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648,045

Total Church Membership

1-in-

115

Stakes

100
10

797

Congregations

672 Wards
125 Branches

207

FamilySearch Centers

207

4

Temples

15

Missions | 18 Districts

History

An official branch (a small congregation) was organized in July 1956, missionaries began preaching in August, and a Church building was purchased in November. Prior to this, Latter-day Saint families living in Peru held group meetings. In 1959, when the Andes Mission was organized, there were 300 members in five congregations.

In January 1988, 32 years after missionary work began in Peru, seven stakes (diocese) were created in one weekend by a visiting Church Apostle, Elder M. Russell Ballard.

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