List of wealthiest religious organizations
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| Organization | Worth (billion USD) |
Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 100 | worldwide | One whistleblower estimated it at 200 billion.[1] |
| Holy See (Vatican) | 30 [2] |  Vatican City
|
Please see other sources, this is unreliable due to an critic of the church posting non-citable information.[3][4][5] |
| Catholic Church in Germany | 26.0 |  Germany
|
[6] |
| Catholic Church in France | 23.0 |  France
|
[7] |
| Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple | 22.0 |  India
|
As of 2011.[8] Some sources estimated it at 1 trillion.[9][10] |
| Catholic Church in Australia | 20.5 |  Australia
|
[11] |
| Seventh-day Adventists | 15.6 |  United States
|
As of 1998[12] |
| Church of England | 11.97 |  United Kingdom
|
[13] |
| Trinity Church | 6.0 | United States
|
[14][15][16] |
| Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church) | 2.0 | worldwide | [17] |
| Catholic Church in the Philippines | 2.0 |  Philippines
|
[18] |
| Church of Scientology | 2.0 | United States
|
[19][20] |
See also[edit]
Individuals[edit]
- List of wealthiest historical figures
- Forbes list of billionaires
- List of wealthiest families
- List of wealthiest animals
Businesses[edit]
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of largest employers
- List of companies by profit and loss
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of most indebted companies
- List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
- List of largest financial services companies by revenue
- List of largest European companies by revenue
- List of top earning travel companies
References[edit]
- ^ Glader, Paul. "Mormon Church Stockpiled $100 Billion Intended for Charities and Misled LDS Members, Whistleblower.", Newsweek, December 17, 2019. Retrieved on March 11, 2021.
- ^ Guillen, Rafael (1994). The Vatican's Finances.
- ^ Walsh, Joe. "Vatican Owns Over 5,000 Properties Worldwide, It Reveals In First Disclosures On Its Real Estate Holdings". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Catholic Church worth $30 billion nationally, investigation finds". ABC News. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Posner, Gerald (2015). God's Bankers. Simon & Schuster.
- ^ "Holy orders: Germany's Catholic Church counts its many financial blessings". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "French Catholic church has 700 million euros a year". Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ Bajaj, Vikas (2011-07-08). "A $22 Billion Question for India: What to Do With a Treasure?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Who gets to keep $1 trillion worth assets of India's richest temple in Kerala?". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ Mohan, Rohini (2020-05-12). "World's richest temple in Tirupati struggles to pay its staff". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ Millar, Royce; Schneiders, Ben; Vedelago, Chris (February 12, 2018). "Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ GORMAN, TOM; LICHTBLAU, ERIC (13 August 1998). "Currents of Change Roil Seventh-day Adventists". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Supporting the work and mission of the Church of England" (PDF). The Church of England. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ Margolies, Jane (February 8, 2019). "The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "New York's Trinity Church has a diverse investment portfolio worth $6 billion". www.christianpost.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ Widaman, Dwight (February 14, 2019). "With $6 billion, is this the richest church in America?". Metro Voice News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Opus Dei sitting on fortune - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ Tiglao, Rigoberto (2 July 2018). "With its P100-B wealth, Church can feed 1M poor Filipinos daily, but it doesn't". The Manila Times. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ Tom Gjelten (March 26, 2015). "Church Of Scientology Calls New HBO Documentary 'Bigoted'". NPR.org.
- ^ Eric Thurm (March 30, 2015). "10 Things We Learned From Scientology Doc 'Going Clear'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.