Southeast Europe

Religion(s) practised: Roman-Catholic (41.2%), Calvinist (47.1%), Unitarian (4.6%),
Greek Catholic (1.4%), Orthodox (1.7%), Evangelic Synod - Presbyterian, Baptist
(0.8%), Adventist of the Seventh Day Faith (0.5%), Pentecostal (0.3%) (Census from
1992, Vol. IV) and Christian after the Gospel (there is no mention in the census nor in
the materials received from DAHR).
Is there any form of recognition of the religion(s)? The Constitution (Art. 29)
guarantees the right of free worship to all Romanian citizens, as do several international
documents signed by Romania. Also, the so-called historical churches, i.e. the Roman-
Catholic, the Calvinist (Reformed) and the Unitarian, are registered legal entities in
Romania.
Communities having the same characteristics in other territories/countries:
Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Ukraine. Hungarians in the countries neighbouring Hungary may be regarded
as national minorities as they have been living in the same place for centuries, but under
the rule of different states. The Diaspora, Hungarians living in the United States,
Canada, Australia and Sweden etc., or immigrant groups, generally do not seek or strive
for particular cultural and political rights.
Population of these communities in the other territories/countries of Central and
Southeast Europe.
(All figures from World Directory of Minorities, Minority Rights Group, 1997, unless
otherwise stated)
• Croatia –25 439 (0.53%) (Pataki Gabor Zsolt, 2000)
• Czech Republic – 20,143 (0.2%)
• Hungary – 10,068,500 (97.9%) (World Directory of Minorities, 1997)
• FRY – 385,356 (3.93%)
• Slovakia – 567,000 (10.8%)
• Slovenia – 9,496 (0.48%) (Pataki Gabor Zsolt, 2000)
• Ukraine – 163,000 (0.31%) (George Brunner, 1989)
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