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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Papua New Guinea

Area	Pacific
Members	36,626 (2022)^[1]
Stakes	2
Districts	12
Wards	10
Branches	82
Total Congregations^[2]	92
Missions	2
Temples	1 Under Construction
Family History Centers	2^[3]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Papua New Guinea refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The first missionaries arrived in 1980. As of December 31, 2022, there were 36,626 members in 92 congregations, making it the largest body of LDS Church members in Melanesia and the fifth largest in Oceania.^[4]

History

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2023)

Membership in Papua New Guinea^[5]^[1]
Year	Membership
1980	280
1985*	1,200
1989*	2,100
1995*	4,700
1999	8,954
2004	13,895
2009	16,664
2014	22,982
2019	30,825
2022	36,626
*Membership was published as a rounded number.

Stakes & districts

As of February 2023, the following stake and districts exist in PNG:^[6]

Stake	Organized	Mission
Daru Papua New Guinea Stake	2 Jun 1999	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Gerehu Papua New Guinea District	10 Mar 2002	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Goroka Papua New Guinea District	14 Apr 2002	Papua New Guinea Lae
Isumo Papua New Guinea District	17 Mar 2002	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Lae Papua New Guinea District	25 Jun 2017	Papua New Guinea Lae
Madang Papua New Guinea District	25 Jan 2012	Papua New Guinea Lae
Minj Papua New Guinea District	2 May 2010	Papua New Guinea Lae
Moveave Papua New Guinea District	16 Oct 2011	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Oro Papua New Guinea District	7 Apr 2002	Papua New Guinea Lae
Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Stake	22 Oct 1995	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Rigo Papua New Guinea District	27 Jul 2008	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Sepik River Papua New Guinea District	14 Feb 2012	Papua New Guinea Lae
Sogere Papua New Guinea District	10 Nov 2010	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Suki Papua New Guinea District	26 May 2011	Papua New Guinea Port Moresby

The following congregations are not part of a stake or district

Alotau Branch (Port Moresby Mission)
Kiunga Branch (Port Moresby Mission)
Papua New Guinea Lae Mission Branch
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Mission Branch

The Papua New Guinea Lae Mission Branch and the Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Mission Branch serves individuals and families that are not in proximity of a meetinghouse.

Missions

Mission	Organized
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Mission	7 Feb 1992
Papua New Guinea Lae Mission	1 Jul 2013

Temples

The Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple was announced on October 5, 2019 by church president Russell M. Nelson.

	234. Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple (Under construction) Official website News & images		edit
	Location: Announced: Groundbreaking: Size:	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 5 October 2019 by Russell M. Nelson^[7] 22 April 2023 by Peter F. Meurs^[8]^[9] 9,550 sq ft (887 m²) on a 4.45-acre (1.80 ha) site

References

^ ^a ^b "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: Papua New Guinea", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 10 June 2023
^ Excludes groups meeting separate from wards and branches.
^ Papua New Guinea Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved August 21, 2022
^ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics
^ Windall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac Country Information: Papua New Guinea
^ "Suva Fiji Temple District", churchofjesuschristtemples.org, retrieved 2021-02-17
^ "President Nelson Announces Eight New Temples at October 2019 General Conference", Newsroom, LDS Church, 5 October 2019
^ https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/port-moresby-papua-new-guinea-temple/
^ See [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/port-moresby-papua-new-guinea-temple/photographs/ this photo gallery for photographic evidence.

External links

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Papua New Guinea) - Official Site
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Pacific) - Official Site
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Pacific Newsroom
ComeUntoChrist.org Latter-day Saints Visitor site

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oceania

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Hawaii	Kahului Laie Hawaii Kona Hawaii
New Zealand	Auckland Hamilton Wellington
Samoas	Apia Samoa Apia Samoa (original) Pago Pago Savai'i
Tonga	Neiafu Tonga Nuku'alofa Tonga
Other	Suva Fiji Yigo Guam Tarawa Kiribati Port Moresby PNG Papeete Tahiti Port Vila Vanuatu

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