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The major Gibraltar Religion is Christianity and most of the residents of Gibraltar belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the people of Gibraltar follow other religions. Gibraltar Religion also consists of other religious factions like the Hinduism, Islam, and Bahai Faith.
Some of the minorities of the Christian religion at Gibraltar include Church of England, Pentecostals, and Church of Scotland. Roman Catholics in Gibraltar account for 76.9 percentage of the people. Gibraltar is a single bishopric that is straight away subject to the Holy See.
The main hub of Catholic worship in Gibraltar is the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned but at the same time there is a shrine along with six churches. St Andrew's Church in Gibraltar is a congregation of the Church of Scotland and is a component of the Presbytery of Europe.
The religion of Islam is also followed in Gibraltar. The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque which is located at the Europa Point at the southern end of Gibraltar is a popular landmark at the place. The building of the mosque was a gift from the King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
For more than 650 years there has been a Jewish occurrence in Gibraltar. For the majority of time the Jews residing at Gibraltar have flourished and they are one of the largest minorities in the city and the Jews have taken part is all walks of life in Gibraltar such as government, defense, culture. Hinduism is also followed by some of the people of Gibraltar.
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