Area (LDS Church)

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

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

In the 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

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 August 2025, there are 24 areas, 6 in the United States, and 18 worldwide, including the new Canada Area.[3][4][5][6] In conjunction with the move to create a Canada Area, five of the other six North American areas were renamed. The former North America Central, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, North America Southwest, and North America West Areas, respectively are now known as the United States Central, United States Northeast, United States Southeast, United States Southwest, and United States West Areas, respectively.[7][8]

Administration

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.[9]

The areas outside the United States continue to be governed by area presidencies that are typically composed of general authority seventies and/or 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.[10]

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.[3] 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.[11]

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.[12]

Then, in early December 2024, the First Presidency created a new Canada Area.[6] Subsequently, in mid-April 2025, in conjunction with the announcement of the first Canada Area presidency, it was announced that the area headquarters would be in Calgary, Alberta, with some area functions managed in Toronto, Ontario.[13][14]

As of August 2025, the church has 18 areas outside and 6 areas inside the United States, for a total of 24 areas. With the changes in the Europe Areas, 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.[15]

Summary statistics

Area Members Stakes Dis­tricts Con­gre­ga­tions Missions Temples
O U A T
Africa Central 207,648 43 23 602 15 1 2 4 7
Africa South 204,063 47 24 533 13 2 2 4 8
Africa West 503,555 151 43 1739 25 2 2 9 13
Asia 172,278 29 21 287 11 2 3 2 7
Asia North[a] 240,711 38 17 381 12 6 0 3 9
Brazil 1,525,436 287 38 2096 37 11 3 10 24
Canada 205,907 53 3 502 6 9 1 1 11
Caribbean 230,596 34 24 373 9 3 0 1 4
Central America 842,351 133 27 1113 19 8 2 3 13
Eurasian 22,823 3 4 70 4 0 0 1 1
Europe Central 231,566 61 11 694 19 7 0 6 13
Europe North 295,021 66 9 598 15 8 1 4 13
Middle East/ Africa North[a] 3,496 2 0 18 0 0 0 1 1
Mexico 1,534,058 230 43 1878 34 14 3 10 27
Pacific 597,413 140 27 1262 16 11 0 4 15
Philippines 882,461 131 56 1324 26 3 0 0 3
South America Northwest 1,541,074 256 47 1911 37 10 2 9 21
South America South 1,316,514 188 46 1572 29 8 3 5 16
United States Central[b] 1,075,626 279 0 2589 18 19 6 8 33
United States Northeast[b] 589,085 129 2 1138 17 11 1 7 19
United States Southeast[b] 645,094 127 0 1158 18 12 1 5 18
United States Southwest[b] 1,143,351 267 2 2226 25 15 4 8 27
United States West[b] 1,271,665 267 0 2082 29 17 3 8 28
Utah[b] 2,205,134 640 6 5386 13 23 5 4 32

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 any official church membership and congregational data and therefore are more reliant on these estimates.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Boundaries for areas follow mission boundaries and not necessarily state boundaries. Calculations were done according to state boundaries. When a state/province is split between more than one area, the area with the most predominance in the respective state/province received that state's 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 are outside of the Utah Area, and that area includes portions of other US states.

Area details

The following details are current as of August 1, 2025, 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 (with some approximations as noted in the previous section) in 2025.

Africa Central

Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya

Official Website

163,345 Members, 35 Stakes, 20 Districts, 454 Congregations, 15 Missions, 5 Temples[16]

President: Thierry K. Mutombo[17][18]

First counselor: Paul B. Pieper[17][18]

Second counselor: Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier[17][18]

Missions:

  • Cameroon Yaounde Mission
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Kananga Mission[19]
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa East Mission
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa South Mission
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa West Mission
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Kolwezi Mission
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi Mission
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission
  • Ethiopia Addis Ababa Mission
  • Kenya Nairobi East Mission
  • Kenya Nairobi West Mission
  • Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Mission
  • Rwanda Kigali Mission
  • Tanzania Dar es Salaam Mission
  • Uganda Kampala Mission

Temples:

  • Brazzaville Republic of the Congo Temple (under construction)
  • Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (site announced)
  • Kampala Uganda Temple (announced)
  • Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
  • Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (announced)
  • Nairobi Kenya Temple

