Fiji 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 === {{Main|Religion in Fiji}} {{Pie chart | thumb = right | caption = Religion in Fiji (2007)<ref name="2007 Census β Religion" /> | other = | label1 = [[Christians|Christian]] | value1 = 64.4 | color1 =Blue | label2 =[[Hindu]] | value2 =27.9 | color2 =DarkOrange | label3 =[[Muslim]] | value3 = 6.3 | color3 =Green | label4 =[[Sikh]] | value4 = 0.3 | color4 =Yellow | label5 =Other or none | value5 =1.1 | color5 =Black }} According to the 2007 census, 64.4% of the population at the time was [[Christians|Christian]], while 27.9% was [[Hindus|Hindu]], 6.3% [[Muslims|Muslim]], 0.8% non-religious, 0.3% [[Sikhs|Sikh]], and the remaining 0.3% belonged to other religions.<ref name="2007 Census β Religion">{{cite web|title=Population by Religion and Province of Enumeration |url=http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/index.php/document-library/doc_download/426-population-by-religion-province |website=2007 Census of Population |publisher=Fiji Bureau of Statistics |access-date=7 November 2015 |ref=2007-Census-Religion |date=June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909212947/http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/index.php/document-library/doc_download/426-population-by-religion-province |archive-date=9 September 2015 }} β Percentages are derived from total population figures provided in the source</ref> Among Christians, 54% were counted as [[Methodism|Methodist]], followed by 14.2% [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 8.9% [[Assemblies of God]], 6.0% [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]], 1.2% [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] with the remaining 16.1% belonging to other denominations.<ref name="2007 Census β Religion" /> The largest Christian denomination is the [[Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma]]. With 34.6%<ref name="2007 Census β Religion" /> of the population (including almost two-thirds of ethnic Fijians), the proportion of the population adhering to Methodism is higher in Fiji than in any other nation. [[Catholic Church in Fiji|Fijian Catholics]] are administered by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva|Archdiocese of Suva]]. The archdiocese is the [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan see]] of an [[ecclesiastical province]] which includes the Dioceses of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga|Rarotonga]] (on the [[Cook Islands]], for those and [[Niue]], both New Zealand-associated countries) and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru|Tarawa and Nauru]] (with see at Tarawa on [[Kiribati]], also for [[Nauru]]) and the [[Mission sui iuris of Tokelau]] (New Zealand). The Assemblies of God and the Seventh-day Adventist denominations are significantly represented. Fiji is the base for the [[Diocese of Polynesia|Anglican Diocese of Polynesia]] (part of the [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]]).These and other denominations have small numbers of Indo-Fijian members; Christians of all kinds comprised 6.1% of the Indo-Fijian population in the 1996 census.<ref>{{cite web|title=Religion β Fiji Bureau of Statistics|url=http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/statistics/social-statistics/religion|website=www.statsfiji.gov.fj|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417193329/http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/statistics/social-statistics/religion|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Hindus in Fiji mostly belong to the [[SanΔtanΔ«|Sanatan]] sect (74.3% of all Hindus) or else are unspecified (22%). Muslims in Fiji are mostly [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] (96.4%). 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