List of wealthiest religious organizations

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Organization Worth
(billion USD) 		Country Religion/Belief Notes
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 236.0  United States Christianity (Latter Day Saint movement) [1]
Sree Venkateswara Swamy Temple 35.0  India Hinduism [2]
Catholic Church in Germany 26.0  Germany Catholicism [3]
Muhammadiyah 26.0  Indonesia Sunni Islam Roughly converted from 400 trillion rupiah as of 2023.[4]
Catholic Church in France 23.0  France Catholicism [5]
Catholic Church in Australia 20.5  Australia Catholicism [6]
Seventh-day Adventist Church 15.6  United States Adventism As of 1998[7]
Church of England 11.97  United Kingdom Anglican [8]
Church of Sweden 11.42  Sweden Lutheran FY2012[9]
Trinity Church 6.0  United States Anglican [10][11][12]
Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church) 2.8  Italy Catholicism [13]
Church of Scientology 2.0  United States Scientology [14][15]
Holy See (Vatican) Unknown[16]  Vatican City Catholicism Not available due to widespread properties globally.[17][18][19]

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  1. ^ "LDS Church on its way to becoming a trillion-dollar faith". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  2. ^ "With net net worth of over Rs 2.5 lakh cr, Tirupati temple is richer than Wipro, Nestle, ONGC". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  3. ^ "Holy orders: Germany's Catholic Church counts its many financial blessings". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "French Catholic church has 700 million euros a year". 31 March 2011. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  6. ^ Millar, Royce; Schneiders, Ben; Vedelago, Chris (February 12, 2018). "Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Supporting the work and mission of the Church of England" (PDF). The Church of England. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  9. ^ Stenman, Jens. "Kyrkan har makt över 70 miljarder (The church has power over 70 billion)". Länstidningen Östersund (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  10. ^ Margolies, Jane (February 8, 2019). "The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  11. ^ "New York's Trinity Church has a diverse investment portfolio worth $6 billion". www.christianpost.com. 14 February 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  12. ^ Widaman, Dwight (February 14, 2019). "With $6 billion, is this the richest church in America?". Metro Voice News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  13. ^ "Opus Dei sitting on fortune - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  14. ^ Tom Gjelten (March 26, 2015). "Church Of Scientology Calls New HBO Documentary 'Bigoted'". NPR.org.
  15. ^ Eric Thurm (March 30, 2015). "10 Things We Learned From Scientology Doc 'Going Clear'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
  16. ^ Guillen, Rafael (1994). The Vatican's Finances.
  17. ^ Walsh, Joe. "Vatican Owns Over 5,000 Properties Worldwide, It Reveals In First Disclosures On Its Real Estate Holdings". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  18. ^ "Catholic Church worth $25 billion nationally, investigation finds". ABC News. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  19. ^ Posner, Gerald (2015). God's Bankers. Simon & Schuster.
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