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Table of Fascist Leaders with Relgions
by William P. Meyers
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Roman Catholic Church
After World War II, American and Roman Catholic propagandists sought to change people's ideas about the relationship of religion to fascism, and largely succeeded. This table helps set the facts straight.
Nation |
Leader |
Religion |
period of rule |
| Italy | Benito Mussolini | Roman Catholic | 1922-1943 |
| Germany | Adolf Hitler | Roman Catholic | 1933-1945 |
| Austria | Engelbert Dollfuss | Roman Catholic | 1932-1934 |
| Austria | Kurt Schuschnigg | Roman Catholic | 1934-1938 |
| Spain | Francisco Franco | Roman Catholic | 1936-1975 |
| Hungary | Miklos Horthy | Calvinist | 1920-1944 |
| France | Philippe Petain | Roman Catholic | 1940-1944 |
As with all life, there are gray areas. I did not add Poland or Romanian leades from the era to this list because they were not so clearly in the fascist camp.
After the Axis fascists and Roman Catholic Church lost World War II, suddenly any prior argument within the Catholic Church between any Catholic and any fascist was used to try to create the illusion that the Church had opposed fascism all along.
It was not just the leaders who were Roman Catholic. While there were Roman Catholics opposed to fascism, in most countries most fascists were Roman Catholic. The exception is Germany, where a majority of Nazi Party members were Lutheran.