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Whalsay Kirk
Haroldswick Methodist Church, the most northerly church building in the UK[1]
St John's Church, Baltasound

A List of churches in Shetland, Scotland.

The Reformation reached Shetland in 1560. This was an apparently peaceful transition and there is little evidence of religious intolerance in Shetland's recorded history.[2] A variety of different religious denominations are represented in the islands.

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland has a Presbytery of Shetland.

Episocopalian

Methodist

The Methodist Church has a relatively high membership in Shetland, which is a District of the Methodist Church (with the whole of the rest of Scotland comprising a separate District).[5]

  • Haroldswick Methodist Church, Haroldswick, Unst is the most northerly church building in the UK.[1]

Roman Catholic

Shetland is part of the Diocese of Aberdeen.

  • Church of St. Margaret and the Sacred Heart, Lerwick, Mainland

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Haroldswick". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. ^ Schei (2006) p. 14
  3. ^ "Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church Profile". (pdf) shetland-communities.org.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. ^ "St Colman's Church, Burravoe". Scottish Episcopal Church. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  5. ^ "The District". methodist.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

References

  • Schei, Liv Kjørsvik (2006) The Shetland Isles. Grantown-on-Spey. Colin Baxter Photography. ISBN 978-1-84107-330-9

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