2019 in religion
# 2019 in religion

2019 in religion.

## Events

* 5 January – The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is granted independence from the Russian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
* 22 January – The Catholic World Youth Day 2019 event begins in Panama City.
* 27 January – The Jolo Cathedral in Jolo, Philippines is bombed by Islamist terrorists associated with Abu Sayyaf.
* 21 February – The Catholic Church holds the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church.
* 15 March – A white supremacist gunman attacks two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
* 26 March – An arsonist in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana burns down three Black churches over several days.
* 15 April – A structure fire breaks out in the Notre-Dame de Paris.
* 19 April – Churches, among other targets, are attacked in Sri Lanka on Easter in coordinated bombings carried out by ISIS.
* 27 April – A gunman attacks the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California on the final day of Passover.
* May – British neo-charismatic organization Jesus Army announces its closure after years of sexual abuse scandals.
* 3 May – The Çamlıca Mosque, the largest mosque in Turkey, is inaugurated.
* 6 May – Riots break out in Sri Lanka in which rioters randomly attack Muslims and mosques.
* 10 June – American Jewish conversion therapy provider JIFGA is ordered to dissolve after it is found to be a fraudulent continuation of JONAH.
* 16 August – The Sri Lankan Buddhist orders Amarapura Nikāya and Rāmañña Nikāya merge to form the Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya.
* 6 October – The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region meets in Rome.

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* Joining of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe to the Moscow Patriarchate
* Mary 2.0
