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

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Connecticut
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The Hartford Connecticut Temple.
Members 15,838 (2022) [1]
Stakes 3
Wards 29
Branches 7
Total Congregations36
Temples 1
Family History Centers 10 [2]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Connecticut refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Connecticut. As of 2022, the LDS Church reported 15,838 members in 36 congregations. [1]

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Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.43% in 2014. [3] TAccording to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of Connecticuters self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church. [4] The LDS Church is the 10th largest denomination in Connecticut. [5]

History

Membership in Connecticut
YearMembership
1930198
19673,000
19806,300
19899,900
199912,163
200914,579
201915,946
*Membership was published as a rounded number.
Source: Wendall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac State Information: Connecticut [1]

The first missionaries arrived in the state in Salisbury in 1832, only two years after the church was founded by Joseph Smith. [6]

In 2010, an estimated 40,000 people—over the course of its month-long open house—visited the new Hartford Connecticut Temple. [7]

Stakes and congregations

StakeOrganizedMission
Fairfield Connecticut30 Apr 1978New York New York City
Hartford Connecticut18 Sep 1966Massachusetts Boston
New Haven Connecticut30 Aug 1981Massachusetts Boston
New London Connecticut [8] 12 Jun 2016Massachusetts Boston

As of February 2023, the following congregations, by stake, are in Connecticut: [9]

Fairfield Connecticut Stake

Hartford Connecticut Stake

New Haven Connecticut Stake

New London Connecticut Stake

Springfield Massachusetts Stake

Missions

The following table lists missions that have served Connecticut and the dates they were organized or consolidated:

Mission Serving ConnecticutOrganized/Consolidated
Eastern StatesMay 6, 1839
Eastern StatesJanuary 1893
New EnglandSeptember 24, 1937
Massachusetts BostonJune 20, 1974
Connecticut HartfordJuly 1, 1979
Massachusetts BostonJuly 1, 2011

Temples

On October 2, 2010 the Hartford Connecticut Temple was announced by church president Thomas S. Monson. He later broke ground for the temple in August 2013. [11] The temple was later dedicated in November 2016 following a public open house. [12]

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Notes:		 Farmington, Connecticut, United States
October 2, 2010 by Thomas S. Monson [13] [14]
August 17, 2013 by Thomas S. Monson [15]
November 20, 2016 by Henry B. Eyring
32,246 sq ft (2,995.8 m2) on a 11.3-acre (4.6 ha) site
On October 2, 2010, Thomas S. Monson announced that the Hartford, Connecticut temple would be built. [16] Originally a temple in Harrison, New York was announced in the early 90s; however, in 1995 efforts towards construction were abandoned and it was announced that 2 temples would be built instead: the Boston Massachusetts Temple and the White Plains New York Temple. [17] [18]

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  2. ↑ Category:Connecticut Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved March 28, 2022
  3. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States)
  4. ↑ "Adults in Connecticut: Religious composition of adults in Connecticut". Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research Center . Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report". Thearda.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021. Note:While it's the tenth largest denomination in Connecticut, it's the eleventh largest denomination when "nondenominational" is considered as a denomination.
  6. ↑ Grant, Steve. "Mormon History Rich In State", Hartford Courant , 1 February 2002. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Telushkin, Shira. "A Unique Sneak Peek of New LDS Temple", Harvard Divinity School , 21 October 2016. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "New Stakes and Stake Presidencies Announced in September 2016". Church News. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Classic Maps", churchofjesuschrist.org, retrieved 2021-06-08
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