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

Africa South

Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa

Official Website

165,935 Members, 36 Stakes, 25 Districts, 470 Congregations, 13 Missions, 6 Temples[16]

Area president: Carlos A. Godoy[17][18]

First counselor: Denelson Silva[17][18]

Second counselor: Vaiangina Sikahema[17][18]

Missions:

  • Angola Luanda Mission
  • Botswana/Namibia Mission
  • Madagascar Antananarivo North Mission
  • Madagascar Antananarivo South Mission
  • Mozambique Beira Mission
  • Mozambique Maputo Mission
  • South Africa Cape Town Mission
  • South Africa Durban Mission
  • South Africa Johannesburg Mission
  • South Africa Pretoria Mission[19]
  • Zambia Lusaka Mission
  • Zimbabwe Bulawayo Mission
  • Zimbabwe Harare Mission

Temples:

  • Antananarivo Madagascar Temple (under construction)
  • Beira Mozambique Temple (site announced)
  • Cape Town South Africa Temple (under construction)
  • Durban South Africa Temple
  • Harare Zimbabwe Temple

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

Africa West

Headquarters: Accra, Ghana

Official Website

447,186 Members, 134 Stakes, 44 Districts, 990 wards, 606 branches, 25 missions, 9 temples[20]

Area president: Alfred Kyungu[17][18]

First counselor: Adeyinka A. Ojediran[17][18]

Second counselor: Isaac K. Morrison[17][18]

Missions:

  • Benin Cotonou Mission
  • Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan East Mission
  • Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan North Mission[19]
  • Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan West Mission
  • Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro Mission
  • Ghana Accra East Mission
  • Ghana Accra North Mission
  • Ghana Accra West Mission
  • Ghana Cape Coast Mission
  • Ghana Kumasi Mission
  • Ghana Takoradi Mission
  • Liberia Monrovia Mission
  • Nigeria Aba Mission[19]
  • Nigeria Abuja Mission[19]
  • Nigeria Benin City Mission
  • Nigeria Calabar Mission
  • Nigeria Enugu Mission
  • Nigeria Ibadan Mission
  • Nigeria Lagos Mission
  • Nigeria Owerri Mission
  • Nigeria Port Harcourt North Mission
  • Nigeria Port Harcourt South
  • Nigeria Uyo Mission
  • Sierra Leone Bo Mission
  • Sierra Leone Freetown Mission

Temples:

  • Aba Nigeria Temple
  • Abuja Nigeria Temple (announced)
  • Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple
  • Accra Ghana Temple
  • Benin City Nigeria Temple (under construction)
  • Calabar Nigeria Temple (site announced)
  • Cape Coast Ghana Temple (announced)
  • Eket Nigeria Temple (site announced)
  • Freetown Sierra Leone Temple (under construction)
  • Kumasi Ghana Temple (under construction)
  • Lagos Nigeria Temple (under construction)
  • Monrovia Liberia Temple (announced)
  • Uyo Nigeria Temple (announced)

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

Asia

Headquarters: Hong Kong, China

Official Website

184,136 Members, 35 Stakes, 34 Districts, 409 Congregations, 12 Missions, 9 Temples[16]

Area president: Benjamin M. Z. Tai[21][22]

First counselor: Kelly R. Johnson[21][22]

Second counselor: David L. Buckner[23][24]

Missions:

  • Cambodia Phnom Penh East Mission
  • Cambodia Phnom Pehn West Mission
  • China Hong Kong Mission
  • India Bengaluru Mission
  • India New Delhi Mission
  • Indonesia Jakarta Mission
  • Singapore Mission
  • Taiwan Taichung Mission
  • Taiwan Taipei Mission
  • Thailand Bangkok East Mission
  • Thailand Bangkok West Mission
  • Vietnam Hanoi 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 (dedication scheduled)
  • Shanghai People's Republic of China Temple (announced)
  • Singapore Temple (under construction)
  • Taipei Taiwan Temple

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

Asia North

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan

Official Website

241,297 Members, 38 Stakes, 19 Districts, 385 Congregations, 12 Missions, 7 Temples[16]

Area president: J. Kimo Esplisn[7][8]

First counselor: Christopher H. Kim[7][8]

Second counselor: Michael John U. Teh[7][8]

Missions:

