Delaware (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911, stated:
<The principal Churches, in order of their membership were, in 1890, the Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Quaker and Lutheran.> 1906DE001
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, stated as of 1908, a census listed Delaware's active Church membership and the Sunday-school membership of the leading denominations as:
<Methodist Episcopal-40,000
Protestant Episcopal-6,280
Baptist-5,000
Presbyterian-12,700
Catholic-25,000, with 20 Churches with 34 priests and 12 parochial schools with an attendance of 3,100.
Among the African American Church membership in 1908, Methodist and Baptist were predominate.
Other creeds in the State as of 1908, were: Lutheran, Unitarian, Swedenborgian, Christian Science, Methodist Protestant, various divisions of the Baptist Church, Seventh Day Adventist, and Hebrew.> 1906DE002
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1906DE001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Delaware, 1906, religious affiliation as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Delaware#Population.
1906DE002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Delaware, 1906, religious affiliation as reported in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04692a.htm.