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    9,175

    Total Church Membership

    1-in-

    5

    Stakes

    34

    Congregations

    26 Wards
    8 Branches

    13

    FamilySearch Centers

    13

    1

    Temples

    History

    In November 1850 Lorenzo Snow, then an Apostle preaching in Italy, sent his missionary companion, Thomas B. H. Stenhouse, over the Alps to preach in Switzerland. The next March, the first converts in Switzerland were baptized. Over the next 10 years, hundreds were baptized in Switzerland’s French- and German-speaking cantons. Many later immigrated to Utah to help build up Zion there.

    Other converts remained in Switzerland. In the early 20th century these Saints showed their faithfulness during the disruptions caused by world wars in neighboring countries. In the 1950s Church leaders felt moved to bring every aspect of Church organization to Saints in Switzerland and other parts of Europe. Bern was chosen as the location for Europe’s first temple, and in 1955 members from many nations went up to the house of the Lord in Switzerland’s mountains to be taught and blessed (see Isaiah 2:2–3).


    The first stake in Switzerland was organized in Zürich six years later. In addition to welcoming members seeking temple or patriarchal blessings, Swiss Saints played a key role in spreading the gospel, helping reopen missionary work in Italy in the 1960s and administering branches in the Middle East. In 1982 the first French-speaking stake in Switzerland was organized in Geneva, and by the year 2000 there were over 7,000 Saints in Switzerland.

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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