Key:denomination

denomination
Description
Defines the subgroup of a specific religion.
Group: religion
Used on these elements
Documented values: 16
Requires
religion=*
Useful combination
amenity=place_of_worship landuse=religious
Status: de facto
denomination=* More details at taginfo
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Defines the subgroup (denomination) of a specific religion. Should be used together with religion=* and a primary feature tag such as amenity=place_of_worship, landuse=religious, or amenity=school.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of denominations for the purpose of consistency in tagging. Please add to the list as items occur.

In case of multiple denominations applying (for example two groups sharing a place of worship) semicolon-delimited tagging can be used, for example religion=christian + denomination=anglican;methodist.

Denominations

Buddhist denominations

religion=buddhist + following denominations

denomination=mahayana Mahayana Schools
denomination=gelug	Error creating thumbnail: Gelug
denomination=jishu	Error creating thumbnail: 時宗 (Ji-shū)
denomination=jodo_shinshu	Error creating thumbnail: Jōdo Shinshū
denomination=jodo_shu	Error creating thumbnail: Jōdo-shū
denomination=nichiren	Error creating thumbnail: Nichiren Buddhism
denomination=nyingma	Error creating thumbnail: Nyingma
denomination=obaku	Error creating thumbnail: Ōbaku
denomination=pure_land	Error creating thumbnail: Pure Land Buddhism
denomination=rinzai	Error creating thumbnail: Rinzai school
denomination=risshu	Error creating thumbnail: Risshū (Buddhism)
denomination=shingon_shu	Error creating thumbnail: Shingon Buddhism
denomination=soto	Error creating thumbnail: Sōtō
denomination=tiantai	Error creating thumbnail: Tiantai
denomination=tibetan	Error creating thumbnail: Tibetan Buddhism - most common
denomination=vajrayana	Error creating thumbnail: Vajrayana
denomination=won	Error creating thumbnail: Won Buddhism
denomination=yogacara	Error creating thumbnail: East Asian Yogācāra
denomination=yuzu_nembutsu	Error creating thumbnail: Yuzu Nembutsu
denomination=zen	Error creating thumbnail: Zen
denomination=theravada Theravada Schools - second most common
denomination=thai_mahanikaya	Error creating thumbnail: Maha Nikaya
denomination=thai_thammayut	(See thai mahanikaya Wikipedia link for more info.)

Christian denominations

Denominations are tagged in OpenStreetMap as religion=christian based on the claims of the denomination, in combination with the following denomination tag values:.

