Religion in Catalonia
[4] The first Baháʼí group in Catalonia was established in Barcelona in 1949, while the first formal centre was inaugurated in Terrassa, in the Vallès Occidental, in 1962.
[5] Most Baháʼís are ethnic Catalan converts, while a small minority are immigrants of Iranian or other origins.
[1] Buddhism has 68 temples in Catalonia as of the same year, holding their services in Catalan, Spanish, Chinese and Tibetan language, reflecting the ethnic origins of the Buddhist community.
[8] These practise a variety of traditions of Buddhism, collectively represented since 2007 by the Catalan Coordinator of Buddhist Entities (Coordinadora Catalana d’Entitats Budistes, CCEB).
[10] There is also a Vipassanā meditation centre of Goenka Tradition known as "Dhamma Neru" which is located at Santa Maria de Palautordera in Barcelona.
[1] As of 2014 there are 725 Protestant and Evangelical churches in Catalonia, which conduct their services mostly in Spanish, Catalan, English, Romanian, and a minority in Korean, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and African languages.
[1] As of the same year, there are 118 Jehovah's kingdom halls in the country, found in all co-marches of Catalonia but with a high concentration in the province of Barcelona.
[17] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the major body of Mormonism, has more than 6,000 members and 15 places of worship as of 2014, most of them using Spanish as their liturgical language.
Indeed, the vast majority of Hindu temples hold their services in Catalan or Spanish language.
In 2006 another Reform group, the Progressive Jewish Community Bet Shalom, was founded as a splinter of Atid.
[28] Ethnically, Jews who belong to the CIB are predominantly Sephardi, although there is a small minority of Ashkenazi as well.
[30] Taoism has six registered temples in Catalonia as of 2014, most of them holding their services in Catalan or Spanish language.
[33] The first Taoist group in Catalonia was established in 1979 by a Catholic priest of Chinese origin, Peter Yang, who proposed a synthesis of Taoism and Christianity.
