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diffchange-inline">globalreligiousfutures</del>.org/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">countries</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">south</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sudan#</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2020&region_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016 </del>|title=South Sudan |work=Global Religious Futures |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=1 July 2021 }}</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>|caption = Religion in South Sudan (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2023</ins> estimate)<ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{cite web | url=</ins>https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/south-sudan/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> | title=South Sudan | date=5 February 2024 }}</ins></ref><ref>{{cite web |url=<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://www.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pewresearch</ins>.org/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">topic</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">religion/religious</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">demographics/pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-project</ins>/|title=South Sudan |work=Global Religious Futures |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=1 July 2021 }}</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|label1 = [[Christianity]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|label1 = [[Christianity]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|value1 = 60.5</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|value1 = 60.5</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 20:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 20:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>[[Christianity]] is the most widely professed '''religion in [[South Sudan]]''', with significant minorities of the adherents of [[traditional African religions|traditional faiths]] and [[Islam]]. </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>[[Christianity]] is the most widely professed '''religion in [[South Sudan]]''', with significant minorities of the adherents of [[traditional African religions|traditional faiths]] and [[Islam]]. </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>President [[Salva Kiir Mayardit|Salva Kiir]], a [[Catholic Church<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> in South Sudan</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christian</del>]], while speaking at [[St. Theresa Cathedral, Juba|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Saint</del> Theresa Cathedral]] in [[Juba]], stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects [[freedom of religion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sudanradio.org/south-sudan-respect-freedom-religion-says-goss-president |title=South Sudan To Respect Freedom of Religion Says GOSS President &#124; Sudan Radio Service |publisher=Sudanradio.org |date=21 February 2011 |access-date=9 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712011904/http://www.sudanradio.org/south-sudan-respect-freedom-religion-says-goss-president |archive-date=12 July 2011 }}</ref> The reported estimated relative proportions of adherents of traditional African religions and [[Christianity]] have varied.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Sudan profile |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082 |newspaper=BBC News |date=8 July 2011 |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref><ref>[[Eric Kaufmann]], ''Rethinking ethnicity: majority groups and dominant minorities''. Routledge, 2004, p. 45.</ref><ref>Minahan, J. ''Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z''. Greenwood Press, 2002, p. 1786.</ref><ref>Arnold, G. ''Book Review: Douglas H. Johnson, The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars''. African Journal of Political Science Vol.8 No. 1, 2003, p. 147.</ref><ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html Sudan: A Country Study] Federal Research Division, Library of Congress - Chapter 2, Ethnicity, Regionalism and Ethnicity</ref> A 2019 study found that Protestants outnumbered Catholics in South Sudan.<ref>[https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/pw_148-the_religious_landscape_in_south_sudan_challenges_and_opportunities_for_engagement.pdf US Institute of Peace, 2019 report "The Religious Landscape in South Sudan"]</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>President [[Salva Kiir Mayardit|Salva Kiir]], a [[Catholic Church|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Catholic</ins>]], while speaking at [[St. Theresa Cathedral, Juba|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">St.</ins> Theresa Cathedral]] in [[Juba]], stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects [[freedom of religion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sudanradio.org/south-sudan-respect-freedom-religion-says-goss-president |title=South Sudan To Respect Freedom of Religion Says GOSS President &#124; Sudan Radio Service |publisher=Sudanradio.org |date=21 February 2011 |access-date=9 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712011904/http://www.sudanradio.org/south-sudan-respect-freedom-religion-says-goss-president |archive-date=12 July 2011 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Sudan |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-sudan#:~:text=President%20Salva%20Kiir%20Mayardit,%20a,Abdelbagi,%20was%20also%20a%20Muslim. |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US</ins>}}</ref> The reported estimated relative proportions of adherents of traditional African religions and [[Christianity]] have varied.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Sudan profile |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082 |newspaper=BBC News |date=8 July 2011 |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref><ref>[[Eric Kaufmann]], ''Rethinking ethnicity: majority groups and dominant minorities''. Routledge, 2004, p. 45.</ref><ref>Minahan, J. ''Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z''. Greenwood Press, 2002, p. 1786.</ref><ref>Arnold, G. ''Book Review: Douglas H. Johnson, The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars''. African Journal of Political Science Vol.8 No. 1, 2003, p. 147.</ref><ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html Sudan: A Country Study] Federal Research Division, Library of Congress - Chapter 2, Ethnicity, Regionalism and Ethnicity</ref> A 2019 study found that Protestants outnumbered Catholics in South Sudan.<ref>[https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/pw_148-the_religious_landscape_in_south_sudan_challenges_and_opportunities_for_engagement.pdf US Institute of Peace, 2019 report "The Religious Landscape in South Sudan"]</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>== History ==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>== History ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>[[File:P1050306 semilarge.jpg|thumb|A village [[church (building)|church]] in [[Lakes State]].]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>[[File:P1050306 semilarge.jpg|thumb|A village [[church (building)|church]] in [[Lakes State]].]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>[[Christianity]] has a long history in the region that is now [[South Sudan]]. Ancient [[Nubia]] was reached by [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Christianity]] by the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2nd</del> century, and missionary activity from Ethiopia consolidated that community. In 1920, the Protestant [[Church Missionary Society]] originated a diocese.