Pennsylvania (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911, stated:
<In 1906 the members of different religious denominations in the state totalrd 2,977,022 of whom 1,717,037 were Protestants and 1,214,734 were Catholics.
Thought there are many smaller religious sects in the state; the main denominations in 1906 are: Methodist-363,443, Lutheran-335,643, Presbyterian-322,542, Reformed Church-177,270, Baptist-141,694, Protestant Episcopalian-99,021, United Brethren-55,574, United Evangelical-45,480, Disciples of
Christ-26,458, German Baptist Brethren-23,176, Eastern Orthodox-22,123, Mennonites-16,527, Congregational-14,811, Evangelical Association-13,294, Friends-12,457, Church of God or "Winnebrennerians"-11,157, and Moravian-5,322.> 1906PA001
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, stated as of 1906, a census listed Pennsylvania as second most populated State with 6,928,515 citizens of whom 43 percent reported membership in some denomination. Pennsylvania was the first State in Union in the number of Church organizations and the second state in the number of Church members, consisting of:
<Methodists-363,443
Lutherans-335,643
Presbyterians-322,542
Reformed-181,350
Baptists-141,694
Episcopalians-99,021, with their first Church built in Philadelphia, Christ Church, in 1695.
United Brethren-55,571
Other Protestant-217,773
Catholics-1,214,734, with their first Church, St. Joseph, founded in Philadelphia in 1731, being the first Catholic Church in the entire English speaking world since the Reformation. It began with 22 Irish and 15 Germans, and, by 1787 its membership had increased to 3,000. In 1727, there arrived 6,755 Irish Catholics in Philadelphia and, in 1729, there arrived 5,655 more. The Irish Potato Famine of 1846-49 brought thousands of Catholics to Pennsylvania. In 1910, the U.S. Census listed Pennsylvania's population as 7,665,111,
consisting of 1,494,766 Catholics, of whom 38,235 were African American. Catholic schools had 225,224 pupils, taught by 2896 religious and lay teachers in 443 schools, orphan asylums and charitable institutions.> 1906PA002
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1906PA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Pennsylvania, 1906, religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pennsylvania.
1906PA002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Pennsylvania, 1906, religious affiliation, as reported in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11638c.htm.