Christianity in Panama

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Religion in Panama (2020) [1]
  1. Catholicism (72.31%)
  2. Protestant (9.85%)
  3. Other Christian (8.87%)
  4. Other religion (5.5%)
  5. No religion (4.36%)

Denominations

The National Institute of Statistics and Census carried out a survey in 2022 and found that while most of the country followed Catholicism, the Episcopalian community had 11,000 members, the Methodist Church had 1,500 members, and the Lutheran Church had 1,000 members; other denominations included Seventh-day Adventists, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Pentecostals. [3]

Local Christian symbols

Like the rest of the continent, Panamanians celebrate Carnaval before Lent, and towns and regions have their own festivals at different parts of the year. The most famous of these is the festival of the Cristo Negro, the Black Jesus Christ, in the town of Portobelo in the Colón Province on October 21. In Las Tablas and Herrera provinces, festivals are held for the Jesus Cristo de Azuero, named after the peninsula.

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