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Christianity]] has a long history in the region that is now [[South Sudan]]. Ancient [[Nubia]] was reached by [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Christianity]] by the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1st</ins> century, and missionary activity from Ethiopia consolidated that community. In 1920, the Protestant [[Church Missionary Society]] originated a diocese.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>== Religious membership ==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>== Religious membership ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 41:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 41:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has been frequently visited by global religious leaders. [[Franklin Graham]] led the ''Hope for A New Nation Festival'' in Juba in 2012, gathering 95,000 attendees.<ref>Sébastien Fath, "[https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-afrique-contemporaine1-2014-4-page-27.htm Franklin Graham's Crusade in South Sudan", ''Afrique Contemporaine'', vol 252, issue 4, 2014], p.27 to 49</ref> On 12 November 2019, evangelist [[T. B. Joshua]] from [[Nigeria]] addressed the South Sudanese nation at the Presidential Palace in Juba in the presence of President [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]].<ref> "Prophet TB Joshua's Presidential Visit to South Sudan" (Nov 2019)"</ref> From 2-4 February 2023, [[Justin Welby]] ([[Anglican Communion]]), [[Pope Francis]] ([[Catholic Church]]), and [[Iain Greenshields]] ([[Church of Scotland]] Moderator) visited South Sudan through a three-day "pilgrimage of peace to the world's newest nation".<ref>Sarah Fowler, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64524102 "Pope in South Sudan tells clergy to raise voices against injustice", BBC, 4th of Feb, 2023]</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has been frequently visited by global religious leaders. [[Franklin Graham]] led the ''Hope for A New Nation Festival'' in Juba in 2012, gathering 95,000 attendees.<ref>Sébastien Fath, "[https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-afrique-contemporaine1-2014-4-page-27.htm Franklin Graham's Crusade in South Sudan", ''Afrique Contemporaine'', vol 252, issue 4, 2014], p.27 to 49</ref> On 12 November 2019, evangelist [[T. B. Joshua]] from [[Nigeria]] addressed the South Sudanese nation at the Presidential Palace in Juba in the presence of President [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]].<ref> "Prophet TB Joshua's Presidential Visit to South Sudan" (Nov 2019)"</ref> From 2-4 February 2023, [[Justin Welby]] ([[Anglican Communion]]), [[Pope Francis]] ([[Catholic Church]]), and [[Iain Greenshields]] ([[Church of Scotland]] Moderator) visited South Sudan through a three-day "pilgrimage of peace to the world's newest nation".<ref>Sarah Fowler, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64524102 "Pope in South Sudan tells clergy to raise voices against injustice", BBC, 4th of Feb, 2023]</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>==Freedom of religion==</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>In 2023, the country was scored 1 out of 4 for religious freedom;{{by whom|date=November 2023}}<ref>[https://freedomhouse.org/country/sri-lanka/freedom-world/2022 Freedom House website, retrieved 2023-08-08]</ref> this was mainly due to the threat of ethnic violence.</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>== See also ==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>== See also ==</div></td> </tr> </table><hr class='diff-hr' id='mw-oldid' /> <h2 class='diff-currentversion-title'>Latest revision as of 08:20, 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(2023 estimate)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Blue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (60.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional African religion">Traditional faiths</a> (32.9%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (6.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gray; color:black;"> </span> Other (0.4%)</div> </div> </div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Romic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Romic.jpg/220px-Romic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Romic.jpg/330px-Romic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Romic.jpg/440px-Romic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1182" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Christian worship</a> service under a tree in <a href="/wiki/Warrap_(state)" title="Warrap (state)">Warrap</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> is the most widely professed <b>religion in <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a></b>, with significant minorities of the adherents of <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">traditional faiths</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Salva_Kiir_Mayardit" title="Salva Kiir Mayardit">Salva Kiir</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>, while speaking at <a href="/wiki/St._Theresa_Cathedral,_Juba" title="St. Theresa Cathedral, Juba">St. Theresa Cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Juba" title="Juba">Juba</a>, stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">freedom of religion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reported estimated relative proportions of adherents of traditional African religions and <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> have varied.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2019 study found that Protestants outnumbered Catholics in South Sudan.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_South_Sudan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P1050306_semilarge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/P1050306_semilarge.jpg/220px-P1050306_semilarge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/P1050306_semilarge.jpg/330px-P1050306_semilarge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/P1050306_semilarge.jpg/440px-P1050306_semilarge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1576" /></a><figcaption>A village <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lakes_State" title="Lakes State">Lakes State</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> has a long history in the region that is now <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>. Ancient <a href="/wiki/Nubia" title="Nubia">Nubia</a> was reached by <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria">Coptic Christianity</a> by the 1st century, and missionary activity from Ethiopia consolidated that community. In 1920, the Protestant <a href="/wiki/Church_Missionary_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Missionary Society">Church Missionary Society</a> originated a diocese. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_membership">Religious membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_South_Sudan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Religious membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_South_Sudan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1990s, official records of Sudan as a whole (Sudan and South Sudan) showed that a large percentage adhered to African traditional religions (17%) and Christianity (8%) (though both located mainly in the south, some also at Khartoum). Among Christians, most are <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>, though other denominations were also active, and <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">traditional African religions</a>' beliefs were often blended with Christian beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Anglican and Catholic churches both claimed large membership; the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a> claimed 2 million members in 2005 in the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_of_the_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church of the Sudan">Episcopal Church of the Sudan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third largest denomination was