The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil
As of January 1, 2016, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 1,326,738 members in 256 stakes and 39 districts, 2,038 Congregations (1,593 wards[1] and 445 branches),[1] 34 missions, and eight temples in Brazil.[2]
History
The first members of the church in Brazil were immigrants who had joined the church in their native Germany before moving to Brazil.[3] Missionaries arrived in 1928 but, due to the prohibition on ordaining men of African descent to the priesthood, they were instructed to only work with German people living in the southern part of the country. When the Brazilian government outlawed the use of non-Portuguese languages in public meetings in 1938, the mission switched from a German language mission to a Portuguese speaking one.[4] One of the early missionaries in Brazil, serving in 1939, was James E. Faust.
The first stake in Brazil was organized by Spencer W. Kimball in 1966 in Sao Paulo. This was the first stake in all of South America. In 1978, the Sao Paulo temple was completed.
Membership history
Year | Membership[5] |
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1940 | 233 |
1950 | 648 |
1960 | 2,644 |
1965 | 19,050 |
1970 | 33,104 |
1976 | 45,747a |
1980 | 81,504c |
1985 | 206,000b |
1989 | 302,000b |
1995 | 548,000b |
2000 | 775,822c |
2005 | 928,926c |
2010 | 1,102,428a d |
2015 | 1,326,738a |
- a Actual Membership for January 1 of the respective year
- b Estimated membership for December 31 of the respective year
- c Actual Membership for December 31 of the respective year
- d This represents a dramatic differential from the 2010 national census that reported 226,509 self-identifying members,[6] causing some to question the membership numbers reported by the LDS church.[7]
Missions
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a announced to be created July 2013.[8]
Temples
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17. São Paulo Brazil | ||
Location: |
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
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101. Recife Brazil | ||
Location: |
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | ||
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102. Porto Alegre Brazil | ||
Location: |
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
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111. Campinas Brazil | ||
Location: |
Campinas, Brazil | ||
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126. Curitiba Brazil | ||
Location: |
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil | ||
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138. Manaus Brazil | ||
Location: |
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | ||
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158. Fortaleza Brazil (Under Construction) | ||
Location: |
Fortaleza, Brazil | ||
170. Rio de Janeiro Brazil (Announced) | |||
Location: |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
176. Belém Brazil (Announced) | |||
Location: |
Belém, Brazil |
See also
Notes
- 1 2 LDS Meetinghouse Locator. Nearby Congregations (Wards and Branches).
- ↑ LDS Newsroom (Statistical Information)
- ↑ Grover, Mark. "The Church in Brazil: The Future Has Finally Arrived". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Grover, Mark. "Religious Accommodation in the Land of Racial Democracy: Mormon Priesthood and Black Brazilians" (PDF). Dialogue. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ "Country information: Brazil", Deseret News Church Almanac (multiple almanacs from various years), Deseret News
- ↑ "População residente, por situação do domicílio e sexo, segundo os grupos de religião - Brasil - 2010" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
- ↑ Stack, Peggy Fletcher (16 July 2012). "Brazil mystery: Case of the missing Mormons (913,045 of them, to be exact)". Salt Lake City Tribune. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ↑ New mission presidents by area for 2013
- ↑ "Curtiba Brazil Temple: Additional info", LDS.org, LDS Church, retrieved 2012-10-16
- ↑ Weaver, Sarah Jane (June 10, 2012), "Manaus Brazil Temple: Dedication marks Church's 138th worldwide and sixth in Brazil", Church News, retrieved 2012-10-15
- ↑ "New Temple to Be Built in Manaus, Brazil", Newsroom (News Story), LDS Church, June 7, 2007, retrieved 2012-10-15
- ↑ "Ground Broken for Brazil's Sixth Temple", Newsroom (News Story), LDS Church, June 23, 2008, retrieved 2012-10-15
- ↑ "President Thomas S. Monson: 'Welcome to Conference'", Deseret News, October 3, 2009, retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ Talor, Scott (October 4, 2009), "Brigham City among five new locales for LDS temples", Deseret News, retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ "Ground Broken for Fortaleza Brazil Temple", Newsroom (News Release), LDS Church, November 15, 2011, retrieved 2012-11-06
- ↑ Walker, Joseph (6 April 2013). "LDS react with joy to temples announced in Cedar City, Rio". Deseret News. Retrieved 2013-04-06..
- ↑ Toone, Trent (3 April 2016). "President Monson announces 4 new temples at Sunday morning session". Deseret News..
References
- Mark L. Grover, "The Church in Brazil: The Future has Finally Arrived", Liahona, July 2014
External links
- Church News "Country information: Brazil"
- LDS Newsroom (Brazil)
- LDS Newsroom - Brazil
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Brazil) - Official Site
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Visitors Site