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 Sources differ on the [[Christian denomination|denominational]] breakdown of the population. Pollster Pablo Ramos stated in 1998 that the population was 38 percent Catholic, 28 percent Pentecostal, and 18 percent independent churches; the total number of Protestants collectively added up to almost two million people, or 46 percent of the population. Another researcher gave a more conservative assessment of the proportion of Protestants in 1997, finding a Protestant population of approximately 33 to 38 percent, the majority of whom are [[Pentecostal]]; however, it estimated that Puerto Rico would become 75 percent evangelical by 2022.<ref>Ana Adams: "Brincando el Charco..." in ''Power, Politics and Pentecostals in Latin America'', Edward Cleary, ed., 1997. p.&nbsp;164</ref>
-A 2014 [[Pew Research Center|Pew Research]] report found that only 56% of Puerto Ricans were Catholic, while 33% were Protestant and 8% were unaffiliated;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/ |title=Religion in Latin America |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=13 November 2014 |website=Pew Research |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=21 February 2017 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330015000/https://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto3" /> these figures are shared by the [[CIA World Factbook]], which further notes that Protestants are "largely Pentecostal", while other religions make up 2 percent and atheists only one percent.<ref>{{Citation |title=Puerto Rico |date=2024-10-16 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> Pew Research from the year before, which surveyed Puerto Ricans living in the mainland United States, found that only about 45% of Puerto Rican adults identified themselves as Catholic, 29% as Protestant and 20% as unaffiliated with a religion.<ref>{{cite web |last=López |first=Gustavo |date=15 September 2015 |title=Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin in the United States, 2013 |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/15/hispanics-of-puerto-rican-origin-in-the-united-states-2013/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010153809/http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/15/hispanics-of-puerto-rican-origin-in-the-united-states-2013/ |archive-date=10 October 2018 |access-date=17 February 2017 |website=Pew Research |publisher=Pew Research Center, DC |quote=Puerto Ricans in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin; this means either they themselves were born in Puerto Rico1 or they were born in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia or elsewhere, but trace their family ancestry to Puerto Rico.}}</ref> By contrast, an [[Associated Press]] article in March 2014 stated that "more than 70 percent" of Puerto Ricans identified as Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/catholic-church-and-puerto-rico-officials-at-odds-in-widening-sex-abuse-investigation |title=Catholic Church and Puerto Rico officials at odds in widening sex abuse investigation |agency=Associated Press |date=12 March 2014 |website=Fox News |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218145958/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/12/catholic-church-and-puerto-rico-officials-at-odds-in-widening-sex-abuse.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Catedral de San Juan Bautista a.jpg|thumb|[[Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Juan Bautista|Cathedral of San Juan]], built between 1535 and 1802.|alt=]]
+A 2014 [[Pew Research Center|Pew Research]] report found that only 56% of Puerto Ricans were Catholic, while 33% were Protestant and 8% were unaffiliated;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/ |title=Religion in Latin America |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=13 November 2014 |website=Pew Research |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=21 February 2017 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330015000/https://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto3" /> these figures are shared by the [[CIA World Factbook]], which further notes that Protestants are "largely Pentecostal", while other religions make up 2 percent and atheists only one percent.<ref>{{Citation |title=Puerto Rico |date=2024-10-16 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> Pew Research from the year before, which surveyed Puerto Ricans living in the mainland United States, found that only about 45% of Puerto Rican adults identified themselves as Catholic, 29% as Protestant and 20% as unaffiliated with a religion.<ref>{{cite web |last=López |first=Gustavo |date=15 September 2015 |title=Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin in the United States, 2013 |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/15/hispanics-of-puerto-rican-origin-in-the-united-states-2013/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010153809/http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/15/hispanics-of-puerto-rican-origin-in-the-united-states-2013/ |archive-date=10 October 2018 |access-date=17 February 2017 |website=Pew Research |publisher=Pew Research Center, DC |quote=Puerto Ricans in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin; this means either they themselves were born in Puerto Rico1 or they were born in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia or elsewhere, but trace their family ancestry to Puerto Rico.}}</ref> By contrast, an Associated Press article in March 2014 stated that "more than 70 percent" of Puerto Ricans identified as Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/catholic-church-and-puerto-rico-officials-at-odds-in-widening-sex-abuse-investigation |title=Catholic Church and Puerto Rico officials at odds in widening sex abuse investigation |agency=Associated Press |date=12 March 2014 |website=Fox News |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218145958/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/12/catholic-church-and-puerto-rico-officials-at-odds-in-widening-sex-abuse.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Catedral de San Juan Bautista a.jpg|thumb|[[Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Juan Bautista|Cathedral of San Juan]], built between 1535 and 1802.|alt=]]
 There is a small [[Eastern Orthodox]] community, centered mostly around two [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]es in the territory: the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[Missionary|mission]] of Saint John Climacus in [[San Germán, Puerto Rico|San German]] and the Saint George [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch|Antiochian Orthodox Church]] in [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]]; both have services in English and Spanish.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://misionsanjuanclimaco.org/ |title=¡Bienvenidos! |publisher=Misión Ortodoxa San Juan Clímaco |language=es |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://iglesia-ortodoxa-patriarcado-de-antioquia.business.site/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911012457/https://iglesia-ortodoxa-patriarcado-de-antioquia.business.site/|archive-date=11 September 2023 |title=Iglesia Ortodoxa Patriarcado de Antioquia |url-status=dead}}</ref> There is a small [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac]] Orthodox church in [[Aguada, Puerto Rico|Aguada]], which represents the only [[Oriental Orthodox Churches|Oriental Orthodox]] denomination in the Island. Orthodox Christians accounted for one percent of the population in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=http://parish.orthodoxtheologicalinstitute.org/Dormition_of_the_Theotokos/Welcome.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304223521/http://parish.orthodoxtheologicalinstitute.org/Dormition_of_the_Theotokos/Welcome.html |archive-date=4 March 2011 |access-date=25 November 2012 |publisher=Parish.orthodoxtheologicalinstitute.org}}</ref> In 2017, the first [[Eastern Catholic Church]] was established in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orthodox Church PR |url=https://www.orthodoxchurchpr.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107101903/https://www.orthodoxchurchpr.org/ |archive-date=7 November 2020 |access-date=1 November 2020 |website=www.orthodoxchurchpr.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Barillas |first=Martin |date=10 September 2017 |title=Puerto Rico Welcomes First-Ever Eastern Catholic Parish |url=https://parma.org/news/puerto-rico-welcomes-first-ever-eastern-catholic-parish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406163941/https://parma.org/news/puerto-rico-welcomes-first-ever-eastern-catholic-parish |archive-date=6 April 2023 |access-date=1 November 2020 |work=Horizons}}</ref>  In 2023, [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] dedicated a [[Temple (LDS Church)|temple]] in [[San Juan Puerto Rico Temple|San Juan]],<ref>{{cite web |title=San Juan Puerto Rico Temple {{!}} ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org |url=https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/san-juan-puerto-rico-temple/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403182924/https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/san-juan-puerto-rico-temple/ |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}</ref> and reported having a membership of approximately 23,000 in the commonwealth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics and Church Facts {{!}} Total Church Membership |url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/puerto-rico |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517132219/https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/puerto-rico |archive-date=17 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2015, the 25,832 [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] represented about 0.70% of the population, with 324 congregations.<ref>''2016 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses'', pp. 184–85</ref>