Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America (worship, protestant, Christian)

[West.]

E.I.T.A.I.A.S. EVERYTHING I THINK AND I AM SORRY.

The R.C.C. in the U.S.A. per 01.01.2008 is about 22% or 67.2 mln people who belong to the R.C.C.

But in the Netherlands there´s about 28%, or 4.6 mln people.

When did the R.C.C. was first introduced in the U.S.A, does anyone know that.

Maybe I know It, but I just like to ask.

[Okiegirlfriend]

Catholicism first came to the territories now forming the United States before the Protestant Reformation with the Spanish explorers and settlers in present-day Florida (1513) and the southwest. The first Christian worship service held in the current United States was a Catholic Mass celebrated in Pensacola, FL.(St. Michael records) The influence of the Alta California missions (1769 and onwards) forms a lasting memorial to part of this heritage.
In the English colonies, Catholicism was introduced with the settling of Maryland in 1634; this colony offered a rare example of religious toleration in a fairly intolerant age, particularly amongst other English colonies which frequently exhibited a quite militant Protestantism.

The state of Oklahoma is 2% Roman Catholic. It is 3% in Tulsa.