  • Japan Fukuoka Mission
  • Japan Kobe Mission
  • Japan Nagoya Mission
  • Japan Sapporo Mission
  • Japan Sendai Mission
  • Japan Tokyo North Mission
  • Japan Tokyo South Mission
  • Korea Busan Mission
  • Korea Seoul Mission
  • Korea Seoul South Mission
  • Micronesia Guam Mission
  • Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission

Temples:

  • Busan Korea Temple (announced)
  • Fukuoka Japan Temple
  • Okinawa Japan Temple

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

  • Guam (US)
  • Japan
  • Micronesia
  • Mongolia;[25]
  • North Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands (US)
  • Palau
  • South Korea

Brazil

Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil

Official Website

1,472,521 Members, 281 Stakes, 40 Districts, 2,176 Congregations, 37 Missions, 20 Temples[16]

Area president: Joni L. Koch[21][22]

First counselor: Ciro Schmeil[17][18]

Second counselor: Mark D. Eddy[21][22]

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 North Mission
  • Brazil Manaus South 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 (dedication scheduled)
  • Brasília Brazil Temple
  • Campinas Brazil Temple
  • Campo Grande Brazil Temple (announced)
  • Curitiba Brazil Temple
  • Florianópolis Brazil Temple (site announced)
  • Fortaleza Brazil Temple
  • Goiânia Brazil Temple (announced)
  • João Pessoa Brazil Temple (under construction)
  • Londrina Brazil Temple (under construction)
  • Maceió Brazil Temple (site announced)
  • Manaus Brazil Temple
  • Natal Brazil Temple (under construction)
  • Porto Alegre Brazil Temple
  • Recife Brazil Temple
  • Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple (under construction)
  • Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
  • Salvador Brazil Temple
  • Santos Brazil Temple (site announced)
  • São Paulo Brazil Temple
  • São Paulo East Brazil Temple (site announced)
  • Teresina Brazil Temple (under construction)
  • Vitória Brazil Temple (site announced)

Geographic coverage:

Brazil

Canada

Headquarters: Calgary, Alberta & Toronto, Ontario[26]

Official website

205,907 Members, 53 Stakes,39 Districts, 592 Congregations, 6 Missions, 10 Temples

Area president: Vern P. Stanfill[7][8]

First counselor: D. Martin Goury[7][8]

Second counselor: James E. Evanson[7][8]

Missions:

  • Canada Calgary Mission
  • Canada Edmonton Mission
  • Canada Montreal Mission
  • Canada Toronto Mission
  • Canada Vancouver
  • Canada Winnipeg Mission

Temples:

  • Toronto Ontario Temple
  • Vancouver British Columbia Temple
  • Winnipeg Manitoba Temple

Geographic coverage:

  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Caribbean

Headquarters: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Official Website

399,607 Members, 67 Stakes, 29 Districts, 607 Congregations, 12 Missions, 4 Temples[16]

Area president: Valeri V. Cordon[7][8]

First counselor: Hugo Montoya[21][22]

Second counselor: Ahmad S. Corbitt[7][8]

Missions:

  • Barbados Bridgetown Mission
  • Dominican Republic Santiago Mission
  • Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission
  • Dominican Republic Santo Domingo North Mission
  • Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West Mission
  • Guyana Georgetown Mission
  • Haiti Port-au-Prince Mission
  • Jamaica Kingston Mission
  • Puerto Rico San Juan Mission
  • Venezuela Barcelona Mission
  • Venezuela Caracas Mission
  • Venezuela Maracaibo Mission
  • Venezuela Valencia Mission

Temples:

  • Caracas Venezuela Temple
  • Maracaibo Venezuela Temple (announced)
  • Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
  • San Juan Puerto Rico Temple
  • Santiago Dominican Republic Temple (announced)
  • Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple

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

Central America

Headquarters: Guatemala City, Guatemala

822,262 Members, 133 Stakes, 28 Districts, 1,101 Congregations, 19 Missions, 12 Temples[16]

Area president: Patricio M. Giuffra[7][8]

First counselor: Ryan K. Olsen[7][8]

Second counselor: Gregorio E. Casillas[7][8]

Missions:

  • Costa Rica San José East Mission
  • Costa Rica San José West Mission
  • El Salvador San Salvador West/Belize Mission
  • El Salvador San Salvador East Mission
  • El Salvador Santa Ana Mission
  • Guatemala Antigua Mission
  • Guatemala Coban Mission
  • Guatemala Guatemala City Central Mission
  • Guatemala Guatemala City East Mission
  • Guatemala Guatemala City South Mission
  • Guatemala Quetzaltenango Mission
  • Guatemala Retalhuleu Mission
  • Honduras Comayaguela Mission
  • Honduras San Pedro Sula East Mission
  • Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission
  • Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission
  • Nicaragua Managua North Mission
  • Nicaragua Managua South Mission
  • Panama Panama City Mission

Temples:

  • Cobán Guatemala Temple
  • Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
  • Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple (under construction)
  • Managua Nicaragua Temple (dedication scheduled)
  • Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (dedication scheduled)
  • Panama City Panama Temple
  • Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple
  • Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple (site announced)
  • San José Costa Rica Temple
  • San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple
  • San Salvador El Salvador Temple
  • Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple

Geographic coverage:

  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama

Eurasian

Headquarters: Moscow, Russia

9,491 Members, 3 Stakes, 9 Districts, 82 Congregations, 6 Missions, 1 Temples[16][28]

Area president: Aleksandr A. Drachyov (Area Seventy)[7][8]

First counselor: Nikolai Ustyuzhaninov (Area Seventy)[7][8][29]

Second counselor: Vladimir N. Astashov (Area Seventy)[7][8][30]

Missions:

  • Armenia/Georgia Mission (Yerevan)
  • Russia Moscow Mission
  • Russia Novosibirsk Mission
  • Russia Yekaterinburg Mission

Temples:

  • Russia Temple (announced)

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

Europe Central

Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany

223,324 Members, 64 Stakes, 11 Districts, 694 Congregations, 17 Missions, 12 Temples[16]

Area president: Ruben V. Alliaud[17][18]

First counselor: Jack N. Gerard[17][18]

Second counselor: James W. McConkie III[17][18]

Missions:

  • Adriatic North Mission[31]
  • Albania Tirana Mission
  • Alpine German-Speaking Mission[32]
  • Belgium/Netherlands Mission[33]
  • Bulgaria/Greece Mission[34]
  • Czech/Slovak Mission[35]
  • France Lyon Mission
  • France Paris Mission
  • Germany Berlin Mission
  • Germany Frankfurt Mission
  • Germany Hamburg Mission
  • Hungary Budapest Mission
  • Italy Milan Mission
  • Italy Rome Mission
  • Poland Warsaw Mission
  • Romania Bucharest Mission[19]
  • Spain Barcelona Mission
  • Spain Madrid Mission

Temples:

  • Hamburg Germany Temple (announced)
  • Madrid Spain Temple
  • Milan Italy Temple (announced)
  • 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)

Europe North

Headquarters: London, England

Official Website

292,944 Members, 69 Stakes, 10 Districts, 608 Congregations, 15 Missions, 10 Temples[16]

Area president: Kevin W. Pearson[7][8]

First counselor: Marcos A. Aidukaitis[17][18]

Second counselor: Alan T. Phillips[36][37]

Missions:

  • Baltic Mission (Riga Latvia)
  • Cape Verde Praia Mission
  • Denmark Copenhagen Mission
  • England Birmingham Mission
  • England Bristol Mission
  • England Leeds Mission
  • England London Mission
  • England Manchester Mission
  • Finland Helsinki Mission
  • Norway Oslo Mission
  • Portugal Lisbon Mission
  • Portugal Porto Mission
  • Scotland/Ireland Mission (Edinburgh)
  • Sweden Stockholm Mission
  • Ukraine Dnipro Mission
  • Ukraine Kyiv/Moldova Mission

Temples:

  • Birmingham England Temple (under construction)
  • Copenhagen Denmark Temple
  • Dublin Ireland Temple (announced)
  • Edinburgh Scotland Temple (announced)
  • Helsinki Finland Temple

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

  • Cape Verde
  • Denmark
  • Greenland (DEN)
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Azores (POR)
  • Madeira (POR)
  • Sweden
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • Gibraltar (UK)
  • Guernsey (UK)
  • Isle of Man (UK)
  • Jersey (UK)
  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)

Mexico

Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico

Official Website (Español)

1,507,720 Members, 227 Stakes, 47 Districts, 1,863 Congregations, 32 Missions, 23 Temples[38]

Area president: Moises Villanueva[39]

