Area (LDS Church)

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.

Africa Central Africa South Africa West Asia Asia North AN 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 Central 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.

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 April 2022, there are 23 areas.[3][4][5]

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.[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

Area	Members	Stakes	Districts	Congregations	Missions	Temples
Area	Members	Stakes	Districts	Congregations	Missions	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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 1]	5,457	2	2	33	0	0	0	1	1
North America Central[lower-alpha 2]	1,148,849	304	0	2,765	20	22	4	7	33
North America Northeast[lower-alpha 2]	643,071	141	5	1,300	17	13	1	4	18
North America Southeast[lower-alpha 2]	618,465	127	0	1,153	16	10	2	4	16
North America Southwest[lower-alpha 2]	1,120,569	259	2	2,257	22	14	3	4	21
North America West[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 2]	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)

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.
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

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 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:
Cameroon Yaounde Mission Democratic Republic of the Congo Kananga Mission[17] Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Mission Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa East Mission	Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi Mission Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission Ethiopia Addis Ababa Mission Kenya Nairobi 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 (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)
Burundi 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 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:
Angola Luanda Mission Madagascar Antananarivo Mission Mozambique Beira Mission Botswana/Namibia Mission	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)
Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mayotte (FRA) Mozambique Namibia Réunion (FRA) São Tomé and Príncipe South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe

Africa West 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)
Benin Burkina Faso Chad Ghana Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Western Sahara

Asia 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	Indonesia Jakarta Mission Singapore Mission Taiwan Taichung Mission	Taiwan Taipei Mission Thailand Bangkok 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 (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)
Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Laos Malaysia Maldives Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Vietnam

Asia North 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	Korea Seoul South Mission Micronesia Guam Mission Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 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)
Guam (US) Japan Micronesia Mongolia;[20] 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, 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 (site announced) Maceió Brazil Temple (site announced) Manaus Brazil Temple Natal Brazil Temple (site announced) Porto Alegre Brazil Temple Recife Brazil Temple Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple (site announced)	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 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:
Barbados Bridgetown Mission Dominican Republic Santiago Mission Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission	Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West Mission Guyana Georgetown Mission Haiti Port-au-Prince Mission	Jamaica Kingston Mission Puerto Rico San Juan Mission
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)
Anguilla (UK) 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 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:
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 (dedication scheduled) 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 (under construction) 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[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:
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)
Armenia Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia

Europe Central 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:
Adriatic North Mission (Zagreb) Adriatic South Mission (Tirana) Alpine German-Speaking Mission (Munich) Belgium/Netherlands Mission (Leiden) Bulgaria/Greece Mission (Sofia) Czech/Slovak Mission (Prague)	France Lyon Mission France Paris Mission Germany Berlin Mission Germany Frankfurt Mission Hungary Budapest	Italy Milan Mission Italy Rome Mission Poland Warsaw Mission Romania Bucharest Mission[17] Spain Barcelona Mission Spain Madrid Mission
Temples:
Barcelona Spain Temple (site announced) Bern Switzerland Temple Brussels Belgium Temple (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)
Albania 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 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:
Baltic Mission (Riga) 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 Scotland/Ireland Mission (Edinburgh) Sweden Stockholm 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)
Cape Verde 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 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 Dnipro Mission	Ukraine Kyiv/Moldova Mission
Temples:
Kyiv Ukraine Temple
Geographic coverage:
Moldova Ukraine

Mexico 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 Aguascalientes Mission Mexico Cancún Mission Mexico Chihuahua Mission Mexico Ciudad Juárez Mission Mexico Cuernavaca Mission Mexico Culiacán Mission Mexico Guadalajara Mission Mexico Guadalajara East Mission Mexico Hermosillo Mission Mexico Mérida Mission Mexico México City Chalco Mission	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	Mexico Puebla South Mission Mexico Querétaro Mission Mexico Saltillo Mission Mexico Tampico Mission Mexico Tijuana Mission Mexico Torreón Mission Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mission Mexico Veracruz Mission Mexico Villahermosa Mission Mexico Xalapa 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 (dedication scheduled) 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:
Mexico

Middle East/ Africa North 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)
Afghanistan 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 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:
Canada Calgary Mission Canada Edmonton Mission Canada Winnipeg Mission 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 Nebraska Omaha Mission North Dakota Bismarck Mission Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission
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 (groundbreaking scheduled) Tulsa Oklahoma Temple (announced) Twin Falls Idaho Temple Wichita Kansas Temple (site announced) Winnipeg Manitoba Temple Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple
Geographic coverage:
Alberta 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 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:
Canada Montreal Mission Canada Toronto Mission 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 (groundbreaking scheduled) 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:
Connecticut 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 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
Missions:
Alabama Birmingham Mission Arkansas Bentonville Mission Arkansas Little Rock Mission Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission Florida Jacksonville Mission Florida Orlando 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 Tennessee Knoxville Mission Tennessee Nashville Mission
Temples:
Atlanta Georgia Temple Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple Bentonville Arkansas Temple Birmingham Alabama Temple Charlotte North Carolina Temple (site announced) Columbia South Carolina Temple	Fort Lauderdale Florida 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 (announced) Tallahassee Florida Temple (under construction) Tampa Florida Temple (site announced)
Geographic coverage:
Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana (Southern) Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri (Southern) North Carolina Oklahoma (small portion) South Carolina Tennessee

