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Yeah I wonder how the Pope and the leader of the Mormon church would rank on this list.
by changoplatanero 5y ago
Yeah I wonder how the Pope and the leader of the Mormon church would rank on this list.
- ARandomerDude 5y agoI think the churches own the land, not the current leaders. I'm guessing the Catholics would be on the top 100 list, but I doubt the Mormons would.
- cpwright 5y agoThe Mormons own a lot of land in Florida, and I would guess also Utah. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/30/from-book-to-boom-how-the-mormons-plan-a-city-for-500000-in-florida https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/30/from-book-to-...
- bobthechef 5y agoThe pope doesn't own all this land. I believe in the US, ownership is diocesan.
- User23 5y agoThe Pope can remove Bishops and replace them with persons of his choosing so it’s probably fair to say he ultimately controls diocesan resources. However, there is a great deal of custom and tradition keeping that from being abused.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> I believe in the US, ownership is diocesan. It’s much more complicated than that. US Dioceses vary in the their legal corporate structure which, even with the canon law, greatly effects both legal and practical control. One common model has most parishes, schools, etc. within the diocese as separate charitable trusts, with separate immediate authorities. Some dioceses (especially older ones that have not had cause to reorganize) are still organized as corporations sole, which makes the effectively personally controlled by the bishop. And, of course, aside from the varieties of diocesan organization, much Church land is held by religious orders which are a separate heirarchy than the episcopal one and each of whichay (as a whole and in various subdivisions) have different secular legal structures.
- KorematsuFred 5y agoFrom what I know in India Churches owns more land that Indian Army.