The Church of the Faroe Islands (Faroese Fólkakirkjan) was a diocese of the Lutheran Church of Denmark until it became independent on 29 July 2007, as the smallest of the world's few remaining state churches.
About 85%of the Faroese people belong to the state church. Other churches include the Plymouth Brethren and the Roman Catholic Church.
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