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Polish National Catholic Church of America (1897 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Catholic Liturgical
Religious Tradition: Catholic
Description: The Polish National Catholic Church of America is an independent Old Catholic jurisdiction founded in the 1890s by former members of the Roman Catholic Church of Polish ancestry under the leadership of Bishop Francis Hodur.
Official Site: http://www.pncc.org/
Interactive Timeline: Catholic Liturgical Family Interactive Timeline

Polish National Catholic Church of America: Congregations (2020)1


Top 5 Polish National Catholic Church of America States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Pennsylvania 28 -- --
2 New York 14 -- --
3 New Jersey 9 -- --
4 Connecticut 7 -- --
5 Massachusetts 7 -- --

Top 5 Polish National Catholic Church of America Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Luzerne County, PA 6 -- --
2 Cook County, IL 5 -- --
3 Milwaukee County, WI 4 -- --
4 Lackawanna County, PA 4 -- --
5 Erie County, NY 3 -- --

Top 5 Polish National Catholic Church of America Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]


Polish National Catholic Church of America, Members (1925 - 2008)2


Polish National Catholic Church of America, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 2008)2


Polish National Catholic Church of America, Trends (1925 - 2008)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 84,000 67 71
1929 101,000 94 102
1933 99,550 106
1935 150,000 111 126
1937 189,620 146
1944 250,000 146
1946 250,000
1951 265,879 147 156
1954 265,879 141 156
1956 250,000 142 157
1957 267,418 144 157
1958 271,316 157
1960 282,411 141 162
2002 60,000 147 145
2003 60,000 154
2004 60,000 137 126
2008 60,000 127 126
       

Sources

1 The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155. [More information on the data sources]

2 All data on clergy, members, and churches are taken from the National Council of Churches’ Historic Archive CD and recent print editions of the Council’s Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The CD archives all 68 editions of the Yearbook (formerly called Yearbook of the Churches and Yearbook of American Churches) from 1916 to 2000. Read more information on the Historic Archive CD and the Yearbook.

Membership figures are "inclusive." According to the Yearbook, this includes "those who are full communicant or confirmed members plus other members baptized, non-confirmed or non-communicant." Each denomination has its own criteria for membership.

When a denomination listed on the Historic Archive CD was difficult to identify, particularly in early editions of the Yearbook, the ARDA staff consulted numerous sources, including Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions and the Handbook of Denominations in the United States. In some cases, ARDA staff consulted the denomination’s website or contacted its offices by phone. When a denomination could not be positively identified, its data were omitted.

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