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1 History  





2 Administration  





3 Summary statistics  





4 Area details  



4.1  Africa Central  





4.2  Africa South  





4.3  Africa West  





4.4  Asia  





4.5  Asia North  





4.6  Brazil  





4.7  Caribbean  





4.8  Central America  





4.9  Eurasian  





4.10  Europe Central  





4.11  Europe North  



4.11.1  Unassigned  







4.12  Mexico  





4.13  Middle East/ Africa North  





4.14  North America Central  





4.15  North America Northeast  





4.16  North America Southeast  





4.17  North America Southwest  





4.18  North America West  





4.19  Pacific  





4.20  Philippines  





4.21  South America Northwest  





4.22  South America South  





4.23  Utah  







5 See also  





6 References  














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Africa
South

Africa
West

Asia

Asia
North

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Brazil

Caribbean

Central
America

Europe
Central

EC

Eurasian

Europe
North

Mexico

Middle East/Africa North

North America
Areas

Philippines

South
America
South

U

South
America
Northwest

Pacific

Areas of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside US and Canada.

North
America
Northeast

North
America
Southeast

North America
Southwest

North
America
West

Utah

Areas of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in US and
Canada.

Inthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), an area is an administrative unit that typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions. These areas are the primary church administrative unit between individual stakes or missions and the church as a whole.

History[edit]

The areas as they now exist were formed in January 1984.[1] Prior to that time, general authorities served as "area supervisors" and at times resided outside of Salt Lake City.[2] In 1984, 13 initial areas were created; by 1992 there were 22, and by early 2007 there were 31. As of April 2022, there are 23 areas.[3][4][5]

Administration[edit]

Until 2003, each area had a president and two counselors, all of whom were typically general authorities (area seventies sometimes served as counselors). This three-man body was known as the area presidency. In that year, the church eliminated these presidencies for areas located in the United States and Canada, which were all then placed under the direct supervision of a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, thus freeing more general authorities from specific area assignments. Since these areas were previously administered by area presidencies located at church headquarters in Salt Lake City, the administrative change was not as drastic as it might seem.

In April 2018, the church announced that, effective August 1 of that year, areas in the United States and Canada would once again be supervised by a three-man presidency. This enabled the Presidency of the Seventy to more fully assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in their duties, and to fill other assignments as needed.[6]

The areas outside the United States and Canada continue to be governed by area presidencies that are typically composed of general authorities and area seventies. These presidency members usually reside in a headquarters city located in the geographic boundaries of the area. Area seventies who serve in these presidencies reside in their own homes, which may or may not be in the area headquarters city.

In 2019, church leaders stated that the 10 North American areas would be merged into six (the Idaho Area merged into the North America Central Area; the North America Northwest Area merged into the North America West Area; and the Utah North, Utah Salt Lake City, and Utah South areas merged into a single Utah Area.[7]

Also in 2019, a structural change occurred in the administration of the Middle East/Africa North Area. In prior years, two general authorities based at church headquarters were assigned oversight for the area. However, beginning in August 2019, a three-man area presidency was established to oversee the area. Two of them were general authorities at church headquarters, while the second counselor was an area seventy living in the area.

In 2019, church leaders also announced the division of the Africa Southeast Area, into the Africa Central and Africa South areas, effective August 1, 2020.[8] Two months later, W. Christopher Waddell, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, announced in Johannesburg that the new Africa Central Area would be headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.[9]

Then in 2022, additional structural changes affected Europe. The Europe and Europe East areas were split into 3 areas and renamed the Europe Central, Europe East, and Europe North areas. The presidency of the Europe Area became the presidency of the Europe Central Area, with the presidency of the Europe East Area becoming three area seventies. The president and first counselor in the Europe East Area were reassigned to fill the same roles in the Europe North Area, with the second counselor being an area seventy. The area seventy who had been serving as the second counselor in the Europe East Area was designated an assistant to the Europe North Area presidency, specifically overseeing Ukraine and Moldova, which will be separate from a specific area at the current time.[10]

As of April 2022, the church has 17 areas outside North America and six areas inside North America, for a total of 23. With the changes in Europe, the church now has five area seventies serving in area presidencies. Area assignments are generally announced sometime after April's general conference and are effective August 1.[11]

Summary statistics[edit]