the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Sudan" title="Presbyterian Church in Sudan">Presbyterian Church in Sudan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership_in_the_2020s">Membership in the 2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_South_Sudan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Membership in the 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2020 Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project report estimated that Christians made up 60.5% of the population, while followers of indigenous (animist) religions made up 32.9% and Muslims, 6.2%. The remainder of the population was made up of followers of Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, and Jewish faiths;<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the country’s population displacement made it difficult to collect accurate details. </p><p>In 2022 the new Catholic bishop of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Rumbek" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Rumbek">Rumbek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Carlassare" title="Christian Carlassare">Christian Carlassare</a>, stated that "More than half the population of South Sudan is Christian, only 8% are Muslim. Other groups live on the margins, and have not drawn close to the Gospel. However, we live in a country where Christianity is often no more than skin deep, it hasn't grown roots in the life of the population."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_visits">International visits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_South_Sudan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: International visits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has been frequently visited by global religious leaders. <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Graham" title="Franklin Graham">Franklin Graham</a> led the <i>Hope for A New Nation Festival</i> in Juba in 2012, gathering 95,000 attendees.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 November 2019, evangelist <a href="/wiki/T._B._Joshua" class="mw-redirect" title="T. B. Joshua">T. B. Joshua</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> addressed the South Sudanese nation at the Presidential Palace in Juba in the presence of President <a href="/wiki/Salva_Kiir_Mayardit" title="Salva Kiir Mayardit">Salva Kiir Mayardit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2-4 February 2023, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Welby" title="Justin Welby">Justin Welby</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>), <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Iain_Greenshields" title="Iain Greenshields">Iain Greenshields</a> (<a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> Moderator) visited South Sudan through a three-day "pilgrimage of peace to the world's newest nation".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_South_Sudan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_South_Sudan" title="Catholic Church in South Sudan">Catholicism in South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_the_Episcopal_Church_of_South_Sudan_and_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan">Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_South_Sudan" title="Islam in South Sudan">Islam in South Sudan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa">Sovereign states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Algeria" title="Religion in Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Angola" title="Religion in Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Benin" title="Religion in Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Botswana" title="Religion in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Burkina_Faso" title="Religion in Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Burundi" title="Religion in Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Cameroon" title="Religion in Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Cape_Verde" title="Religion in Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Religion in the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Chad" title="Religion in Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Comoros" title="Religion in the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Djibouti" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Egypt" title="Religion in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Religion in Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Eritrea" title="Religion in Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Eswatini" title="Religion in Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Ethiopia" title="Religion in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Gabon" title="Religion in Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Gambia" title="Religion in the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Ghana" title="Religion in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Guinea" title="Religion in Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Guinea-Bissau" title="Religion in Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Ivory_Coast" title="Religion in Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kenya" title="Religion in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Lesotho" title="Religion in Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Liberia" title="Religion in Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Libya" title="Religion in Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Madagascar" title="Religion in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Malawi" title="Religion in Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Mali" title="Religion in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Mauritania" title="Religion in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Mauritius" title="Religion in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Morocco" title="Religion in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Mozambique" title="Religion in Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Namibia" title="Religion in Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Niger" title="Religion in Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Nigeria" title="Religion in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Religion in the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Rwanda" title="Religion in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Religion in São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Senegal" title="Religion in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Seychelles" title="Religion in Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Religion in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Somalia" title="Religion in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_South_Africa" title="Religion in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Sudan" title="Religion in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tanzania" title="Religion in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Togo" title="Religion in Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tunisia" title="Religion in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Uganda" title="Religion in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Zambia" title="Religion in Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Zimbabwe" title="Religion in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependencies</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_division" title="Autonomous administrative division">autonomies</a>, and<br /> other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Canary_Islands" title="Religion in the Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Ceuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Ceuta">Ceuta</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Madeira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in Madeira (page does not exist)">Madeira</a> 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