First counselor: Jose L. Alonso[39]

Second counselor: Brik V. Eyre[7][8][39]

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 Mexicali Mission
  • Mexico Monterrey East Mission
  • Mexico Monterrey West Mission
  • Mexico Oaxaca Mission
  • Mexico Pachuca Mission

Temples:

Geographic coverage:

Middle East/ Africa North

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

5,457 Members, 2 Stakes, 2 Districts, 33 Congregations, 0 Missions, 1 Temples[16][40]

Area president: Anthony D. Perkins[36][37]

First counselor: Adilson de Paula Parrella[21][22]

Second counselor: Roland J. Bäck (Area Seventy)[36][37]

Missions:

No Missions

Temples:

  • Dubai United Arab Emirates Temple (announced)

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

Pacific

Headquarters: Auckland, New Zealand

Official website

581,988 Members, 140 Stakes, 35 Districts, 1,278 Congregations, 17 Missions, 17 Temples[16]

Area president: Peter F. Meurs[21][22]

First counselor: Taniela B. Wakolo[21][22]

Second counselor: Jeremy R. Jaggi[21][22]

Missions:

  • Australia Adelaide Mission
  • Australia Brisbane Mission
  • Australia Melbourne Mission
  • Australia Perth Mission
  • Australia Sydney Mission
  • Fiji Suva Mission
  • Marshall Islands /Kiribati Mission
  • New Zealand Auckland Mission
  • New Zealand Hamilton Mission
  • New Zealand Wellington Mission
  • Papua New Guinea Lae Mission
  • Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Mission
  • Samoa Apia Mission
  • Tahiti Papeete Mission
  • Tonga Nukuʻalofa Mission
  • Tonga Outer Islands Mission
  • Vanuatu Port Vila Mission

Temples:

  • Neiafu Tonga Temple (under construction)
  • Nouméa New Caledonia Temple (announced)
  • 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 (under construction)
  • Uturoa French Polynesia Temple (announced)
  • Wellington New Zealand Temple (under construction)

Geographic coverage:

  • American Samoa (US)
  • 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

Headquarters: Quezon City, Philippines

Official Website

853,254 Members, 125 Stakes, 55 Districts, 1,272 Congregations, 23 Missions, 12 Temples[41]

Area president: Carlos G. Revillo Jr.[17][18]

First counselor: Chi Hong (Sam) Wong[17][18]

Second counselor: William K. Jackson[7][8]

Missions:

Temples:

  • Alabang Philippines Temple
  • Bacolod Philippines Temple (dedication scheduled)
  • Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple (under construction)
  • Cebu City Philippines Temple
  • Davao Philippines Temple (dedication scheduled)

Geographic coverage:

South America Northwest

Headquarters: Lima, Peru

Official Website (Spanish)

1,327,350 Members, 217 Stakes, 40 Districts, 1,625 Congregations, 33 Missions, 15 Temples[16]

Area president: Juan Pablo Villar[7][8]

First counselor: Taylor G. Godoy[7][8]

Second counselor: Sandino Roman[7][8]

Missions:

  • Bolivia Cochabamba North Mission
  • Bolivia Cochabamba South Mission
  • Bolivia La Paz Mission
  • Bolivia La Paz El Alto Mission
  • Bolivia Santa Cruz Mission
  • Bolivia Santa Cruz North Mission
  • Colombia Barranquilla Mission
  • Colombia Bogotá North Mission
  • Colombia Bogotá South Mission
  • Colombia Cali Mission
  • Colombia Medellin Mission
  • Ecuador Guayaquil East Mission
  • Ecuador Guayaquil North Mission
  • Ecuador Guayaquil South Mission
  • Ecuador Guayaquil West Mission
  • Ecuador Quito Mission
  • Ecuador Quito North Mission
  • Ecuador Quito West Mission
  • Perú Arequipa Mission
  • Perú Chiclayo Mission
  • Perú Cusco Mission
  • Perú Huancayo Mission
  • Perú Iquitos Mission
  • Perú Lima Central Mission
  • Perú Lima East Mission
  • Perú Lima North Mission
  • Peru Lima Northeast Mission
  • Perú Lima South Mission
  • Perú Lima West Mission
  • Perú Limatambo Mission
  • Perú Piura Mission
  • Perú Trujillo Mission
  • Perú Trujillo South Mission