North America Southwest 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:
Arizona Gilbert Mission Arizona Mesa Mission Arizona Phoenix Mission Arizona Scottsdale Mission Arizona Tempe Mission Arizona Tucson Mission Nevada Las Vegas Mission Nevada Las Vegas West Mission	Nevada Reno Mission New Mexico Albuquerque Mission New Mexico Farmington Mission Oklahoma Oklahoma City Mission Texas Austin Mission Texas Dallas East Mission Texas Dallas West 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:
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:
Arizona Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas California (small portions) Colorado (southwest portion) Louisiana (small portion) Utah (small portions)

North America West 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:
Alaska Anchorage Mission California Anaheim Mission California Arcadia Mission California Bakersfield Mission California Fresno Mission California Los Angeles Mission California Newport Beach Mission California Oakland/San Francisco Mission California Riverside Mission California Roseville Mission	California Sacramento Mission California San Bernardino Mission California San Diego Mission California San Jose Mission[27] California Santa Rosa Mission California Ventura Mission Canada Vancouver Mission Hawaii Honolulu Mission Hawaii Laie Mission	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:
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:
Alaska British Columbia California Hawaii Idaho (Panhandle) Oregon Washington Yukon

Pacific 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:
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:
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:
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: 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:
Philippines Antipolo Mission Philippines Angeles Mission Philippines Bacolod Mission Philippines Baguio Mission Philippines Butuan Mission Philippines Cabanatuan Mission Philippines Cagayan de Oro Mission Philippines Cauayan Mission	Philippines Cavite Mission Philippines Cebu Mission Philippines Cebu East Mission Philippines Davao Mission Philippines Iloilo Mission Philippines Laoag Mission Philippines Legazpi Mission Philippines Manila Mission	Philippines Naga Mission Philippines Olongapo Mission Philippines Quezon City Mission Philippines Quezon City North Mission Philippines San Pablo Mission Philippines Tacloban Mission Philippines Urdaneta Mission
Temples:
Alabang Philippines Temple (under construction) Bacolod Philippines Temple (under construction) Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple (site announced) 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:
Philippines

South America Northwest 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:
Bolivia Cochabamba 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 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 Perú Lima South Mission Perú Lima West Mission Perú Limatambo Mission Perú Piura Mission Perú Trujillo Mission Perú Trujillo South Mission Venezuela Barcelona Mission Venezuela Caracas Mission Venezuela Maracaibo Mission Venezuela Valencia Mission
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 (groundbreaking scheduled) Trujillo Peru Temple
Geographic coverage:
Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Perú Venezuela

South America South 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:
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 Chile Antofagasta Mission Chile Concepción Mission Chile Concepción South 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 (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 (dedication scheduled) Santiago Chile Temple Santiago West Chile Temple (site announced) Viña del Mar Chile Temple (site announced)
Geographic coverage:
Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay

Utah 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 Layton Mission Utah Ogden Mission Utah Orem Mission Utah Provo Mission	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 (under construction) Draper Utah Temple Ephraim Utah Temple (under construction) Heber Valley Utah Temple (under construction) Jordan River Utah Temple Layton Utah Temple (dedication scheduled)	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 (dedication scheduled) Vernal Utah Temple West Jordan Utah Temple (site announced)
Geographic coverage:
Utah; Arizona (small portion); Idaho (small portion); Nevada (small portion); Wyoming (southwest corner)

References

Allen, James B. and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints 2nd Edition, p. 654.
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.
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.
First Presidency Announces 2023 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
First Presidency announces 2023-2024 area leadership assignments, Church News, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
First Presidency Announces 2022 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
First Presidency announces 2022-2023 area leadership assignments, Church News, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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.
, 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.
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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[estimate-12] 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.

[na-13] 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.

[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] 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] First Presidency Announces 2018 Area Leadership Assignments, Mormon Newsroom, 5 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[Aug_2019_changes-7] First Presidency Announces 2019 Area Leadership Assignments, churchofjesuschrist.org, 26 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[8] Africa Southeast Area to be Divided into Two Areas, South Africa Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 28 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[9] Nairobi, Kenya, to be Church Africa Central Area Office, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 20 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[10] First Presidency announces 2022-2023 area leadership assignments, Church News, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[11] Historically, the assignments were effective on August 15, but August 1 has been the effective date since 2007.

[combined-14] 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.

[August_2023_changes1-15] First Presidency Announces 2023 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[August_2023_changes2-16] First Presidency announces 2023-2024 area leadership assignments, Church News, 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[August_2022_changes1-17] First Presidency Announces 2022 Area Leadership Assignments, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[August_2022_changes2-18] First Presidency announces 2022-2023 area leadership assignments, Church News, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[2023create-19] 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.

[August_2020_changes-21] First Presidency Announces 2020 Area Leadership Assignments, ‘’News and Events’’ page, churchofjesuschrist.org, 16 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[22] The developing Church in Mongolia now belongs to the North Asia region, Newsroom: Mongolia, 24 July 2019, retrieved 22 March 2022.

[23] Current as of December 31, 2022. See this page for verification.

[August_2021_changes-24] , Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 19 April 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2023

[25] The name for this area was changed in late 2023, as verified here.

[26] "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: Mexico", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 29 May 2023

[27] 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.

[boundary-28] Area boundaries many times deviate from state/provincial boundaries. Used statistics for states and provinces where this area is most predominant.

[29] Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Mormon missionaries find work, meaning in community service", The Washington Post, 4 February 2014. Retrieved on 7 March 2020.

[30] As verified here.

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