Jump to content

List of wealthiest religious organizations

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Organization Worth
(billion USD) 		Country Religion/Belief Notes
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 265.0  United States Church of Latter Day Saints Includes everything from investments, operating assets (ecclesiastical buildings) and Real estate, mostly from USA[1]
Catholic Church in Germany 47.24 to 265.62  Germany Catholicism Some sources suggest a value as high as $265.62 billion, while others put it closer to $47.24 billion due to limited public data on the Church's finances. Former totals the value of land, real estate, investments and holdings of the Catholic Church and its institutions[2][3]
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) 31.11  India Hinduism Holdings reportedly includes 10.25 tonnes of gold deposits in banks, 2.5 tonnes of gold jewelry, $1.9 billion in various banks and 980 properties across India[4]
Muhammadiyah 27.96  Indonesia Sunni Islam Roughly converted from 400 trillion rupiah as of 2023.[5]
Catholic Church in France 23.0[failed verification]  France Catholicism [6][failed verification]
Catholic Church in Australia 23.25  Australia Catholicism Extrapolated figure from calculating assets and investments in the state of Victoria[7]
Padmanabhaswamy Temple 21.43  India Hinduism No official confirmation, only media reports of Gold Idols, jewelleries, diamonds etc mostly of archeological significance entirely managed by the Temple authorities.[8][9]
Seventh-day Adventist Church 15.6  United States Adventism As of 1998[10]
Church of England 13.84  United Kingdom Anglican Endowment funds.[11]
Church of Sweden 11.41  Sweden Lutheran FY2012. Largely of assets that are in forests, buildings and securities. Another 3.07 billion as annual income.[12]
Trinity Church 6.0  United States Anglican [13][14][15]
Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church) 2.8  Italy Catholicism [16]
Church of Scientology 2.0  United States Scientology [17][18]
Holy See (Vatican) Unknown[19]  Vatican City Catholicism Not available due to widespread properties globally.[20][21][22]

See also

[edit]

Individuals

[edit]

Businesses

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "LDS Church investment fund takes another jump as faith's estimated total wealth reaches a new high". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ Marianna Deinyan: This is how wealthy the church corporation is: The earthly billionaire empire of the men of God. In: Focus Online, 17. October 2013. Language German
  3. ^ "Holy orders: Germany's Catholic Church counts its many financial blessings". www.handelsblatt.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "With net net worth of over Rs 2.5 lakh cr, Tirupati temple is richer than Wipro, Nestle, ONGC". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  5. ^ "Partially True, Muhammadiyah's Assets Estimated at Rp 400 Trillion in the Form of Land and Buildings (Sebagian Benar, Aset Muhammadiyah Diperkirakan Senilai Rp 400 Triliun Berupa Tanah dan Bangunan)". Tempo (in Indonesian). 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  6. ^ "French Catholic church has 700 million euros a year". 31 March 2011. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  7. ^ Millar, Royce; Schneiders, Ben; Vedelago, Chris (February 12, 2018). "Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple: Lord's riches worth more than Rs 1 lakh cr". The Economic Times. 2011-07-12. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  9. ^ "Richest Padmanabha temple in Kerala faces financial crunch". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Church Commissioners reports strong financial returns in 2021 of 13.3%". The Church of England. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  12. ^ Stenman, Jens (10 September 2013). "Kyrkan har makt över 70 miljarder (The church has power over 70 billion)". Länstidningen Östersund (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  13. ^ Margolies, Jane (February 8, 2019). "The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  14. ^ "New York's Trinity Church has a diverse investment portfolio worth $6 billion". www.christianpost.com. 14 February 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  15. ^ Widaman, Dwight (February 14, 2019). "With $6 billion, is this the richest church in America?". Metro Voice News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  16. ^ "Opus Dei sitting on fortune - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  17. ^ Tom Gjelten (March 26, 2015). "Church Of Scientology Calls New HBO Documentary 'Bigoted'". NPR.org.
  18. ^ Eric Thurm (March 30, 2015). "10 Things We Learned From Scientology Doc 'Going Clear'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
  19. ^ Guillen, Rafael (1994). The Vatican's Finances.
  20. ^ Walsh, Joe. "Vatican Owns Over 5,000 Properties Worldwide, It Reveals In First Disclosures On Its Real Estate Holdings". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  21. ^ "Catholic Church worth $25 billion nationally, investigation finds". ABC News. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  22. ^ Posner, Gerald (2015). God's Bankers. Simon & Schuster.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_wealthiest_religious_organizations&oldid=1239090516"