Area Members Stakes Dis­tricts Con­gre­ga­tions Missions Temples
O U A T
Africa Central 163,345 35 20 454 11 1 2 2 5
Africa South 165,935 36 25 470 11 2 1 3 6
Africa West 444,815 134 44 1,583 17 2 2 5 9
Asia[a] 184,136 35 34 409 10 2 3 4 9
Asia North 241,297 38 19 385 11 5 1 1 7
Brazil 1,472,521 281 40 2,176 36 9 2 9 20
Caribbean 223,854 34 23 372 8 3 0 0 3
Central America 822,262 133 28 1,101 19 6 4 2 12
Eurasian 9,491 3 9 82 6 0 0 1 1
Europe Central 223,324 64 11 694 17 7 0 5 12
Europe North 282,145 67 7 560 13 7 0 2 9
Unassigned 10,799 2 3 48 2 1 0 0 1
Mexico 1,507,720 227 47 1,863 32 13 3 7 23
Middle East/ Africa North[a] 5,457 2 2 33 0 0 0 1 1
North America Central[b] 1,148,849 304 0 2,765 20 22 4 7 33
North America Northeast[b] 643,071 141 5 1,300 17 13 1 4 18
North America Southeast[b] 618,465 127 0 1,153 16 10 2 4 16
North America Southwest[b] 1,120,569 259 2 2,257 22 14 3 4 21
North America West[b] 1,300,546 273 1 2,219 29 16 4 4 24
Pacific 581,988 140 35 1,278 17 10 5 2 17
Philippines 853,254 125 55 1,272 23 2 4 6 12
South America Northwest 1,503,103 250 46 1,860 34 9 1 6 16
South America South 1,285,696 181 54 1,560 27 6 4 2 12
Utah[b] 2,173,560 629 2 5,412 10 17 11 0 28

Temples
O=Operating Temples (includes temporary closures)
U=Temples Under Construction
A=Temples publicly announced to be constructed
T=Total Temples (announced and under construction)

  1. ^ a b Estimates or latest available data were used for countries without released membership and congregational statistics. A significant number of countries in the Middle East/North Africa and Asia Areas don't have official church membership and congregational data and therefore, more reliant on these estimates.
  • ^ a b c d e f Boundaries for areas follow mission boundaries and not necessarily state/province boundaries. Calculations were done according to state/provincial boundaries. When state/province is split among multiple areas, the area with most predominance in state/province received that state's/provincial membership and congregational statistics for calculation.
    For example, the Utah Area uses membership statistics for the state of Utah, even though parts of the state is outside the Utah Area and area includes portions of other states.
  • Area details[edit]

    The following details are current as of August 1, 2019, and are taken from the LDS Church Growth Blog, statistical profiles on cumorah.com, and the Facts and Statistics page of the church's official website (www.churchofjesuschrist.org). Ward and branch totals and membership numbers were last updated in 2015.

    Africa Central[edit]

    Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya

    Official Website

    163,345 Members, 35 Stakes, 20 Districts, 454 Congregations, 11 Missions, 5 Temples[12]

    President: Ian S. Ardern[13][14]

    First counselor: Thierry K. Mutombo[15][16]

    Second counselor: Paul B. Pieper[13][14]

    Missions:

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi Mission
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission
    • Ethiopia Addis Ababa Mission
    • Kenya Nairobi Mission

    Temples:

    Brazzaville Republic of the Congo Temple (announced)

    Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (site announced)

    Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple

    Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (under construction)

    Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (announced)

    Nairobi Kenya Temple (under construction)

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Kenya
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Rwanda
  • Seychelles
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Africa South[edit]

    Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa

    Official Website

    165,935 Members, 36 Stakes, 25 Districts, 470 Congregations, 11 Missions, 6 Temples[12]

    Area president: Edward Dube[15][16]

    First counselor: Marcos A. Aidukaitis[15][16]

    Second counselor: Denelson Silva[15][16]

    Missions:

    • Mozambique Maputo Mission
    • South Africa Cape Town Mission
    • South Africa Durban Mission
    • South Africa Johannesburg Mission
    • South Africa Pretoria Mission[17]
    • Zambia Lusaka Mission
    • Zimbabwe Bulawayo Mission
    • Zimbabwe Harare Mission

    Temples:

    Cape Town South Africa Temple (site announced)

    Durban South Africa Temple

    Harare Zimbabwe Temple (under construction)

    Johannesburg South Africa Temple

    Luanda Angola Temple (announced)

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Botswana
  • Comoros
  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte (FRA)
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Réunion (FRA)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Africa West[edit]

    Headquarters: Accra, Ghana

    Official Website

    447,186 Members, 134 Stakes, 44 Districts, 990 wards, 606 branches, 17 missions, 9 temples[18]

    Area president: S. Gifford Nielsen[15][16]

    First counselor: Jörg Klebingat[15][16]

    Second counselor: Alfred Kyungu[15][16]

    Missions:

