SPECIAL RELEASE: 2020 Religious Affiliation: Quezon and Lucena City (Based on the Results of the 2020 CPH)
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2023-056
Religious Affiliations in Quezon province (excluding Lucena City) Of the 1,945,444 household population of Quezon province (excluding Lucena City) in 2020, 1,784,564 persons (91.7%) reported Roman Catholic as their religious affiliation. It was followed by Iglesia ni Cristo with 58,580 persons (3.0%), and Seventh Day Adventist with 11,834 persons (0.6%). In 2015, these were also the top three religious affiliations in Quezon province (excluding Lucena City). Completing the top ten religious affiliations in 2020 are Bible Baptist Church, and Jehovah’s Witness (0.3% each); Church of Christ, Jesus is Lord Church, Baptist Conference of the Philippines and United Church of Christ in the Philippines (0.2% each); and Islam (0.1%). Religious Affiliations in Lucena Of the 278,347 household population of Lucena City in 2020, 254,166 persons (91.3%) reported Roman Catholic as their religious affiliation. It was followed by Iglesia ni Cristo with 9,295 persons (3.3%), and Islam with 1,753 persons (0.6%). In 2015, these were also the top three religious affiliations in Lucena City. Completing the top ten religious affiliations in 2020 are Seventh Day Adventist (0.4%); Bible Baptist Church and Baptist Conference of the Philippines (0.3% each); and Church of Christ, Christian Missions in the Philippines, Jehovah's Witness, and Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (0.2% each). Proportion of Household population with Roman Catholic as religion in CALABARZON Of the 6 provinces/ HUC in CALABARZON, Batangas province posted the highest proportion of Roman Catholics, comprising 93.7 percent of its household population. It was followed by Quezon province (excluding Lucena City) with 91.7 percent, and the City of Lucena with 91.3 percent. Proportion of Roman Catholics among the highly urbanized cities Among the 33 highly urbanized cities (HUCs) in the country, the City of Lucena posted the seventh highest proportion of household population who reported Roman Catholic as their religious affiliation with 254,166 persons (91.3%) of its 278,347 household population. Proportion of Roman Catholics among the provinces In 2020, Quezon had the sixteenth highest proportion of household population declaring Roman Catholicism as their religious affiliation among the country's 81 provinces. (SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN Chief Statistical Specialist PSA Quezon AAP/NDP/IJCA
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