Religion and History in Saint Lucia

This article records tradition as it has been passed down and reported. Its sources are not yet part of the atlas's verified catalogue.

Saint Lucia changed hands between France and Britain fourteen times before British rule finally settled in 1814, and its religious life still carries the French imprint most strongly of any former British Caribbean colony: Roman Catholicism remains the majority faith by a wide margin, roughly three in five residents, reflecting French missionary and settlement patterns that outlasted the political transfer to Britain, while Seventh-day Adventist, Pentecostal and evangelical Protestant churches have grown fastest among the remaining population in recent decades.

Saint Lucian Creole, or Kweyol, a French-based language still spoken alongside English, carries the same layered colonial history into everyday religious life, and Catholic feast days, especially the La Rose and La Marguerite flower festivals rooted in colonial-era friendly societies, remain significant community celebrations blending religious observance with cultural identity distinct from the island's English-speaking Caribbean neighbors.