    • Benin Cotonou Mission
    • Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan East Mission
    • Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan North Mission[17]
    • Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan West Mission
    • Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro Mission
    • Ghana Accra Mission
    • Ghana Accra West Mission
    • Ghana Cape Coast Mission
    • Ghana Kumasi Mission
    • Liberia Monrovia Mission
    • Nigeria Aba Mission[17]
    • Nigeria Abuja Mission[17]
    • Nigeria Benin City Mission
    • Nigeria Enugu Mission
    • Nigeria Ibadan Mission
    • Nigeria Lagos Mission
    • Nigeria Owerri Mission
    • Nigeria Port Harcourt Mission
    • Nigeria Uyo Mission
    • Sierra Leone Freetown Mission

    Temples:

    Aba Nigeria Temple

    Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple (under construction)

    Accra Ghana Temple

    Benin City Nigeria Temple (site announced)

    Calabar Nigeria Temple (announced)

    Cape Coast Ghana Temple (announced)

    Eket Nigeria Temple (announced)

    Freetown Sierra Leone Temple (under construction)

    Kumasi Ghana Temple (site announced)

    Lagos Nigeria Temple (site announced)

    Monrovia Liberia Temple (announced)

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Burkina Faso
  • Chad
  • Ghana
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Ivory Coast
  • Liberia
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Togo
  • Western Sahara
  • Asia[edit]

    Headquarters: Hong Kong, China

    Official Website

    184,136 Members, 35 Stakes, 34 Districts, 409 Congregations, 10 Missions, 9 Temples[12]

    Area president: Benjamin M. Z. Tai[13][14]

    First counselor: Kelly R. Johnson[13][14]

    Second counselor: Michael John U. Teh[13][14]

    Missions:

    • Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission
    • China Hong Kong Mission
    • India Bengaluru Mission
    • India New Delhi Mission

    Temples:

    Bangkok Thailand Temple

    Bengaluru India Temple (under construction)

    Hong Kong China Temple

    Jakarta Indonesia Temple (site announced)

    Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple (under construction)

    Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple (under construction)

    Shanghai People's Republic of China Temple (announced)

    Singapore Temple (site announced)

    Taipei Taiwan Temple

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • East Timor
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Laos
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
  • Asia North[edit]

    Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan

    Official Website

    241,297 Members, 38 Stakes, 19 Districts, 385 Congregations, 11 Missions, 7 Temples[12]

    Area president: Takashi Wada[19]

    First counselor: John A. McCune[13][14]

    Second counselor: J. Kimo Esplin[13][14]

    Missions:

    • Japan Fukuoka Mission
    • Japan Kobe Mission
    • Japan Nagoya Mission
    • Japan Sapporo Mission
    • Japan Tokyo North Mission
    • Japan Tokyo South Mission
    • Korea Busan Mission
    • Korea Seoul Mission

    Temples:

    Busan Korea Temple (announced)

    Fukuoka Japan Temple

    Okinawa Japan Temple

    Osaka Japan Temple (site announced)

    Sapporo Japan Temple

    Seoul Korea Temple

    Tokyo Japan Temple

    Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Temple (announced)

    Yigo Guam Temple

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Japan
  • Micronesia
  • Mongolia;[20]
  • North Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands (US)
  • Palau
  • South Korea
  • Brazil[edit]

    Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil

    Official Website

    1,472,521 Members, 281 Stakes, 40 Districts, 2,176 Congregations, 36 Missions, 20 Temples[21]

    Area president: Joni L. Koch[13][14]

    First counselor: Arnulfo Valenzuela[13][14]

    Second counselor: Mark D. Eddy[13][14]

    Missions:

    • Brazil Belém Mission
    • Brazil Belo Horizonte Mission
    • Brazil Brasília Mission
    • Brazil Campinas Mission
    • Brazil Cuiabá Mission
    • Brazil Curitiba Mission
    • Brazil Curitiba South Mission
    • Brazil Florianópolis Mission
    • Brazil Fortaleza Mission
    • Brazil Fortaleza East Mission
    • Brazil Goiânia Mission
    • Brazil João Pessoa Mission
    • Brazil Juiz de Fora Mission
    • Brazil Londrina Mission
    • Brazil Maceió Mission
    • Brazil Manaus Mission
    • Brazil Natal Mission
    • Brazil Piracicaba Mission
    • Brazil Porto Alegre North Mission
    • Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission
    • Brazil Recife Mission
    • Brazil Recife South Mission
    • Brazil Ribeirão Preto Mission
    • Brazil Rio de Janeiro North Mission
    • Brazil Rio de Janeiro South Mission
    • Brazil Salvador Mission
    • Brazil Salvador South Mission
    • Brazil Santa Maria Mission
    • Brazil Santos Mission
    • Brazil São Paulo East Mission
    • Brazil São Paulo West Mission
    • Brazil São Paulo Interlagos Mission
    • Brazil São Paulo North Mission
    • Brazil São Paulo South Mission
    • Brazil Teresina Mission
    • Brazil Vitória Mission

    Temples:

