World War II Army Chaplain Quotas
Quotas by Denomination As approved by the Secretary of War on May 1, 1945. With numbers on Army active duty as of September 2, 1945. Quotas were based on the 1936 Census. <!-- wp:more --> <!--more--> <!-- /wp:more --> Religious Bodies with Quotas Quota % Quota # # On 9/2/45 Roman Catholic 30.46 2589 2278 Methodist 11.00 935 1200 Baptist, South 8.89 756 947 Baptist, Colored 7.20 612 84 Jewish 3.70 315 243 Presbyterian, U. S. A. 3.65 310 426 Protestant Episcopal 2.92 248 298 Baptist, North 2.66 226 412 Disciples of Christ 2.34 199 387 Lutheran , Missouri Synod 2.20 187 215 United Lutheran (1945 total with American Lutheran) 2.31 181 ↓ American Lutheran 2.21 179 374 Congregational Christian 2.00 170 305 Evangelical and Reformed 1.37 116 69 Latter-Day Saints 1.07 91 34 African Methodist Episcopal 0.90 77 73 Presbyterian , U. S. 0.88 75 138 United Brethren 0.73 62 60 African M. E. Zion 0.73 62 18 Churches of Christ 0.63 54 30 Christian Science 0.57 48 24 Colored ...