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

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Papua New Guinea
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Area Pacific
Members 41,268 (2024) [1]
Stakes 3
Districts 11
Wards 15
Branches 81
Total Congregations [2] 96
Missions 2
Temples
  • 1 Under Construction
FamilySearch 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, 2024, there were 41,268 members in 96 congregations, making it the largest body of LDS Church members in Melanesia and the fifth largest in Oceania. [4]

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History

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Membership in Papua New Guinea [5] [1]
YearMembership
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
2024 41,268
*Membership was published as a rounded number.

Stakes & districts

As of May 2025, the following stake and districts exist in PNG: [6]

StakeOrganizedMission
Daru Papua New Guinea Stake2 Jun 1999Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Gerehu Papua New Guinea District10 Mar 2002Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Goroka Papua New Guinea District14 Apr 2002Papua New Guinea Lae
Isumo Papua New Guinea District17 Mar 2002Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Lae Papua New Guinea District25 Jun 2017Papua New Guinea Lae
Madang Papua New Guinea Stake25 Jan 2012Papua New Guinea Lae
Minj Papua New Guinea District2 May 2010Papua New Guinea Lae
Moveave Papua New Guinea District16 Oct 2011Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Oro Papua New Guinea District7 Apr 2002Papua New Guinea Lae
Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Stake22 Oct 1995Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Rigo Papua New Guinea District27 Jul 2008Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Sepik River Papua New Guinea District14 Feb 2012Papua New Guinea Lae
Sogere Papua New Guinea District10 Nov 2010Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Suki Papua New Guinea District26 May 2011Papua New Guinea Port Moresby

The following congregations are not part of a stake or district

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

MissionOrganized
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Mission7 Feb 1992
Papua New Guinea Lae Mission1 Jul 2013

Temples

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

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: Papua New Guinea", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 10 June 2023
  2. ↑ Excludes groups meeting separate from wards and branches
  3. ↑ Papua New Guinea Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved August 21, 2022
  4. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics
  5. ↑ Windall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac Country Information: Papua New Guinea
  6. ↑ "Suva Fiji Temple District", churchofjesuschristtemples.org, retrieved 2021-02-17
  7. ↑ "President Nelson Announces Eight New Temples at October 2019 General Conference", Newsroom, LDS Church, 5 October 2019
  8. ↑ https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/port-moresby-papua-new-guinea-temple/
  9. ↑ See [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/port-moresby-papua-new-guinea-temple/photographs/ this photo gallery for photographic evidence.
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