    Belém Brazil Temple

    Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple (under construction)

    Brasília Brazil Temple

    Campinas Brazil Temple

    Curitiba Brazil Temple

    Florianópolis Brazil Temple (announced)

    Fortaleza Brazil Temple

    Goiânia Brazil Temple (announced)

    João Pessoa Brazil Temple (site announced)

    Londrina Brazil Temple (groundbreaking scheduled)

    Maceió Brazil Temple (site announced)

    Manaus Brazil Temple

    Natal Brazil Temple (site announced)

    Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

    Recife Brazil Temple

    Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple (under construction)

    Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple

    Salvador Brazil Temple (dedication scheduled)

    Santos Brazil Temple (site announced)

    São Paulo Brazil Temple

    São Paulo East Brazil Temple (site announced)

    Teresina Brazil Temple (site announced)

    Vitória Brazil Temple (site announced)

    Geographic coverage:

    Brazil

    Caribbean[edit]

    Headquarters: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Official Website

    223,854 Members, 34 Stakes, 23 Districts, 372 Congregations, 8 Missions, 3 Temples[12]

    Area president: Eduardo Gavarret[22]

    First counselor: Valeri V. Cordon[13][14]

    Second counselor: Moises Villanueva[22]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple

    San Juan Puerto Rico Temple

    Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba (NED)
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Bonaire (NED)
  • Cayman Islands (UK)
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao (NED)
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • French Guiana (FRA)
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe (FRA)
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Martinique (FRA)
  • Montserrat (FRA)
  • Puerto Rico (US)
  • Saint Barthelemy (FRA)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Martin (FRA)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sint Maarten (NED)
  • Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Virgin Islands (UK)
  • Virgin Islands (US)
  • Central America[edit]

    Headquarters: Guatemala City, Guatemala

    822,262 Members, 133 Stakes, 28 Districts, 1,101 Congregations, 19 Missions, 12 Temples[12]

    Area president: Taylor G. Godoy[13][14]

    First counselor: Patricio M. Giuffra<[13][14]

    Second counselor: Ryan K. Olsen<[13][14]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Cobán Guatemala Temple

    Guatemala City Guatemala Temple

    Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple (site announced)

    Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (under construction)

    Managua Nicaragua Temple (under construction)

    Panama City Panama Temple

    Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple (announced)

    Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple

    San José Costa Rica Temple

    San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple (dedication scheduled)

    San Salvador El Salvador Temple

    Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple

    Geographic coverage:

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Eurasian[edit]

    Headquarters: Moscow, Russia

    9,491 Members, 3 Stakes, 9 Districts, 82 Congregations, 6 Missions, 1 Temples[12][23]

    Area president: Alexey V. Samaykin (Area Seventy)[15][16]

    First counselor: Nikolai Ustyuzhaninov (Area Seventy)[15][16]

    Second counselor: Aleksandr A. Drachyov (Area Seventy)[15][16]

    Missions:

    • Russia Yekaterinburg Mission

    Temples:

    Russia Temple (announced)

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Belarus
  • Georgia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Russia
  • Europe Central[edit]

    Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany

    223,324 Members, 64 Stakes, 11 Districts, 694 Congregations, 17 Missions, 12 Temples[12]

    Area president: Massimo De Feo[15][16]

    First counselor: Ruben V. Alliaud[13][14]

    Second counselor: Jack N. Gerard[13][14]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Barcelona Spain Temple (site announced)

    Bern Switzerland Temple

    Brussels Belgium Temple (site announced)

    Budapest Hungary Temple (site announced)

    Frankfurt Germany Temple

    Freiberg Germany Temple

    Hamburg Germany Temple (announced)

    Madrid Spain Temple

    Paris France Temple

    The Hague Netherlands Temple

    Rome Italy Temple

    Vienna Austria Temple (site announced)

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Canary Islands (ESP)
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Kosovo
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • North Macedonia
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vatican City
  • Europe North[edit]

    Headquarters: Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Official Website

    282,145 Members, 67 Stakes, 7 Districts, 560 Congregations, 13 Missions, 9 Temples[12]

    Area president: Hans T. Boom[15][16]

    First counselor: Scott D. Whiting[15][16]

    Second counselor: Alan T. Phillips[15][16]

    Missions:

    • England Leeds Mission
    • England London Mission
    • England Manchester Mission
    • Finland Helsinki Mission

    Temples:

    Birmingham England Temple (site announced)

    Copenhagen Denmark Temple

    Edinburgh Scotland Temple (announced)

    Helsinki Finland Temple

    Lisbon Portugal Temple

    London England Temple

    Oslo Norway Temple (site announced)

    Praia Cape Verde Temple

    Preston England Temple

    Stockholm Sweden Temple

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Denmark
  • Greenland (DEN)
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Azores (POR)
  • Madeira (POR)
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Falkland Islands (UK)
  • Gibraltar (UK)
  • Guernsey (UK)
  • Isle of Man (UK)
  • Jersey (UK)
  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)
  • Unassigned[edit]

    As of April 2022, Ukraine and Moldova are not assigned to any of the church's areas. Kyrylo Pokhylko, a Ukrainian area seventy and assistant to the presidency of the Europe North Area has responsibility for the work of the church in those nations.

