✨ Census 1906: Religions of the People
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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RELIGIONS.—NUMBERS FOR EACH DENOMINATION, ETC.
TABLE IV.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris) the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of various Religions in New Zealand, according to the Census taken for the 29th April, 1906.
| Religious Denominations. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Religious Denominations. | Persons. | Males. | Females. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episcopalians— | Other Protestants—continued. | ||||||
| Church of England | 366,828 | 194,628 | 172,200 | Church of Ireland | 41 | 23 | 18 |
| Protestants (undescribed).. | 1,237 | 736 | 501 | Church of Norway | 9 | 9 | .. |
| Presbyterians | 203,597 | 106,872 | 96,725 | Church of Our Father | 30 | 14 | 16 |
| Church of Sweden | 1 | 1 | .. | ||||
| Methodists— | City Mission | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Methodist Church of Australia | 63,603 | 31,554 | 32,049 | Conditional Immortalists .. | 67 | 33 | 34 |
| Primitive Methodists | 21,796 | 10,915 | 10,881 | Covenanters | 4 | 4 | .. |
| Methodists (undefined) | 3,505 | 1,774 | 1,731 | Danish Church | 11 | 11 | .. |
| Calvinistic Methodists | 7 | 7 | .. | Davonist | 1 | 1 | .. |
| City Methodists .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | Dippers | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Congregational Methodist | 1 | .. | 1 | Dutch Reformed Church .. | 4 | 4 | .. |
| English Methodist | 1 | .. | 1 | Eclectic | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Episcopalian Methodists .. | 9 | 7 | 2 | Ethical Christian | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Independent Methodists .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | Faith Mission | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Methodist Central Mission | 8 | 4 | 4 | Followers of Jesus Christ .. | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Methodist Mission | 26 | 11 | 15 | Free Church | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Methodist Mission Church (Chinese) | 2 | .. | 2 | Free Church of Norway .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| New Connection Methodists | 5 | 1 | 4 | Gathered in the Name of the Lord | 84 | 42 | 42 |
| New Constitutional Methodist | 1 | .. | 1 | God and the Bible | 1 | .. | 1 |
| New Methodist .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Golden Rule | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Trinity Methodists | 35 | 14 | 21 | Gospel Hall | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| Trinity Wesleyans | 29 | 12 | 17 | Gospel Mission | 62 | 27 | 35 |
| Household of Faith | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Other Protestants— | Independents | 15 | 10 | 5 | |||
| Baptists | 17,747 | 8,537 | 9,210 | Meet in the Name of the Lord .. | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Congregationalists | 7,360 | 3,532 | 3,828 | Members of the Church, which is His Body | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Lutherans, German Protestants | 4,856 | 3,080 | 1,776 | Mission Hall | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Unitarians | 789 | 447 | 342 | Mission Members | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Society of Friends | 334 | 211 | 123 | Modern Reformer | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Church of Christ (Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples) | 7,061 | 3,304 | 3,757 | Moravian Church | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) | 7,901 | 3,628 | 4,273 | New Brighton Mission | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Believers in Christ | 52 | 25 | 27 | New Church Mission Hall | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) | 42 | 29 | 13 | New and Latter House of Israel | 3 | 3 | .. |
| Nonconformists | 67 | 45 | 22 | New and Latter House of Prayer | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Salvation Army | 8,389 | 4,024 | 4,365 | No Sect but Jesus | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Christadelphians.. | 1,059 | 513 | 546 | Nurture and Admonition of the Lord | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church) | 186 | 94 | 92 | Pilgrims of Peace | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Seventh-day Adventists | 990 | 399 | 591 | Puritan .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Students of Truth | 18 | 7 | 11 | Reformed Church | 2 | 2 | .. |
| Dissenters | 6 | 2 | 4 | Reformed Church of France | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Israelites | 24 | 18 | 6 | Reformed Holy Orthodox Church | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Apostolic | 5 | 2 | 3 | Reformed Protestant | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Assembly of Christians | 1 | .. | 1 | Religion of Christ | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Believers in the Bible | 5 | 4 | 1 | Religion of Jesus Christ | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Believers in God | 2 | 1 | 1 | Sabbatarian | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Believers in God and Truth | 5 | 5 | .. | Saints gathered in the Name of the Lord | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Belonging to the Lord Jesus Christ | 1 | 1 | .. | Saint Peter’s Mission | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Bethel .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Saved Christians | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Calvinists | 12 | 10 | 2 | Secluded Saint | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Central Mission | 130 | 61 | 69 | Second Adventist | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Children of God | 6 | 3 | 3 | Sectarian | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Chinese Mission | 6 | 6 | .. | Separatist | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Christian Catholics | 16 | 9 | 7 | Sinner saved by Grace | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Christian Chapel | 2 | .. | 2 | Sister in Christ | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Christians gathered in the Name of the Lord | 7 | 5 | 2 | Spiritual Scientist | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Christian Religion | 9 | 4 | 5 | Swedish Church | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Christian Materialist | 1 | 1 | .. | Swiss Protestants | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Scientists | 45 | 20 | 25 | Tolstoian | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Christian Socialists | 14 | 10 | 4 | Trust will be saved | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Church of Denmark | 8 | .. | 8 | United Christ | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Church of God | 221 | 122 | 99 | Universalists | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| Unsectarian Mission | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Welsh Church | 1 | 1 | .. | ||||
| Zionists | 79 | 33 | 46 | ||||
| Zwinglians | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Zwinglian Reformed Church | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
| Others .. | 23 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| Roman Catholics, &c.— | |||||||
| Roman Catholics | 126,109 | 66,705 | 59,404 | ||||
| Catholics (undefined) | 886 | 517 | 369 | ||||
| Greek Church | 232 | 167 | 65 | ||||
| Catholic Apostolic | 381 | 171 | 210 |
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