RELIGION
Census 1911
988
Communes
Popula- tion
Communes
Popula- tion
Communes
Popula- tion
Napoli .
678,031
Perugia .
65,805
Lecce
36,222
Milano .
599,200
Pisa
65,232
Catanzaro
34,343
Roma .
542,123
Ancona .
63,100
Caserta .
33,189
Torino .
427,106
Cagliari .
60,101
Mantova ' .
32,657
Palermo
341,088
j Trapani .
59,593
Massa .
30,830
Genova
272,221 Bergamo
55,306
Ascoli Piceno .
30,618
Firenze
232,860 1 Novara .
54,571
1 Cuneo .
27,470
Catania
210,703 Vicenza .
54,555
Pesaro .
27,348
Bologna
172,628
Parma .
51,910
Girgenti
26,823
Venezia
160,719
Udine .
47,617
Chieti .
25,477
Messina
126,557
Arezzo .
47,504
Benevento
24,329
Livorno
105,315 ! Forli .
45,994
, Teramo ,
24,312
Bari
103,670
Salerno .
45,682
Cosenza .
24,177
Padova .
96,230
Como
44,132
Avellino
23,742
Ferrara
95,212
Reggio Calabria
43,162
Macerata
22,940
Brescia
83,338
Sassari .
43,118
Aquila .
21,942
Verona
81,909
Siena
41,673
Belluno .
20,687
Foggia .
76,680 ' Caltanissetta .
41,312
Potenza .
16,672
Lucca .*
76,160 Treviso .
41,022
I Campobasso .
14,361
Alessandria .
75,721 Siracusa.
40,835
Grosseto
12,442
Ravenna
71,581 ' Cremona
40,436
Rovigo .
12,224
Reggio Emilia
I 70,419 Pavia .
39,898
Sondrio .
9,117
Modena
70,923 Piacenza
38,542
Porto Maurizio
7,853
Religion.^
The Roman Catholic Church is, nominally, the ruling State religion of Italy ; but the power of the Church and clergy is subordinated to the civil government, and there is freedom of worship to the adherents of all recognised religions.
The census returns of 1901 were as follows : —
Profession
Total
Per cent.
Roman Catholic ....
31,539,863
97-12
Evangelical Protestant
65,595
0-20
Greek Church ....
2,472
0-01
Israelite .....
35,617
0-11
Other professions
338
—
Not professing any religion .
36,092
0-11
Not known
795,276
2-45
Total ....
32,475,253
100-00
Of the Protestants, 22,500 belonged to the Waldensian Church of Piedmont, about 10,000 to the other evangelical Italian Churches, and 30,000 to foreign Protestant bodies.
Under the Roman PontifiF, the Catholic episcopal hierarchy in Italy con- sists of 50 archbishoprics and 216 bishoprics, besides the 6 cardinal bishoprics
1 See also Rome, See and Church of.