    10,799 Members, 2 Stakes, 3 Districts, 48 Congregations, 2 Missions, 1 Temples[12]

    Kyrylo Pokhylko (Area Seventy): Assistant to the Europe North Area Presidency[15][16]

    Missions:

    • Ukraine Kyiv/Moldova Mission

    Temples:

    Kyiv Ukraine Temple

    Geographic coverage:

  • Ukraine
  • Mexico[edit]

    Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico

    Official Website (Español)

    1,507,720 Members, 227 Stakes, 47 Districts, 1,863 Congregations, 32 Missions, 23 Temples[24]

    Area president: Hugo Montoya[15][16]

    First counselor: Adrian Ochoa[15][16]

    Second counselor: Sean Douglas[15][16]

    Missions:

    • Mexico Mexico City East Mission
    • Mexico Mexico City North Mission
    • Mexico Mexico City Northwest Mission
    • Mexico Mexico City South Mission
    • Mexico Mexico City Southeast Mission
    • Mexico Mexico City West Mission
    • Mexico Monterrey East Mission
    • Mexico Monterrey West Mission
    • Mexico Oaxaca Mission
    • Mexico Pachuca Mission
    • Mexico Puebla North Mission

    Temples:

    Cancún Mexico Temple (announced)

    Chihuahua Mexico Temple (announced)

    Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple

    Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple

    Culiacán Mexico Temple (announced)

    Cuernavaca Mexico Temple (site announced)

    Guadalajara Mexico Temple

    Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple

    Mérida Mexico Temple

    Mexico City Mexico Temple

    Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple (site announced)

    Monterrey Mexico Temple

    Oaxaca Mexico Temple

    Pachuca Mexico Temple (announced)

    Puebla Mexico Temple

    Querétaro Mexico Temple (under construction)

    San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple (under construction)

    Tampico Mexico Temple

    Tijuana Mexico Temple

    Toluca Mexico Temple (site announced)

    Torreón Mexico Temple (under construction)

    Tula Mexico Temple (announced)

    Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple

    Veracruz Mexico Temple

    Villahermosa Mexico Temple

    Geographic coverage:

    Middle East/ Africa North[edit]

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

    5,457 Members, 2 Stakes, 2 Districts, 33 Congregations, 0 Missions, 1 Temples[12][25]

    Area president: Anthony D. Perkins[15][16]

    First counselor: Alvin F. Meredith III[15][16]

    Second counselor: Roland J. Bäck (Area Seventy)[15][16]

    Missions:

    No Missions

    Temples:

    Dubai United Arab Emirates Temple (announced)

    Geographic coverage:
    (Areas where the LDS Church has no official presence in italics)

  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen
  • North America Central[edit]

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

    1,148,849 Members, 304 Stakes, 2,765 Congregations, 20 Missions, 33 Temples[12][26]

    Area president: Chi Hong (Sam) Wong[15][16]

    First counselor: Randall K. Bennett[13][14]

    Second counselor: Ricardo P. Gimenezt[13][14]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Bismarck North Dakota Temple

    Boise Idaho Temple

    Burley Idaho Temple (under construction)

    Calgary Alberta Temple

    Cardston Alberta Temple

    Casper Wyoming Temple (dedication scheduled)

    Chicago Illinois Temple

    Cody Wyoming Temple (site announced)

    Colorado Springs Colorado Temple (announced)

    Denver Colorado Temple

    Des Moines Iowa Temple (site announced)

    Edmonton Alberta Temple

    Fort Collins Colorado Temple

    Grand Junction Colorado Temple (under construction)

    Helena Montana Temple

    Idaho Falls Idaho Temple

    Kansas City Missouri Temple

    Lethbridge Alberta Temple (site announced)

    Meridian Idaho Temple

    Missoula Montana Temple (announced)

    Montpelier Idaho Temple (under construction)

    Nauvoo Illinois Temple

    Pocatello Idaho Temple

    Regina Saskatchewan Temple

    Rexburg Idaho Temple

    St. Louis Missouri Temple

    St. Paul Minnesota Temple

    Teton River Idaho Temple (under construction)

    Tulsa Oklahoma Temple (announced)

    Twin Falls Idaho Temple

    Wichita Kansas Temple (site announced)

    Winnipeg Manitoba Temple

    Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple

    Geographic coverage:

