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    Ireland Click here for the Ireland Mormon Newsroom

    3,980

    Total Church Membership

    1-in-

    1

    Stakes

    13

    Congregations

    5 Wards
    8 Branches

    3

    FamilySearch Centers

    3

    History

    In 1840 Thomas Tate became the first Latter-day Saint convert in Ireland when he was baptized near Belfast by John Taylor of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. For much of the early history of the Church in Ireland, preaching was centered around Belfast. It was not until 1850 that Edward Sutherland, a native of Dublin who had been baptized in London, made the first sustained effort to preach in Dublin. Despite public ridicule during his preaching, Sutherland found some success and organized the first branch in Dublin in 1850. By 1856 there were over 200 Church members in Ireland, mostly in the north; however, many Church members from both the south and the north later emigrated. The Dublin Branch was closed in 1863.

    Though many Irish emigrants joined the Church overseas, the Dublin Branch was reorganized in 1901 with mostly German immigrant members. At the time of Irish independence in 1922, these families and other converts made up a faithful core of Saints, trusting in the Lord to guide their paths (see Proverbs 3:5–6) as a tiny minority in the country. The organization of the Irish Mission in 1962 led to a period of rapid growth during which the first Church-built meetinghouse was completed in 1971. The Dublin Ireland Stake was organized in 1995, and Church membership in Ireland surpassed 3,000 in 2012.

    Contacts

    Terry McKenna
    Director of Public Affairs, Northern Ireland
    Email
    Phone: +44790 5978497

    Africa

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    791,837

    Members

    2,559

    Congregations

    Missions

    40Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    421

    Temples

    6Temples

    Asia

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    1,281,560

    Members

    2,103

    Congregations

    Missions

    45Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    368

    Temples

    8Temples

    Europe

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    503,692

    Members

    1,318

    Congregations

    Missions

    36Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    660

    Temples

    14Temples

    North America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    9,551,107

    Members

    18,426

    Congregations

    Missions

    175Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    2,819

    Temples

    113Temples

    Oceania (Pacific)

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    591,950

    Members

    1,308

    Congregations

    Missions

    18Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    317

    Temples

    11Temples

    South America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    4,269,273

    Members

    5,616

    Congregations

    Missions

    97Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    1,119

    Temples

    24Temples