List of wealthiest religious organizations

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Organization Worth
(billion USD)		 Country Notes
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 100 worldwide One whistleblower estimated it at 200 billion.[1]
Holy See (Vatican) 30 [2]   Vatican City Please see other sources, this is unreliable due to an critic of the church posting non-citable information.[3][4][5]
Catholic Church in Germany 26.0  Germany [6]
Catholic Church in France 23.0  France [7]
Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple 22.0  India As of 2011.[8] Some sources estimated it at 1 trillion.[9][10]
Catholic Church in Australia 20.5  Australia [11]
Seventh-day Adventists 15.6  United States As of 1998[12]
Church of England 11.97  United Kingdom [13]
Trinity Church 6.0  United States [14][15][16]
Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church) 2.8 worldwide [17]
Catholic Church in the Philippines 2.0  Philippines [18]
Church of Scientology 2.0  United States [19][20]

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References
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  2. Guillen, Rafael (1994). The Vatican's Finances.
  3. Walsh, Joe. "Vatican Owns Over 5,000 Properties Worldwide, It Reveals In First Disclosures On Its Real Estate Holdings". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  4. "Catholic Church worth $30 billion nationally, investigation finds". ABC News. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  5. Posner, Gerald (2015). God's Bankers. Simon & Schuster.
  6. "Holy orders: Germany's Catholic Church counts its many financial blessings". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  7. "French Catholic church has 700 million euros a year". Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  8. Bajaj, Vikas (2011-07-08). "A $22 Billion Question for India: What to Do With a Treasure?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  9. "Who gets to keep $1 trillion worth assets of India's richest temple in Kerala?". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  10. Mohan, Rohini (2020-05-12). "World's richest temple in Tirupati struggles to pay its staff". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  11. Millar, Royce; Schneiders, Ben; Vedelago, Chris (February 12, 2018). "Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  12. 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.
  13. "Supporting the work and mission of the Church of England" (PDF). The Church of England. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  14. Margolies, Jane (February 8, 2019). "The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  15. "New York's Trinity Church has a diverse investment portfolio worth $6 billion". www.christianpost.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  16. Widaman, Dwight (February 14, 2019). "With $6 billion, is this the richest church in America?". Metro Voice News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  17. "Opus Dei sitting on fortune - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  18. Tiglao, Rigoberto (2 July 2018). "With its P100-B wealth, Church can feed 1M poor Filipinos daily, but it doesn't". The Manila Times. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  19. Tom Gjelten (March 26, 2015). "Church Of Scientology Calls New HBO Documentary 'Bigoted'". NPR.org.
  20. Eric Thurm (March 30, 2015). "10 Things We Learned From Scientology Doc 'Going Clear'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
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