Churches and rites in union with the Catholic Church
denomination=catholic	Unspecified Catholic denomination. (It is prefered to use denomination=greek_catholic, denomination=roman_catholic, or other rite as appropriate, if known. But in some cases of ecumenical features, "catholic" may be the best fit.) (Error creating thumbnail: Roman Catholic Church)
denomination=armenian_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Armenian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=chaldean_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Chaldean Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=coptic_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Coptic Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=eritrean_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Eritrean Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=ethiopian_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Ethiopian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=greek_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Eastern Catholic Churches "including many liturgical traditions, each one of the tradition having its own churches.)
denomination=hungarian_greek_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=maronite	Error creating thumbnail: Maronite Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=polish_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Polish Catholic Church
denomination=roman_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Roman Catholic Church
denomination=romanian_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Romanian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=syriac_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Syriac Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=syro-malabar_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=ukrainian_greek_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
Orthodox denominations
denomination=orthodox	Unspecified eastern Orthodox church. One of the more specific values below is preferred:
denomination=antiochian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
denomination=armenian_apostolic	Error creating thumbnail: Armenian Apostolic Church
denomination=bulgarian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Bulgarian Orthodox Church
denomination=eritrean_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
denomination=ethiopian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
denomination=coptic_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
denomination=georgian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Georgian Orthodox Church
denomination=greek_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Greek Orthodox Church
denomination=macedonian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Macedonian Orthodox Church
denomination=old_believers	Error creating thumbnail: Old Believers (Russian)
denomination=polish_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Polish Orthodox Church
denomination=romanian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Romanian Orthodox Church
denomination=russian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Russian Orthodox Church and Error creating thumbnail: Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
denomination=serbian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Serbian Orthodox Church
denomination=syriac_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Syriac Orthodox Church
denomination=ukrainian_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Orthodox Church of Ukraine (not to be confused with Error creating thumbnail: Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), which should be tagged denomination=russian_orthodox)
Larger Protestant denominations (categories)
These protestant denominations are categories which often include several different organisations, which can be tagged with operator=*, though sometimes are tagged as the denomination=* instead (see following table of less common values)
denomination=protestant	Unspecified Protestant church. Use of "Independent" non-conformist chapels in Wales. Often a more specific denomination can be tagged:
denomination=adventist	Error creating thumbnail: Adventism (not all Adventist Churches are Seventh-Day Adventist, see denomination=seventh_day_adventist)
denomination=anabaptist	Error creating thumbnail: Anabaptism
denomination=anglican	Error creating thumbnail: Anglicanism (Churches of the Anglican Communion in general should use this tag, including the Church of England, Church in Wales, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Ireland, Episcopal Church in USA)
denomination=baptist	Error creating thumbnail: Baptists
denomination=disciples_of_christ	Error creating thumbnail: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and related denominations
denomination=episcopal	Error creating thumbnail: Episcopal Church (United States)
denomination=evangelical	Note for German speakers: this is not the same as "evangelisch" in German, please use denomination=protestant instead. Note for Polish speakers: this is not the same as the Polish "ewangelicki". For the Error creating thumbnail: Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, denomination=lutheran is used.
denomination=evangelical_covenant	Error creating thumbnail: Evangelical Covenant Church
denomination=exclusive_brethren	Error creating thumbnail: Exclusive Brethren
denomination=lutheran	Error creating thumbnail: Lutheranism
denomination=mennonite	Error creating thumbnail: Mennonite
denomination=methodist	Error creating thumbnail: Methodist (also see United Methodist below)
denomination=moravian	Error creating thumbnail: Moravian Church
denomination=pentecostal	Error creating thumbnail: Pentecostalism
denomination=presbyterian	Error creating thumbnail: Presbyterianism
denomination=quaker	Error creating thumbnail: quakers
denomination=reformed	Calvinism (Error creating thumbnail: Reformed)
denomination=uniting	Error creating thumbnail: Uniting Church in Australia
denomination=polish_national_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Polish National Catholic Church (protestant church, not in union with the Catholic Church)
Protestant Church Organisations
These protestant church organisations are sometimes called "denominations" in some dialects of English, but usually they are considered to belong to a larger denominational category. Instead of tagging with denomination=* it is possible to uses these values with operator=* and use the larger category in the denomination=* tag.
denomination=african_methodist_episcopal	Error creating thumbnail: African Methodist Episcopal Church, frequently abbreviated as AME. Not the same as denomination=african_methodist_episcopal_zion. See also denomination=methodist.
denomination=african_methodist_episcopal_zion	Error creating thumbnail: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, frequently abbreviated as AME Zion. Not the same as denomination=african_methodist_episcopal (frequently mistagged). See also denomination=methodist.
denomination=alliance	Error creating thumbnail: Christian and Missionary Alliance
denomination=apostolic_faith	Error creating thumbnail: Apostolic Faith Church (Note that there are other denominations with very similar names.)
denomination=assemblies_of_god	Error creating thumbnail: Assemblies of God - See also denomination=pentecostal.
denomination=brethren_in_christ	Error creating thumbnail: Brethren in Christ Church - See also denomination=anabaptist.