Temples:

  • Arequipa Peru Temple
  • Barranquilla Colombia Temple
  • Bogotá Colombia Temple
  • Cali Colombia Temple (under construction)
  • Chiclayo Peru Temple (announced)
  • Chorrillos 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
  • Medellín Colombia Temple (announced)
  • Piura Peru Temple (site announced)
  • Quito Ecuador Temple
  • Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple (under construction)
  • Trujillo Peru Temple

Geographic coverage:

  • Bolivia
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Perú

South America South

Headquarters: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Official Website (Spanish)

1,284,696 Members, 181 Stakes, 54 Districts, 1,560 Congregations, 29 Missions, 12 Temples[16]

Area president: Joaquin E. Costa[17][18]

First counselor: Alan R. Walker[17][18]

Second counselor: Eduardo Gavarret[17][18]

Missions:

  • Argentina Bahía Blanca Mission
  • Argentina Buenos Aires East Mission
  • Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission
  • Argentina Buenos Aires South Mission
  • Argentina Buenos Aires West Mission
  • Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission
  • Argentina Córdoba Mission
  • Argentina Mendoza Mission
  • Argentina Neuquén Mission
  • Argentina Resistencia Mission
  • Argentina Rosario Mission
  • Argentina Salta Mission
  • Argentina Santa Fe Mission
  • Argentina Tucuman Mission
  • Chile Antofagasta Mission
  • Chile Concepción Mission
  • Chile Concepción South Mission
  • Chile La Serena Mission
  • Chile Puerto Montt Mission
  • Chile Rancagua Mission
  • Chile Santiago East Mission
  • Chile Santiago North Mission
  • Chile Santiago South Mission
  • Chile Santiago West Mission
  • Chile Viña del Mar Mission
  • Paraguay Asunción Mission
  • Paraguay Asunción North Mission
  • Uruguay Montevideo Mission
  • Uruguay Montevideo West Mission

Temples:

  • Antofagasta Chile Temple
  • Asunción Paraguay Temple
  • Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple
  • Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
  • Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple (site announced)
  • Concepción Chile Temple
  • Córdoba Argentina Temple
  • Mendoza Argentina Temple
  • Montevideo Uruguay Temple
  • Puerto Montt Chile Temple (site announced)
  • Rivera Uruguay Temple (announced)
  • Rosario Argentina Temple (announced)
  • Salta Argentina Temple
  • Santiago Chile Temple
  • Santiago West Chile Temple (under construction)
  • Viña del Mar Chile Temple (site announced)

Geographic coverage:

  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • Falkland Islands (UK)
  • Paraguay
  • Uruguay

United States Central

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

1,148,849 Members, 304 Stakes, 2,765 Congregations, 20 Missions, 33 Temples[16][42]

Area president: Jose A. Teixeira[7][8]

First counselor: Ricardo P. Gimenez[7][8]

Second counselor: Karl D. Hirst[7][8]

Missions:

  • Colorado Colorado Springs Mission
  • Colorado Denver North Mission
  • Colorado Denver South Mission
  • Colorado Fort Collins Mission
  • Idaho Boise Mission
  • Idaho Idaho Falls Mission
  • Idaho Pocatello Mission
  • Illinois Chicago Mission
  • Iowa Iowa City Mission
  • Kansas Wichita Mission
  • Minnesota Minneapolis Mission
  • Missouri Independence Mission
  • Missouri St. Louis Mission
  • Montana Billings Mission
  • Montana Missoula Mission
  • Nebraska Omaha Mission
  • North Dakota Bismarck Mission
  • Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission

Temples:

  • Pocatello Idaho Temple
  • Rapid City South Dakota Temple (site announced)
  • Rexburg Idaho Temple
  • St. Louis Missouri Temple
  • St. Paul Minnesota Temple
  • Teton River Idaho Temple (under construction)
  • Tulsa Oklahoma Temple (site announced)
  • Twin Falls Idaho Temple
  • Wichita Kansas Temple (under construction)
  • Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple

Geographic coverage:

  • Colorado
  • Idaho (except panhandle)
  • Illinois
  • Indiana (small portion)
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Michigan (Upper Peninsula)
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

United States Northeast

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

Official Website

643,071 Members, 141 Stakes, 5 Districts, 1,300 Congregations, 17 missions, 18 Temples[16][42]

