List of churches in Shetland

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Haroldswick Methodist Church, the most northerly church building in the UK[1]
St John's Church, Baltasound

A List of churches in Shetland, Scotland.

The Reformation reached Shetland in 1560. This was an apparently peaceful transition and there is little evidence of religious intolerance in Shetland's recorded history.[2] A variety of different religious denominations are represented in the islands.

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland has a Presbytery of Shetland.

Episocopalian

Methodist

The Methodist Church has a relatively high membership in Shetland, which is a District of the Methodist Church (with the whole of the rest of Scotland comprising a separate District).[5]

Roman Catholic

Shetland is part of the Diocese of Aberdeen.

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Haroldswick". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. Schei (2006) p. 14
  3. "Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church Profile". (pdf) shetland-communities.org.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. "St Colman's Church, Burravoe". Scottish Episcopal Church. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  5. "The District". methodist.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

References

External links

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