  • British Columbia (small eastern sections)
  • Colorado
  • Idaho (except panhandle)
  • Illinois
  • Indiana (small portion)
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Manitoba
  • Michigan (Upper Peninsula)
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Northwest Territories
  • North Dakota
  • Ontario (western)
  • Saskatchewan
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
  • North America Northeast[edit]

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

    Official Website

    643,071 Members, 141 Stakes, 5 Districts, 1,300 Congregations, 17 missions, 18 Temples[12][26]

    Area president: Allen D. Haynie[15][16]

    First counselor: Vai Sikahema[13][14]

    Second counselor: Mathias Held[13][14]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Boston Massachusetts Temple

    Cincinnati Ohio Temple (site announced)

    Cleveland Ohio Temple (under construction)

    Columbus Ohio Temple

    Detroit Michigan Temple

    Grand Rapids Michigan Temple (site announced)

    Halifax Nova Scotia Temple

    Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple (site announced)

    Hartford Connecticut Temple

    Indianapolis Indiana Temple

    Manhattan New York Temple

    Montreal Quebec Temple

    Palmyra New York Temple

    Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple

    Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple (dedication scheduled)

    Richmond Virginia Temple

    Roanoke Virginia Temple (announced)

    Toronto Ontario Temple

    Washington D.C. Temple

    Winchester Virginia Temple (site announced)

    Geographic coverage:

  • Delaware
  • Indiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ohio
  • Ontario
  • Pennsylvania
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington, D.C.
  • West Virginia
  • Bermuda (UK)
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FRA)
  • North America Southeast[edit]

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

    618,465 Members, 127 Stakes, 1,153 Congregations, 16 Missions, 16 Temples[12][26]

    Area president: Vern P. Stanfill[15][16]

    First counselor: Shayne M. Bowen[13][14]

    Second counselor: Ahmad S. Corbitt[citation needed]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Atlanta Georgia Temple

    Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple

    Bentonville Arkansas Temple

    Birmingham Alabama Temple

    Charlotte North Carolina Temple (site announced)

    Columbia South Carolina Temple

    Jacksonville Florida Temple (site announced)

    Knoxville Tennessee Temple (under construction)

    Louisville Kentucky Temple

    Memphis Tennessee Temple

    Nashville Tennessee Temple

    Orlando Florida Temple

    Raleigh North Carolina Temple

    Springfield Missouri Temple (site announced)

    Tallahassee Florida Temple (dedication scheduled)

    Tampa Florida Temple (site announced)

    Geographic coverage:

  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Indiana (Southern)
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri (Southern)
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma (small portion)
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • North America Southwest[edit]

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

    1,120,569 Members, 259 Stakes, 2 Districts, 1,948 Congregations, 22 Missions, 21 Temples[12][26]

    Area president: Evan A. Schmutz[13][14]

    First counselor:Jose L. Alonso[15][16]

    Second counselor: Michael A. Dunn[15][16]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Albuquerque New Mexico Temple

    Austin Texas Temple (groundbreaking scheduled)

    Dallas Texas Temple

    Elko Nevada Temple (under construction)

    Farmington New Mexico Temple (under construction)

    Fort Worth Texas Temple (under construction)

    Gila Valley Arizona Temple

    Gilbert Arizona Temple

    Houston Texas Temple

    Houston Texas South Temple (announced)

    Las Vegas Nevada Temple

    Lone Mountain Nevada Temple (site announced)

    Lubbock Texas Temple

    McAllen Texas Temple

    Mesa Arizona Temple

    Monticello Utah Temple

    Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple

    McKinney Texas Temple (site announced)

    Phoenix Arizona Temple

    Reno Nevada Temple

    San Antonio Texas Temple

    Snowflake Arizona Temple

    Tucson Arizona Temple

    Yuma Arizona Temple (announced)

    Geographic coverage:

  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • California (small portions)
  • Colorado (southwest portion)
  • Louisiana (small portion)
  • Utah (small portions)
  • North America West[edit]

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

    1,300,546 Members, 273 Stakes, 1 Districts, 2,219 Congregations, 29 Missions, 24 Temples[12][26]

    Area president: Mark A. Bragg[15][16]

    First counselor: Gary B. Sabin[13][14]

    Second counselor: Adeyinka A. Ojediran[13][14]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Anchorage Alaska Temple

    Bakersfield California Temple (site announced)

    Columbia River Washington Temple

    Fairbanks Alaska Temple (announced)

    Feather River California Temple

    Fresno California Temple

    Honolulu Hawaii Temple (announced)

    Kahului Hawaii Temple (announced)

    Kona Hawaii Temple

    Laie Hawaii Temple

    Los Angeles California Temple

    Medford Oregon Temple

    Modesto California Temple (under construction)