Area president: Allen D. Haynie[36][37]

First counselor: Mathias Held[17][18]

Second counselor: Robert M. Daines[17][18]

Missions:

  • Indiana Indianapolis Mission
  • Maryland Baltimore Mission
  • Massachusetts Boston Mission
  • Michigan Detroit Mission
  • Michigan Lansing Mission
  • New Hampshire Manchester Mission
  • New Jersey Morristown Mission
  • New York New York City Mission
  • New York Syracuse Mission
  • Ohio Cincinnati Mission
  • Ohio Columbus Mission
  • Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission
  • Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Mission
  • Virginia Richmond Mission
  • Washington, D.C. North Mission
  • Washington, D.C. South Mission
  • West Virginia Charleston Mission

Temples:

  • Boston Massachusetts Temple
  • Cincinnati Ohio Temple (site announced)
  • Cleveland Ohio Temple (dedication scheduled)
  • Columbus Ohio Temple
  • Detroit Michigan Temple
  • Grand Rapids Michigan Temple (under construction)
  • Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple (site announced)
  • Hartford Connecticut Temple
  • Indianapolis Indiana Temple
  • Richmond Virginia Temple
  • Roanoke Virginia Temple (announced)
  • Summit New Jersey Temple (announced)
  • Washington D.C. Temple
  • Winchester Virginia Temple (under construction)

Geographic coverage:

  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Indiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington, D.C.
  • West Virginia
  • Bermuda (UK)
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FRA)

United States Southeast

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

618,465 Members, 127 Stakes, 1,153 Congregations, 16 Missions, 16 Temples[16][42]

Area president: Craig C. Christensen[17][18]

First counselor: Massimo De Feo[7][8]

Second counselor: Aroldo B. Cavalcante[7][8]

Missions:

  • Alabama Birmingham Mission
  • Arkansas Bentonville Mission
  • Arkansas Little Rock Mission
  • Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission
  • Florida Jacksonville Mission
  • Florida Orlando Mission
  • Florida Tallahassee Mission
  • Florida Tampa Mission
  • Georgia Atlanta Mission
  • Georgia Atlanta North Mission
  • Kentucky Louisville Mission
  • Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission
  • North Carolina Charlotte Mission
  • North Carolina Raleigh Mission
  • South Carolina Columbia Mission
  • South Carolina Charleston Mission
  • Tennessee Knoxville Mission
  • Tennessee Nashville Mission

Temples:

  • Greenville South Carolina Temple (announced)
  • Huntsville Alabama Temple (site announced)
  • Jacksonville Florida Temple (under construction)
  • Knoxville Tennessee Temple (under construction)
  • Louisville Kentucky Temple
  • Memphis Tennessee Temple
  • Nashville Tennessee Temple
  • Orlando Florida Temple
  • Raleigh North Carolina Temple
  • Springfield Missouri Temple (groundbreaking scheduled)
  • Tallahassee Florida Temple
  • Tampa Florida Temple (under construction)

Geographic coverage:

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Indiana (Southern)
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri (Southern)
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma (small portion)
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee

United States Southwest

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

1,120,569 Members, 259 Stakes, 2 Districts, 1,948 Congregations, 22 Missions, 21 Temples[16][42]

Area president: Michael A. Dunn[39]

First counselor: Jonathan S. Schmitt[39]

Second counselor: Steven C. Barlow[39]

Missions:

  • Nevada Reno Mission
  • New Mexico Albuquerque Mission
  • New Mexico Farmington Mission
  • Oklahoma Oklahoma City Mission
  • Texas Austin Mission
  • Texas Dallas East Mission
  • Texas Dallas South Mission
  • Texas Dallas West Mission
  • Texas El Paso Mission
  • Texas Fort Worth Mission
  • Texas Houston Mission
  • Texas Houston East Mission
  • Texas Houston South Mission
  • Texas Lubbock Mission
  • Texas McAllen Mission
  • Texas San Antonio Mission

Temples:

Geographic coverage:

United States West

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

1,300,546 Members, 273 Stakes, 1 Districts, 2,219 Congregations, 29 Missions, 24 Temples[16][42]

Area president: Takashi Wada[7][8]

First counselor: Peter M. Johnson[7][8]

Second counselor: Hugo E. Martinez[7][8]

Missions:

