-Nassau (partially)|| [[Evangelical Church of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck|Evangelical Church of Electoral Hesse]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || 1918
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| Prussia<br /> Province of Hesse-Nassau (partially)|| [[Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau|Evangelical State Church in Nassau]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestant]] || 1918
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| Prussia<br /> [[Province of Schleswig-Holstein]] || [[North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church|Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig-Holstein]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| Romania || [[Romanian Orthodox Church]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || [[Socialist Republic of Romania|1947]]
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| Russia || [[Russian Orthodox Church]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || [[February Revolution|1917]]
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| [[Kingdom of Saxony|Saxony]] || [[Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Saxony]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| [[Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe|Schaumburg-Lippe]] || [[Evangelical State Church of Schaumburg-Lippe]]|| [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| Scotland{{#tag:ref|The modern Church of Scotland has always disclaimed recognition as an "established" church while remaining the national church. The Church of Scotland Act 1921 formally recognised the Kirk's independence from the state.}} || [[Church of Scotland]] || [[Presbyterian]] || Remains the national church; state control disclaimed since 1638. Formally recognised as not an established church by the [[Church of Scotland Act 1921]].
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| [[Serbia]] || [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] || [[Eastern Orthodox]] || 1920
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| [[Spain]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Spanish Constitution of 1978|1978]]
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| [[Sweden]] || [[Church of Sweden]] || [[Lutheran]] || 2000
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| [[Thuringia]] || [[Evangelical Church in Thuringia|church bodies in principalities which merged in Thuringia in 1920]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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| [[Tuvalu]] || [[Church of Tuvalu]] || [[Reformed tradition|Reformed]] || Current
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| [[Uruguay]] || [[Roman Catholic Church]] || [[Catholic]] || [[Constitution of Uruguay of 1918|1918]] (into effect in 1919)
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| United States{{efn|The [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] explicitly forbids the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] from enacting any law respecting a religious establishment, and thus forbids either designating an official church for the United States, or interfering with [[U.S. state|State]] and local official churches—which were common when the First Amendment was enacted. It did not prevent [[state government]]s from establishing official churches. [[Connecticut]] continued to do so until it replaced its colonial [[Fundamental Orders of Connecticut|Charter]] with the [[History of Connecticut#The 1818 Constitution (1818–1890)|Connecticut Constitution of 1818]]; Massachusetts retained an establishment of religion in general until 1833.<ref>{{Cite book|author=James H. Hutson|title=Religion and the new republic: faith in the founding of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwW_g8qr68MC|year=2000|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0847694341|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YwW_g8qr68MC&pg=PA22 22]}}</ref> Until its substitution by Article of Amendment XI in 1834, Article{{nbsp}}III of the Massachusetts constitution's bill of rights provided, "...{{nbsp}}the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily."<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/Constitution Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts], [https://malegislature.gov/Laws/Constitution].</ref>

The [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]], ratified in 1868, makes no mention of religious establishment, but forbids the states to "abridge the privileges or immunities" of U.S. citizens, or to "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". In the 1947 case of [[Everson v. Board of Education]], the United States Supreme Court held that this later provision [[Incorporation (Bill of Rights)|incorporates]] the First Amendment's Establishment Clause as applying to the States, and thereby prohibits state and local religious establishments. The exact boundaries of this prohibition are still disputed, and are a frequent source of cases before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]—especially as the Court must now balance, on a state level, the First Amendment prohibitions on government establishment of official religions with the First Amendment prohibitions on government interference with the free exercise of religion. See [[school prayer]] for such a controversy in contemporary American politics.

All current State constitutions do mention a Creator, but include guarantees of religious liberty parallel to the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]]. The constitutions of eight states ([[Arkansas]], [[Maryland]], [[Mississippi]], [[North Carolina]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[South Carolina]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Texas]]) also contain clauses that prohibit atheists from holding public office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/StateConstitutions.htm |title=State Constitutions that Discriminate Against Atheists |publisher=godlessgeeks.com |access-date=2007-04-27 |archive-date=17 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017080217/http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/StateConstitutions.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/texas.htm
|title=Religious laws and religious bigotry – Religious discrimination in U.S. state constitutions |publisher=religioustolerance.com |access-date=2007-04-27}}</ref> However, these clauses were held by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] to be unenforceable in the 1961 case of ''[[Torcaso v. Watkins]]'', where the court ruled unanimously that such clauses constituted a religious test incompatible with the religious test prohibition in [[no religious test clause|Article{{nbsp}}6 Section{{nbsp}}3]] of the United States Constitution.

The [[Church of Hawaii]] was the state church of Hawaii from 1862–1893.}}
 || none since 1776, which was made explicit in the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] in 1792 || none || n/a; some state legislatures required all citizens in those states to be members of a church, and some had official churches, such as [[Congregational church|Congregationalism]] in some [[New England]] states such as [[Massachusetts]]. This eventually ended in 1833 when Massachusetts was the last state to disestablish its church.
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| [[Waldeck (principality)|Waldeck]] || [[Evangelical Church of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck|Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont]] || [[united and uniting churches|united Protestants]] || 1918
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| [[Wales]]{{efn|The [[Church in Wales]] was split from the [[Church of England]] in 1920, by [[Welsh Church Act 1914]]; at the same time becoming disestablished.}} || [[Church of England]] || [[Anglican]] || 1920
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| [[Kingdom of Württemberg|Württemberg]] || [[Evangelical State Church in Württemberg]] || [[Lutheran]] || 1918
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