National church

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Within Roman Catholicism this term can also mean a particular type of church building, for which see here.

The term national church is usually a reference to a church organization in Christianity that claims pastoral jurisdiction over a nation^{[citation needed]}. Sometimes the head of state is considered the ceremonial head of the national church, with the church not endorsing itself as the state religion. The term should not be confused with established church (state church): a national church differs from a state church in that a national church does not necessarily need to be officially endorsed by the state, and even may be persecuted by the government (as Orthodox churches were persecuted under communist regimes).

The term national church (or independent church) is most often used within, but is not limited to, the Anglican Communion and Orthodox Christianity. For example, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America considers itself to be the national church of the United States.

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Armenia – Armenian Apostolic Church
Australia – Uniting Church in Australia, Anglican Church of Australia
Austria – Old Catholic Church of Austria

Bangladesh – Church of Bangladesh
Bermuda – United Church of Bermuda
Brazil – Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Bulgaria – Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Canada – United Church of Canada, Anglican Church of Canada
China (PRC) – Three-Self Patriotic Movement, China Christian Council, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Cyprus – Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Czech Republic – Czechoslovak Hussite Church
Congo (Democratic Republic) – Church of Christ in Congo

Denmark – Church of Denmark

Egypt – Coptic Orthodox Church
England – Church of England
Eritrea – Eritrean Orthodox Church
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Finland – Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Finnish Orthodox Church
France – Gallican Church

Georgia Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
Germany – Evangelical Church in Germany
Greece – Church of Greece

Hungary – Reformed Church in Hungary

Iceland – Lutheran Evangelical Church
India – Church of North India, Church of South India, Indian Orthodox Church and Mar Thoma Church
Indonesia – Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja di Indonesia Communion of Indonesian Churches (Reformed and Lutherans)
Iraq – Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church,
Ireland – Celtic Church, Church of Ireland
Israel/Palestinian territories – Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan & the Holy Land
Italy – Roman Catholic Church, Lombardy , Ambrosian Catholic Church,

Jamaica – United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Japan – United Church of Christ in Japan

Lebanon – Maronite Catholic Church

Kiribati – Kiribati Congregational Church

Madagascar – Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
Macedonia, Republic Macedonian Orthodox Church
Mexico – Iglesia Catolica Apostolica Mexicana (ICAM), Hostia Sangrante www.sagradahostia.org

Namibia – United Evangelical Church of Namibia
Nauru – Nauru Congregational Church
Netherlands – Protestant Church in the Netherlands
New Zealand – Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia; Maori Ratana Church
Nicaragua – Miskitos Moravian Church
Nigeria – National Association of Aladura Churches, Church of Nigeria
Norway – Church of Norway

Pakistan – Church of Pakistan
Papua New Guinea – United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Philippines – Philippine Independent Church
Poland – Polish Catholic Church
Portugal – Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church

Romania – none; traditionally the Romanian Orthodox Church has seen itself as the national church, but since 2004 the ROC resigned to any claim of this status to conform with the country's secular constituition.
Russia – Russian Orthodox Church