  • Oregon Eugene Mission
  • Oregon Portland Mission
  • Oregon Salem Mission
  • Washington Everett Mission
  • Washington Kennewick Mission
  • Washington Seattle Mission
  • Washington Spokane Mission
  • Washington Tacoma Mission
  • Washington Vancouver Mission
  • Washington Yakima Mission

Temples:

Geographic coverage:

Utah

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

Official Website

2,173,560 Members, 629 Stakes, 2 Districts, 5,412 Congregations, 13 Missions, 28 Temples[16][42]

Area president: Brian K. Taylor[7][8]

First counselor: John A. McCune[7][8]

Second counselor: Jorge T. Becerra[7][8]

Missions:

  • Utah Layton Mission
  • Utah Ogden Mission
  • Utah Orem Mission
  • Utah Provo Mission
  • Utah Salt Lake City Mission
  • Utah Salt Lake City East 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 Saratoga Springs Mission
  • Utah Spanish Fork Mission
  • Utah St. George Mission

Temples:

Geographic coverage:

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Allen, James B. and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints 2nd Edition, p. 654.
  2. ^ Mehr, Kahlile (Spring 2001). "Area Supervision: Administration of the Worldwide Church, 1960-2002". Journal of Mormon History. 27 (1): 192–214.
  3. ^ a b Africa Southeast Area to be Divided into Two Areas, South African Newsroom, 28 June 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ Africa Central Area Office to be in Nairobi Kenya, South African Newsroom, 19 August 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ First Presidency Announces 2022 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b "The First Presidency Creates the Canada Area of the Church". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  7. ^ 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 First Presidency Announces 2025-2026 Area Leadership Assignments, Church News, 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025
  8. ^ 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 " Area presidency assignments for 2025-26 announced, Church News, 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  9. ^ First Presidency Announces 2018 Area Leadership Assignments, Mormon Newsroom, 5 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ First Presidency Announces 2019 Area Leadership Assignments, churchofjesuschrist.org, 26 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  11. ^ Nairobi, Kenya, to be Church Africa Central Area Office, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 20 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  12. ^ First Presidency announces 2022-2023 area leadership assignments, Church News, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  13. ^ New Canada Area Presidency Announced, Canada Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  14. ^ While two of the area presidency members will administer the area from the main headquarters in Calgary, one presidency member will administer the area from Toronto
  15. ^ Historically, the assignments were effective on August 15, but August 1 has been the effective date since 2007.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v First Presidency Announces 2024 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v 2024-2025 area leadership assignments announced, Church News, 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  19. ^ 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
  20. ^ As noted here, current as of March 21, 2023.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i First Presidency Announces 2023 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i First Presidency announces 2023-2024 area leadership assignments, Church News, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  23. ^ Area presidency assignments for 2025-26 announced, Deseret News, 14 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  24. ^ First Presidency Announces 2025–2026 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 14 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  25. ^ The developing Church in Mongolia now belongs to the North Asia region, Newsroom: Mongolia, 24 July 2019, retrieved 22 March 2022.
  26. ^ While the functional headquarters of this area is Calgary, one member of the area presidency will administer the area from Toronto, as verified here.
  27. ^ As verified here.
  28. ^ The name for this area was changed in late 2023, as verified here.
  29. ^ Although the area president and second counselor changed this year, Ustyuzhaninov has served as the first counselor in this area since 2022. That is verified here for 2022, here for 2023, and here for 2024.
  30. ^ Astashov is also currently serving as the president of the Russia Moscow Mission, as verified here.
  31. ^ Headquartered in Zagreb Croatia.
  32. ^ Headquartered in Munich Germany.
  33. ^ Headquartered in Leiden The Netherlands).
  34. ^ Headquartered in Sofia Bulgaria.
  35. ^ Headquartered in Prague Czech Republic.
  36. ^ a b c d First Presidency Announces 2022 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  37. ^ a b c d First Presidency announces 2022-2023 area leadership assignments, Church News, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  38. ^ "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: Mexico", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 29 May 2023
  39. ^ a b c d e f Church Announces Two Area Presidency Changes, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 20 November 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  40. ^ 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.
  41. ^ As verified here.
  42. ^ 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.
  43. ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Mormon missionaries find work, meaning in community service", The Washington Post, 4 February 2014. Retrieved on 7 March 2020.
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