denomination=calvinistic_methodist	Error creating thumbnail: Calvinistic Methodists. It is preferable to tag Welsh Calvinistic Methodist churches as denomination=presbyterian as indeed the alternative name of the church, the Welsh Presbyterian Church, makes clear. The church body is the operator rather than denomination per se. The vast majority of such churches should have both name:en=* and name:cy=*. Note also that despite the name, the theology of the denomination is not very Calvinist (q.v. reformed).
denomination=catholic_apostolic	Error creating thumbnail: Catholic Apostolic Church
denomination=church_of_god_in_christ	Error creating thumbnail: Church of God in Christ, frequently abbreviated as COGIC. Imported GNIS nodes may often have the incorrect name of "Church of God and Christ" and should be corrected after verifying with survey or street-level imagery.
denomination=church_of_scotland	Error creating thumbnail: Church of Scotland - See also denomination=presbyterian.
denomination=churches_of_christ	Error creating thumbnail: Churches of Christ
denomination=czechoslovak_hussite	Error creating thumbnail: Czechoslovak Hussite Church
denomination=disciples_of_christ	Error creating thumbnail: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
denomination=dutch_reformed	(including NGK and similar churches in South Africa) - See also denomination=presbyterian.
denomination=evangelical_covenant	Error creating thumbnail: Evangelical Covenant Church - See also denomination=evangelical.
denomination=evangelical_free_church_of_america	Error creating thumbnail: Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) - See also denomination=evangelical.
denomination=evangelical_lutheran	Error creating thumbnail: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) - See also denomination=evangelical.
denomination=evangelical_free_church_of_france	Error creating thumbnail: Union des Églises évangéliques libres (UEEL) - See also denomination=evangelical.
denomination=exclusive_brethren	Error creating thumbnail: Exclusive Brethren
denomination=foursquare	Error creating thumbnail: The Foursquare Church - See also denomination=pentecostal.
denomination=free_church_of_scotland	Error creating thumbnail: Free Church of Scotland (since 1900) - See also denomination=presbyterian.
denomination=living_waters_church	Living Waters Church
denomination=mission_covenant_church_of_sweden	Error creating thumbnail: Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
denomination=moravian	Error creating thumbnail: Moravian Church
denomination=mormon	Error creating thumbnail: Mormons (also known as The Church of Latter-day Saints). See Tag:denomination=mormon for more info
denomination=nazarene	Error creating thumbnail: Church of the Nazarene
denomination=new_frontiers	Error creating thumbnail: Newfrontiers
denomination=orthodox_presbyterian_church	Error creating thumbnail: Orthodox Presbyterian Church - See also denomination=presbyterian.
denomination=pkn	Error creating thumbnail: Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Dutch merger of reformed and lutheran churches - See also denomination=protestant
denomination=presbyterian_church_usa	Error creating thumbnail: Presbyterian Church (USA) - See also denomination=presbyterian.
denomination=presbyterian_church_in_america	Error creating thumbnail: Presbyterian Church in America - See also denomination=presbyterian.
denomination=remonstrant	Error creating thumbnail: Remonstrants
denomination=salvation_army	Error creating thumbnail: The Salvation Army
denomination=scottish_episcopal	Error creating thumbnail: Scottish Episcopal Church - See also denomination=anglican
denomination=seventh_day_adventist	Error creating thumbnail: Seventh-day Adventist Church - not all Adventist Churches are Seventh-Day Adventist - See also denomination=adventist
denomination=strict_baptist	Strict Baptists - See also denomination=baptist
denomination=temple_society_australia	Error creating thumbnail: Temple Society Australia
denomination=united	Error creating thumbnail: United Church of Canada
denomination=united_free_church_of_scotland	Error creating thumbnail: United Free Church of Scotland - See also denomination=presbyterian
denomination=united_reformed	Error creating thumbnail: United Reformed Church - See also denomination=reformed
denomination=uniting	Error creating thumbnail: Uniting Church in Australia
denomination=united_methodist	Error creating thumbnail: United Methodist Church - See also denomination=methodist
denomination=united_church_of_christ	Error creating thumbnail: United Church of Christ (UCC)
denomination=welsh_baptist	Error creating thumbnail: Baptist Union of Wales. Preferred usage is denomination=baptist, the Baptist Union of Wales is probably the operator=*.
denomination=welsh_independent	Error creating thumbnail: Independent (religion) Independent chapels in Wales will all be non-conformist denomination=protestant churches.
Unclassified christian denominations
denomination=apostolic	Several different denominations and organisations use this term. See Error creating thumbnail: Apostolic.
denomination=assyrian	Error creating thumbnail: Assyrian Church of the East
denomination=catholic_mariavite	Error creating thumbnail: Catholic Mariavite Church (non-ecumenical)
denomination=bosnian_church	Error creating thumbnail: Bosnian Church
denomination=charismatic	Error creating thumbnail: Charismatic Movement, often but not always pentecostal
denomination=christian_community	Error creating thumbnail: The Christian Community originally from Switzerland
denomination=christ_scientist	Error creating thumbnail: Church of Christ, Scientist
denomination=church_of_christ	Error creating thumbnail: Church of Christ (unspecific). Not to be confused with denomination=united_church_of_christ or denomination=churches_of_christ
denomination=congregational	Error creating thumbnail: Congregational church. Note that many churches in the United States with "Congregational" in the name should instead be tagged as denomination=united_church_of_christ.
denomination=ecumenical	Error creating thumbnail: Ecumenism
denomination=fsspx	Error creating thumbnail: Society of Saint Pius X (complex relationship with the Roman Catholic church)
denomination=harrist	Error creating thumbnail: William Wadé Harris
denomination=iglesia_ni_cristo	Error creating thumbnail: Iglesia ni Cristo
denomination=jehovahs_witness	Error creating thumbnail: Jehovah's Witnesses
denomination=kimbanguist	Error creating thumbnail: Kimbanguism
denomination=la_luz_del_mundo	Error creating thumbnail: La Luz del Mundo
denomination=liberal_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Liberal Catholic Church
denomination=mariavite	Old Catholic Error creating thumbnail: Mariavite Church of Poland (ecumenical)
denomination=messianic_jewish	Error creating thumbnail: Messianic Judaism
denomination=new_apostolic	Error creating thumbnail: New Apostolic Church
denomination=nondenominational	Churches which are not part of a larger organisation (often evangelical protestant)
denomination=old_catholic	Error creating thumbnail: Old Catholic Church
denomination=philippine_independent	Error creating thumbnail: Philippine Independent Church, also known as Aglipayan Church
denomination=shizmatic	Error creating thumbnail: Schism, if not sure, simply use for any schismatic denomination
denomination=simultaneum	Error creating thumbnail: Simultaneum
denomination=spiritist	Error creating thumbnail: Spiritism is a spiritualistic doctrine based on the works of Allan Kardec. Formed in France in the 19th century, but today only has a significant number of adherents in Brazil.

