What is the main religion in Réunion?

Réunion is an overseas department and region of the French Republic and an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and 175 km (109 mi) southwest of Mauritius. As of January 2020, it had a population of 859,959. The island has been inhabited since the 16th century, when people from France and Madagascar settled there.

The predominant religion is Christianity, notably Roman Catholicism, with a single (Latin Rite) jurisdiction, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion. Religious Intelligence estimates Christians to be 86.9% of the population, followed by Hindus (6.7%) and Muslims (3.2%). Chinese folk religion and Buddhism are also represented, among others.

Most large towns have a Hindu temple and a mosque.

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Keith Richard Mears

Mostly the catholic cult.

Chandran David

Union of religions !

Sally Onyett

Some debris from the lost flight MH370 were found on this island too as I remember. ☹️

John W Shreve

krkyates, God's Word needs to move.

ninakamwene

No idea

Howard Groopman

With that French-sounding name, it had to be Catholicism, hence Christianity.

Stephen Farrelly

I saw Mel Gibson in Forever Young thaw out and live

Richard D. Boyle

Brian Howe, Nevertheless, until Henry VIII and Martin Luther, the Catholic Church WAS Christianity. None of the roughly 40,000 present day Christian spin-offs even existed until after the Reformation and many were created in the 19th Century. Virtually all of them claim to be God’s “one true Christian Church”. No, I am not a Catholic. I am a non-believer but I know religious history and it is not a pretty picture from any angle.