    Moses Lake Washington Temple

    Newport Beach California Temple

    Oakland California Temple

    Portland Oregon Temple

    Redlands California Temple

    Sacramento California Temple

    San Diego California Temple

    San Jose California Temple (site announced)

    Seattle Washington Temple

    Spokane Washington Temple

    Tacoma Washington Temple (announced)

    Vancouver British Columbia Temple

    Vancouver Washington Temple (site announced)

    Victoria British Columbia Temple (announced)

    Willamette Valley Oregon Temple (under construction)

    Yorba Linda California Temple (under construction)

    Geographic coverage:

  • British Columbia
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho (Panhandle)
  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • Yukon
  • Pacific[edit]

    Headquarters: Auckland, New Zealand

    Official website

    581,988 Members, 140 Stakes, 35 Districts, 1,278 Congregations, 17 Missions, 17 Temples[12]

    Area president: Peter F. Meurs[13][14]

    First counselor: Taniela B. Wakolo[13][14]

    Second counselor: Jeremy R. Jaggi[13][14]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Adelaide Australia Temple

    Apia Samoa Temple

    Auckland New Zealand Temple (under construction)

    Brisbane Australia Temple

    Brisbane Australia South Temple (announced)

    Hamilton New Zealand Temple

    Melbourne Australia Temple

    Neiafu Tonga Temple (under construction)

    Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple

    Pago Pago American Samoa Temple (under construction)

    Papeete Tahiti Temple

    Perth Australia Temple

    Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple (under construction)

    Port Vila Vanuatu Temple (under construction)

    Savai'i Samoa Temple (site announced)

    Suva Fiji Temple

    Sydney Australia Temple

    Tarawa Kiribati Temple (site announced)

    Uturoa French Polynesia Temple (announced)

    Wellington New Zealand Temple (site announced)

    Geographic coverage:

  • Australia
  • Cook Islands (NZ)
  • Fiji
  • French Polynesia (FRA)
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Nauru
  • New Caledonia (FRA)
  • New Zealand
  • Niue (NZ)
  • Pitcairn Islands (UK)
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Tokelau (NZ)
  • Vanuatu
  • Wallis and Futuna (FRA)
  • Philippines[edit]

    Headquarters: Manila, Philippines

    Official Website

    853,254 Members, 125 Stakes, 55 Districts, 1,272 Congregations, 23 Missions, 12 Temples[28]

    Area president: Steven R. Bangerter[15][16]

    First counselor: Yoon Hwan Choi[15][16]

    Second counselor: Carlos G. Revillo Jr.[15][16]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Alabang Philippines Temple (under construction)

    Bacolod Philippines Temple (under construction)

    Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple (groundbreaking scheduled)

    Cebu City Philippines Temple

    Davao Philippines Temple (under construction)

    Iloilo Philippines Temple (announced)

    Laoag Philippines Temple (announced)

    Manila Philippines Temple

    Naga Philippines Temple (announced)

    Santiago Philippines Temple (announced)

    Tacloban City Philippines Temple (site announced)

    Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple (announced)

    Urdaneta Philippines Temple

    Geographic coverage:

    South America Northwest[edit]

    Headquarters: Lima, Peru

    Official Website (Spanish)

    1,503,103 Members, 250 Stakes, 46 Districts, 1,860 Congregations, 34 Missions, 16 Temples[12]

    Area president: Jorge F. Zeballos[15][16]

    First counselor: Jorge T. Becerra[15][16]

    Second counselor: Rafael E. Pino[15][16]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Arequipa Peru Temple

    Barranquilla Colombia Temple

    Bogotá Colombia Temple

    Cali Colombia Temple (site announced)

    Caracas Venezuela Temple

    Chiclayo Peru Temple (announced)

    Cochabamba Bolivia Temple

    Cusco Peru Temple (site announced)

    Guayaquil Ecuador Temple

    Huancayo Peru Temple (announced)

    Iquitos Peru Temple (site announced)

    La Paz Bolivia Temple (site announced)

    Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple

    Lima Peru Temple

    Maracaibo Venezuela Temple (announced)

    Piura Peru Temple (announced)

    Quito Ecuador Temple

    Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple (under construction)

    Trujillo Peru Temple

    Geographic coverage:

  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Perú
  • Venezuela
  • South America South[edit]

    Headquarters: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Official Website (Spanish)

    1,284,696 Members, 181 Stakes, 54 Districts, 1,560 Congregations, 27 Missions, 12 Temples[12]

    Area president: Craig C. Christensen[15][16]

    First counselor: Joaquin E. Costa[15][16]

    Second counselor: Alan R. Walker[15][16]

    Missions:

    Temples:

    Antofagasta Chile Temple (under construction)