Hindu denominations

religion=hindu + following denominations

denomination=shaktism	Error creating thumbnail: Shaktism
denomination=hare_krishna	Error creating thumbnail: International Society for Krishna Consciousness
denomination=vaishnavism	Error creating thumbnail: Vaishnavism
denomination=shaivism	Error creating thumbnail: Shaivism
denomination=smartism	Error creating thumbnail: Smartism
denomination=ganpatya	Error creating thumbnail: Ganapatya
denomination=warkari	Error creating thumbnail: Warkari
denomination=dattatreya	Error creating thumbnail: Dattatreya

Islamic denominations

religion=muslim + following denominations

denomination=nondenominational
denomination=ahmadiyya	Error creating thumbnail: Ahmadiyya
denomination=alevi	Error creating thumbnail: Alevism
denomination=bektashi	Error creating thumbnail: Bektashism
denomination=ibadi	Error creating thumbnail: Ibadi
denomination=ismaili	Error creating thumbnail: Isma'ilism
denomination=shia	Error creating thumbnail: Shia Islam
denomination=sunni	Error creating thumbnail: Sunni Islam
denomination=sufi	Error creating thumbnail: Sufism

Jain denominations

religion=jain + following denominations

denomination=digambara	Error creating thumbnail: Digambara
denomination=svetambara	Error creating thumbnail: Śvētāmbara

Jewish denominations

religion=jewish + following denominations

denomination=nondenominational
denomination=unaffiliated
denomination=ashkenazi	Error creating thumbnail: Ashkenazi Jews
denomination=buchari	Error creating thumbnail: Bukharan Jews
denomination=conservative	Error creating thumbnail: Conservative Judaism
denomination=hasidic	Error creating thumbnail: Hasidic Judaism
denomination=kabbalistic	Error creating thumbnail: Kabbalah
denomination=karaite	Error creating thumbnail: Karaite Judaism
denomination=lubavitch	Error creating thumbnail: Chabad
denomination=mizrachi	Error creating thumbnail: Mizrahi Jews
denomination=modern_orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Modern Orthodox Judaism
denomination=neo_orthodox	(see modern orthodox Wikipedia link for more info)
denomination=orthodox	Error creating thumbnail: Orthodox Judaism
denomination=reconstructionist	Error creating thumbnail: Reconstructionist Judaism
denomination=reform	Error creating thumbnail: Reform Judaism
denomination=progressive	(see Reform Wikipedia link for more info)
denomination=liberal	(see Reform Wikipedia link for more info)
denomination=samaritan	Error creating thumbnail: Samaritanism
denomination=sephardi	Error creating thumbnail: Sephardi Jews
denomination=traditional	Error creating thumbnail: Masortim
denomination=unity	Unity Judaism (Judaísmo da Unidade)

Pagan denominations

religion=pagan + following denominations

denomination=asatru	Error creating thumbnail: Germanic paganism
denomination=baltic	Error creating thumbnail: Baltic neopaganism
denomination=celtic	Error creating thumbnail: Celtic polytheism
denomination=greco-roman	Error creating thumbnail: Ancient Greek religion and Error creating thumbnail: Ancient Roman religion
denomination=mithraism	Error creating thumbnail: Mithraism
denomination=slavic	Error creating thumbnail: Slavic mythology
denomination=wicca	Error creating thumbnail: Wicca

Sikh denominations

religion=sikh + following denominations

denomination=khalsa	Error creating thumbnail: Khalsa
denomination=akali_nihang	Error creating thumbnail: Nihang
denomination=giani_samparda	Error creating thumbnail: Damdami Taksal
denomination=nirmala_sect	Error creating thumbnail: Nirmala (sect)
denomination=sewapanthi	Error creating thumbnail: Sewapanthi
denomination=udasi	Error creating thumbnail: Udasi
denomination=ramgarhia	Error creating thumbnail: Ramgarhia
denomination=radha_soami	Error creating thumbnail: Radha Soami
denomination=namdhari	Error creating thumbnail: Namdhari
denomination=nirankari	Error creating thumbnail: Nirankari
denomination=nanakpanthi	Error creating thumbnail: Nanakpanthi
denomination=ramraiyas	Error creating thumbnail: Ramraiyas

Taoist denominations

religion=taoist + following denominations

denomination=quanzhen	Error creating thumbnail: 全真道
denomination=zhengyi	Error creating thumbnail: 正一道

Zoroastrian denominations

religion=zoroastrian + following denominations

denomination=irani	Error creating thumbnail: Irani (India)
denomination=parsi	Error creating thumbnail: Parsis

This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.

See also

• Sophox query for Protestant denomination tags

External links

• List of Christian denominations on Wikipedia