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Baháʼí Faith in the United Kingdom
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The Baháʼí Faith in the United Kingdom started in 1898[3] when Mrs. Mary Thornburgh-Cropper (d. 1938), an American by birth, became the first adherent of the Baháʼí Faith in England. Through the 1930s, the number of Baháʼís in the United Kingdom grew, leading to a pioneer movement beginning after the Second World War with sixty percent of the British Baháʼí community eventually relocating. At the 2021 UK Census, there were 4,725 Baháʼís in England and Wales,[1] making it the 17th largest religion, a decline of 6% compared to the 2011 UK Census, when there were 5,021 Baháʼís in England and Wales.[4] In Northern Ireland, there were 281 Baháʼís recorded in the 2021 census.[2]
![]() Waiting room inside the National Bahá'í Centre of the United Kingdom in London | |
Total population | |
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5,006 (2021 census, excluding Scotland)[1][2] | |
Religions | |
Baháʼí Faith | |
Languages | |
English Indian Languages |