    Asunción Paraguay Temple

    Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple (under construction)

    Buenos Aires Argentina Temple

    Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple (announced)

    Concepción Chile Temple

    Córdoba Argentina Temple

    Mendoza Argentina Temple (dedication scheduled)

    Montevideo Uruguay Temple

    Rosario Argentina Temple (announced)

    Salta Argentina Temple

    Santiago Chile Temple

    Santiago West Chile Temple (groundbreaking scheduled)

    Viña del Mar Chile Temple (site announced)

    Geographic coverage:

  • Chile
  • Paraguay
  • Uruguay
  • Utah[edit]

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

    Official Website

    2,173,560 Members, 629 Stakes, 2 Districts, 5,412 Congregations, 10 Missions, 28 Temples[12][26]

    Area president: Kevin W. Pearson

    First counselor: Hugo E. Martinez[13][14]

    Second counselor: Brian K. Taylor[13][14]

    Missions:

    • Utah Salt Lake City Mission
    • Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission
    • Utah Salt Lake City West Mission
    • Utah Salt Lake City South Mission
    • Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission
    • Utah St. George Mission

    Temples:

    Bountiful Utah Temple

    Brigham City Utah Temple

    Cedar City Utah Temple

    Deseret Peak Utah Temple (dedication scheduled)

    Draper Utah Temple

    Ephraim Utah Temple (under construction)

    Heber Valley Utah Temple (under construction)

    Jordan River Utah Temple

    Layton Utah Temple

    Lehi Utah Temple (site announced)

    Lindon Utah Temple (under construction)

    Logan Utah Temple

    Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple

    Ogden Utah Temple

    Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

    Orem Utah Temple

    Payson Utah Temple

    Provo City Center Temple

    Provo Utah Temple

    Red Cliffs Utah Temple

    St. George Utah Temple

    Salt Lake Temple

    Saratoga Springs Utah Temple

    Smithfield Utah Temple (under construction)

    Star Valley Wyoming Temple

    Syracuse Utah Temple (under construction)

    Taylorsville Utah Temple

    Vernal Utah Temple

    West Jordan Utah Temple (site announced)

    Geographic coverage:

    Utah; Arizona (small portion); Idaho (small portion); Nevada (small portion); Wyoming (southwest corner)

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

  • ^ Mehr, Kahlile (Spring 2001). "Area Supervision: Administration of the Worldwide Church, 1960-2002". Journal of Mormon History. 27 (1): 192–214.
  • ^ Africa Southeast Area to be Divided into Two Areas, South African Newsroom, 28 June 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  • ^ Africa Central Area Office to be in Nairobi Kenya, South African Newsroom, 19 August 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  • ^ First Presidency Announces 2022 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  • ^ First Presidency Announces 2018 Area Leadership Assignments, Mormon Newsroom, 5 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  • ^ First Presidency Announces 2019 Area Leadership Assignments, churchofjesuschrist.org, 26 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  • ^ Africa Southeast Area to be Divided into Two Areas, South Africa Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 28 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  • ^ Nairobi, Kenya, to be Church Africa Central Area Office, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 20 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  • ^ First Presidency announces 2022-2023 area leadership assignments, Church News, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  • ^ Historically, the assignments were effective on August 15, but August 1 has been the effective date since 2007.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Based on official and unofficial membership and congregational found on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics data is 2022 or latest available. This is combined numbers for all countries within area.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac First Presidency Announces 2023 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac First Presidency announces 2023-2024 area leadership assignments, Church News, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj First Presidency Announces 2022 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj First Presidency announces 2022-2023 area leadership assignments, Church News, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  • ^ a b c d e f Swenson, Madison (Nov 23, 2022), "Church Opening Six New Missions in 2023", KSL TV 5, retrieved January 13, 2023
  • ^ As noted here, current as of March 21, 2023.
  • ^ First Presidency Announces 2020 Area Leadership Assignments, ‘’News and Events’’ page, churchofjesuschrist.org, 16 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  • ^ The developing Church in Mongolia now belongs to the North Asia region, Newsroom: Mongolia, 24 July 2019, retrieved 22 March 2022.
  • ^ Current as of December 31, 2022. See this page for verification.
  • ^ a b [1], Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 19 April 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2023
  • ^ The name for this area was changed in late 2023, as verified here.
  • ^ "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: Mexico", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 29 May 2023
  • ^ Because much of the Middle East/Africa North Area covers countries that doesn't recognize the church, third party estimates are used for a significant portion of this count.
  • ^ a b c d e f Area boundaries many times deviate from state/provincial boundaries. Used statistics for states and provinces where this area is most predominant.
  • ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Mormon missionaries find work, meaning in community service", The Washington Post, 4 February 2014. Retrieved on 7 March 2020.
  • ^ As verified here.

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