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List of missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

List of missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) operates 410 missions[1] throughout the world, as of July 2022. Most are named after the location of the mission headquarters, usually a specific city. The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are within the jurisdiction of a mission of the church. In the list below, if the name of the mission does not include a specific city, the city where the mission headquarters is located is included in parentheses.

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By continent [2]

More information Africa (40 missions) ...
More information Asia (20 missions) ...
More information Philippines (23 missions) ...
More information Europe and Russia (36 missions) ...

North America

More information Canada (6 missions) ...
More information Caribbean (7 missions) ...
More information Central America (19 missions) ...
More information Mexico (32 missions) ...
More information United States (110 missions) ...
More information Oceania (18 missions) ...
More information South America (61 missions) ...
More information Brazil (36 missions) ...
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By date of formation

The following is a list of missions in order of creation date. Previous names of the mission, dates of creation and discontinuing of the mission, as well as other information are also provided. Discontinued missions are typically the result of missions being consolidated with missionary efforts still continuing. A few missions were discontinued with the formation of two or more missions in its place. Occasionally missions will be discontinued as a result of government restrictions, military conflict and/or other issues affecting the safety of missionaries serving in the area.

All missions include the word "Mission" as part of their name. For conciseness in creating the table, the names of some missions were abbreviated and the word "Mission" was removed. Due to its excessive length, table best viewed using "Make headers of tables display as long as the table is in view" setting.

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By country/territory

List of missions within each country, territory or dependency. Africa North (AN), North America à(NA), and South America (SA) are abbreviated for concise column and reduction of row height for most rows.[2]

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U.S. State

Missions in each state of the United States. North America (NA) was abbreviated for concise column and reduction of row height for most rows.

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  • The United States and Canada are divided into multiple areas which follow mission boundaries and not state or provincial Boundaries. The dominant area within the state/province is listed under "Area" column. Any mission in a state or province located in a different area not shown in the "Area" column will its area name shown in parentheses.

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  1. A New Mission Is Coming to Hawaii in January 2022, Newsrooom, 3 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. Boundaries of missions and areas shown in table were found in https://classic.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/ as of January 2022.
  3. Swenson, Madison (Nov 23, 2022), "Church Opening Six New Missions in 2023", KSL TV 5, retrieved January 13, 2023
  4. Per this announcement, created on July 1, 2022.
  5. "First Presidency Announces 2022 Area Leadership Assignments", Newsroom, LDS Church, 7 April 2022, retrieved 10 April 2022
  6. "Church Continues to Monitor Mormon Missionary Safety in Ukraine", Newsroom, LDS Church, 9 May 2014, retrieved 4 May 2022
  7. Pierce, Scott D.; Kemsley, Tamarra; Noyce, David (1 November 2023), Amid ‘strong growth’ in missionaries and converts, LDS Church plans a huge jump in the number of missions, Salt Lake Tribune, retrieved 1 November 2023

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