ABSTRACT
Article 41 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia1 stipulates that no one shall be obliged to declare their religious or other beliefs, so there is no precise insight into the religious structure of Slovenian citizens or residents. However, there exists data from population censuses and the results of social surveys. In recent population censuses that covered all residents, an answer to the question about religious identity was not mandatory, but the majority of residents answered the question. In the 1991 census 71.6 percent of inhabitants declared their religion to be Catholic, 0.7 percent Evangelical, 2.4 percent Orthodox, 1.5 percent Muslim, 4.4 percent unbeliever or atheist, and 4.2 percent declined to answer the question. In the 2002 census 57.8 percent of inhabitants declared their religion to be Catholic, 0.8 percent Evangelical, 2.3 percent Orthodox, 2.4 percent Muslim, 10.1 percent unbeliever or atheist, and 15.7 percent declined to answer the question.2 The results of social surveys for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007 are: Catholics 70.3 percent, 64.5 percent, and 66.3 percent, respectively; Evangelical 1.9 percent, 2.0 percent, and 1.8 percent; Orthodox 1.8 percent, 2.2 percent, and 1.7 percent; and Muslim 1.4 percent, 1.2 percent, and 1.9 percent.3
