TABLE 2.—PRINCIPAL RELIGIONS OF THE PEOPLE.
| Religious Denomination. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| TOTAL |
1,201,341 |
603,883 |
597,458 |
| TOTAL SPECIFIED |
1,184,957 |
593,656 |
591,301 |
| CHRISTIANS. |
|
|
|
| Episcopalians— |
|
|
|
| Church of England |
424,011 |
214,666 |
209,345 |
| Protestant (so stated) |
8,693 |
4,543 |
4,150 |
| Presbyterians— |
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria, &c. |
190,725 |
95,562 |
95,163 |
| Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
778 |
381 |
397 |
| Methodists— |
|
|
|
| Wesleyan Methodist (so stated) |
144,851 |
69,947 |
74,904 |
| Primitive Methodist (so stated) |
14,723 |
7,294 |
7,429 |
| All other |
20,698 |
10,042 |
10,656 |
| Other Protestants— |
|
|
|
| Independent (Congregationalist) |
17,141 |
8,173 |
8,968 |
| Baptist |
32,648 |
15,196 |
17,452 |
| Church of Christ, Disciple of Christ |
10,682 |
4,980 |
5,702 |
| Christian (so stated), &c. |
744 |
366 |
378 |
| Brethren, Christian Brethren |
1,570 |
732 |
838 |
| Lutheran (German Protestant) |
13,935 |
8,338 |
5,597 |
| Moravian (United Brethren) |
144 |
74 |
70 |
| Calvinistic Methodist |
1,257 |
644 |
613 |
| Other Protestants—continued. |
|
|
|
| Friends (Society of) |
251 |
143 |
108 |
| Salvation Army |
8,830 |
3,967 |
4,863 |
| Unitarian |
788 |
477 |
311 |
| Miscellaneous |
3,635 |
1,702 |
1,933 |
| Catholics— |
|
|
|
| Roman Catholic |
260,016 |
126,968 |
133,048 |
| Catholic (so stated) |
3,694 |
1,835 |
1,859 |
| Greek Church |
367 |
277 |
90 |
| Other Christian Sects— |
|
|
|
| Catholic Apostolic Church |
460 |
195 |
265 |
| Christian Israelite |
258 |
141 |
117 |
| New Church (Swedenborgian) |
146 |
69 |
77 |
| Spiritist, Spiritualist |
913 |
447 |
466 |
| No Denomination, No Sect (so stated) |
6,113 |
3,865 |
2,248 |
| Sundry |
335 |
158 |
177 |
| NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. |
|
|
|
| Jew |
5,907 |
3,051 |
2,856 |
| Mohammedan |
467 |
456 |
11 |
| Buddhist, Hindu, Brahman |
1,604 |
1,596 |
8 |
| Confucian |
3,389 |
3,336 |
53 |
| Other |
215 |
138 |
77 |
| SCEPTICS, ETC. |
4,969 |
3,897 |
1,072 |
|
Unspecified—
|
|
|
|
| Object to state |
10,827 |
6,997 |
3,830 |
| Others |
5,557 |
3,230 |
2,327 |