This is a timeline of events during the year 2019 which relate to religion.
Events
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5 January – The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is granted independence from the Russian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.[1]
22 January – The Catholic World Youth Day 2019 event begins in Panama City.[2]
27 January – The Jolo Cathedral in Jolo, Philippines is bombed by Islamist terrorists associated with Abu Sayyaf.[3]
21 February – The Catholic Church holds the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church.[4]
15 March – A white supremacist gunman attacks two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.[5]
26 March – An arsonist in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana burns down three Black churches over several days.[6]
15 April – A structure fire breaks out in the Notre-Dame de Paris.[7]
19 April – Churches, among other targets, are attacked in Sri Lanka on Easter in coordinated bombings carried out by ISIS.[8]
27 April – A gunman attacks the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California on the final day of Passover.[9]
May – British neo-charismatic organization Jesus Army announces its closure after years of sexual abuse scandals.[10]
3 May – The Çamlıca Mosque, the largest mosque in Turkey, is inaugurated.[11]
6 May – Riots break out in Sri Lanka in which rioters randomly attack Muslims and mosques.[12]
10 June – American Jewish conversion therapy provider JIFGA is ordered to dissolve after it is found to be a fraudulent continuation of JONAH.[13]
June 17 – In Canada, Quebec passed Bill 21, a law which bars public servants from wearing religious symbols while on duty.[14]
July 9 – In Canada, The Crucifix in the National Assembly of Quebec that Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis hung there in 1936 (83 years), is removed.[15]
16 August – The Sri Lankan Buddhist orders Amarapura Nikāya and Rāmañña Nikāya merge to form the Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya.[16]
6 October – The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region meets in Rome.[17]
Undated
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Joining of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe to the Moscow Patriarchate