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[[Image:South america pol98.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of South America]]

[[Image:South america pol98.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of South America]]

[[Image:Central America.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Political map of the countries of Central America ]]  

[[Image:Central America.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Political map of the countries of Central America ]]  

Christianity was brought to ''[[South America]] and [[Central America]]'' (or Latin America) by Spanish and Portuguese Christian explorers. Sponsored by [[King Ferdinand V]] and [[Queen Isabella]] (the Catholic Monarchs), they came to the Americas just a few months after the Spanish reconquest of Spain and Portugal from the Muslim Moors of North Africa, completed in 1492, and a few months before Columbus' discovery of America. "The Vatican granted to Spain and Portugal the ''patronato real de las Indias'', which gave their sovereigns the right to appoint all bishops within their territories, sealing the bond between the Church and Crown." <ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111025144653475</ref>

Christianity was brought to ''[[South America]] and [[Central America]]'' (or Latin America) by Spanish and Portuguese Christian explorers. Sponsored by [[King Ferdinand V]] and [[Queen Isabella]] (the Catholic Monarchs), they came to the Americas just a few months after the Spanish reconquest of Spain and Portugal from the Muslim Moors of North Africa, completed in 1492, and a few months before Columbus' discovery of America. "The Vatican granted to Spain and Portugal the ''patronato real de las Indias'', which gave their sovereigns the right to appoint all bishops within their territories, sealing the bond between the Church and Crown."<ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111025144653475</ref>

==Christianity in Central America==

==Christianity in Central America==

The main Christian denomination in [[Bolivia]] is [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]. Other churches include [[Evangelical]] groups, [[Methodists]], [[Seventh-day Adventists]], and [[Pentecostal]]s; there are smaller communities such as [[Religious Society of Friends | Quakers]] and the [[Coptic Church | Coptic Orthodox Church]]<ref>https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=27c</ref>.

The main Christian denomination in [[Bolivia]] is [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]. Other churches include [[Evangelical]] groups, [[Methodists]], [[Seventh-day Adventists]], and [[Pentecostal]]s; there are smaller communities such as [[Religious Society of Friends | Quakers]] and the [[Coptic Church | Coptic Orthodox Church]]<ref>https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=27c</ref>.

===Christianity in Brazil===

===Christianity in Brazil===

In [[Brazil]] [[Roman Catholic Church | Roman Catholicism]] is 56.8% of the population, and 26.9% are Protestant, including such groups as [[Evangelicals]], [[Pentecostal]]s, [[Baptists]], [[Methodists]], [[Mennonites]], and [[Antiochian Archdiocese of Brazil | Orthodox Church in Brazil]]. <ref>https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/brazilian-culture/brazilian-culture-religion</ref>.<br>

In [[Brazil]] [[Roman Catholic Church | Roman Catholicism]] is 56.8% of the population, and 26.9% are Protestant, including such groups as [[Evangelicals]], [[Pentecostal]]s, [[Baptists]], [[Methodists]], [[Mennonites]], and [[Antiochian Archdiocese of Brazil | Orthodox Church in Brazil]].<ref>https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/brazilian-culture/brazilian-culture-religion</ref>.<br>

'''See Also''' [[Christianity in Brazil]]

'''See Also''' [[Christianity in Brazil]]