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    Bulgaria Click here to visit the Bulgaria Newsroom

    2,414

    Total Church Membership

    1-in-

    7

    Congregations

    0 Wards
    7 Branches

    4

    FamilySearch Centers

    4

    1

    Missions

    History

    Latter-day Saints have labored to establish the Church in Bulgaria since 1900, when Mischa Markow and Argir Dimitrov first preached, with no success, in Sofia. Over the next several decades, numerous Bulgarians accepted baptism overseas. In 1988, Church leaders met with government officials to discuss establishing the Church in Bulgaria, but the Church was not officially registered in Bulgaria until the 1990s.

    In 1991, following a change in Bulgaria’s government, Nevenka and Kiril Kiriakov returned to their homeland to preside over the first mission in Bulgaria. Early members exerted tremendous energy to officially register the Church with the government, translate teaching materials and sacred texts, fulfill callings in fledgling branches and districts, and share the gospel with others. They “labored without ceasing” to “bring souls unto repentance; … that they might also be born of God, and be filled with the Holy Ghost” (Alma 36:24).

    The Book of Mormon was published in Bulgarian in 1999, and meetinghouses were dedicated in Sofia and Plovdiv in 2000 and 2001. Bulgarian Saints have sought opportunities to build meaningful relationships in their communities. In 2003, a locally-produced documentary about the lives of Saints in Bulgaria was shown on national television, and in 2014, Bulgarian Saints assisted in cleanup efforts following devastating flooding.

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    Africa

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    849,568

    Members

    2,721

    Congregations

    Missions

    45Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    423

    Temples

    6Temples

    Asia

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    1,298,181

    Members

    2,113

    Congregations

    Missions

    45Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    402

    Temples

    10Temples

    Europe

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    507,748

    Members

    1,296

    Congregations

    Missions

    35Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    663

    Temples

    14Temples

    North America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    9,637,503

    Members

    18,423

    Congregations

    Missions

    175Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    3,054

    Temples

    120Temples

    Oceania (Pacific)

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    599,065

    Members

    1,308

    Congregations

    Missions

    17Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    318

    Temples

    11Temples

    South America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    4,320,129

    Members

    5,629

    Congregations

    Missions

    97Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    1,355

    Temples

    25Temples