How many Christians are in Israel now? Which denomination is in abundant Catholic or Protestant?

Question

I also would love to know, what is the population of Israel? If they are not all Christian which religion they are belonged to? Please, I need your diligent asnwer as soon as possible as I am attanding the VIW Point intervew( it is about religion and humanity) in BRUNEI TV channel. I know about that but I m confused whether its right! so please help me. My interview will be taken after some hours.

Answer 1

--Is Catholic--

The Main Diocese of Israel

In Israel
There are aprox. 67,890 Melkite Catholics in the Diocese of Akka [San Giovanni d'Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite) (Archeparchy)
There are 7,000 Maronite Catholics in the Diocese of Haifa e Terra Santa (Maronite) (Archeparchy)

Combined, this breaks down as
2 Dioceses
58 Diocesan Priests
30 Religious Priests
?? Permanent Deacons
38 Male Religious
612 Female Religious
18 Parishes
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sc4.html

From an Article http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=26006&eng=y
(Diocese data above not reproduced below but it is in the origional article)

The Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land counts about 65,000 faithful, of whom 45,000 live in Israel and 20,000 in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. These figures do not include the Orthodox of Russian origin who immigrated to Israel as Jews.

There are 15,000 Latin Catholics in Israel, and 10-15,000 in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories.

The Assyrian Church’s (Catholic) members in the Holy Land have dwindled to just a few dozen families.

The Chaldeans (Catholic) also have just a slight presence in the Holy Land: a few families in the area of Haifa.

1,500 Armenians (non-Catholics) live in Jerusalem, and a few hundred others are dispersed throughout the Palestinian territories and Israel.

The faithful of the Ethiopian Church in the Holy Land total about a hundred persons, who are concentrated in Jerusalem.

The Armenian Catholic Church counts a few dozen families in the Holy Land – in Jerusalem, Beit Jala, Haifa, Nazareth, and Ramallah.

There are only a few religious of Copic Catholics left in the Holy Land to witness to the presence of the Coptic Catholic Church.

The Coptic Church (non-Catholics) in the Holy Land numbers a few dozen monks in Jerusalem.

There are about three hundred Syrians (non-Catholics) in the Holy Land, two hundred of whom live in Jerusalem.

There are between two hundred and three hundred Syrian Catholics in the Holy Land, dispersed in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Lod, Haifa, and Bethlehem.

The Ethiopian Catholics in the Holy Land are limited to a meager group of monks and religious.


Also read the article which talks about

ROMA, March 28, 2005 – 15,000 pilgrims from all over the world came for the Latin-rite celebration of Easter in Jerusalem this year, significantly more than in years gone by.

15,000 is also the number of Christians who live in the holy city today.

But these are not gaining in numbers; they are diminishing. In 1948, there were 30,000 Christians in Jerusalem. Normal demographic growth should have increased their numbers today to 120,000.

And the number of Christians has fallen sharply all over the Holy Land. A century ago, they were 10 percent of the population between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean sea. Today they are less than 2 percent: about 130,000 in Israel, and 50,000 in the Palestinian territories and in Gaza.

But there are also Christians who are not counted – and if they were, they would revolutionize these statistics.

Elisa Pinna, an expert on international religious questions for the news agency ANSA, calls them “the invisible Christians” in her recent investigative book on “The Twilight of Christianity in Palestine.”

Elisa Pinna writes:

“They are the most mysterious Christians of the Holy Land: the non-Jewish Jews, Christians incognito. They have never been Jewish, but they pretend to be so for the sake of convenience. It is a little-known reality, and one that is rarely discussed, because many find it embarrassing. This reality dates from the great immigration to Israel from the former Soviet Union which took place during the 1980’s and ‘90’s. ..................

Answer 2

There aren't many Protestants in Israel. Remember the Protestants began in Europe about 500 years ago. Things in Israel are much, much older than anything Protestant.

So the major Christian groups in Israel are Orthodox and Catholic with a few other eastern sects such as Antiochian, and Maronite. (Those other sects are considered related to Catholic.)

Answer 3

There are quite a few Muslims in Israel. Jews make up the majority of Israel proper. There is a small but vibrant 'Messianic Community' who are Jews who confess Jesus as messiah. The link below has some details, but there may be more recent figures available.

Answer 4

there is in basic terms one Church that teaches the scriptures infallibly it incredibly is the Catholic Church. have not got any reason to undesirable mouth the Orthodox church homes so i think it makes them sense stronger to assert issues against the Catholic Church different than perhaps a sprint envy. So with that mentioned i might have not got any concern on your comparing the Orthodox ideals and attending there Church as they have a captivating liturgy or maybe tho they make a huge noise over our teachings on particular issues and go with to declare they have not replaced any of there teachings that's ok yet i comprehend greater effectual and so do they yet for a million,000 yrs we've been one or maybe then our agreements weren't constantly one yet have been tolerated and understood. So i've got self assurance no remember if Catholic or Orthodox in case you go with one or the different you have made a very good determination.