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

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Peru
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Peru refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Peru. The first small branch was established in 1956. Since then, the LDS Church in Peru has grown to more than 600,000 members in 779 congregations.[1] Peru ranks as having the 2nd most members of the LDS Church in South America, behind Brazil, and the 5th worldwide. In addition, It has the third most LDS Church members per capita in South America, behind Chile and Uruguay.[4]

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History

The first official branch of the LDS Church in Peru was organized in July 1956.[5]

Three native Peruvian elders were assassinated by militant groups in the early 1990s: Manuel Antonio Hidalgo and Christian Andreani Ugarte, who were killed in August 1990, and Oscar Zapata, who was killed in March 1991.[6] Nonetheless, unlike Pentecostals and Adventists, who played critical roles in Peruvian politics of the day, the LDS church remained relatively disengaged with the war.[7]

At the end of 1993, one study found that there were around 234,000 LDS adherents in Peru. This same study also found that, in Peru, there were only about 4,500 adherents per stake, the lowest density out of all of the Latin American countries studied (for comparison, the highest was Colombia, which was found to have 7,500 adherents per stake). This study also found that some 44% of stakes were found within the Lima metropolitan area and 73% were found more broadly across only the coastal areas.[7]

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Stakes and districts

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As of June 2024, the following stakes and districts were located in Peru:

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Temples in and near Peru (edit); Lima (edit)
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Style:		 La Molina, Lima, Peru
1 April 1981 by Spencer W. Kimball
11 September 1982 by Boyd K. Packer
10 January 1986 by Gordon B. Hinckley
9,600 sq ft (890 m2) on a 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) site
Modern adaptation of six-spire design - designed by Jesse M. Harris
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Size:		 Trujillo, Peru
13 December 2008 by Thomas S. Monson[9]
14 September 2011 by Rafael E. Pino
21 June 2015 by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
28,200 sq ft (2,620 m2) on a 8.9-acre (3.6 ha) site
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Size:		 Arequipa, Peru
6 October 2012 by Thomas S. Monson[10][11][12]
4 March 2017 by Carlos A. Godoy
15 December 2019 by Ulisses Soares[13]
26,969 sq ft (2,505.5 m2) on a 7.91-acre (3.20 ha) site
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Size:		 San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru
3 April 2016 by Thomas S. Monson[14]
8 June 2019 by Enrique R. Falabella[15][16]
14 January 2024 by D. Todd Christofferson[17]
47,413 sq ft (4,404.8 m2) on a 2.46-acre (1.00 ha) site
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Size:		 Cusco, Peru
3 April 2022 by Russell M. Nelson[18][19]
9,950 sq ft (924 m2) on a 2.48-acre (1.00 ha) site
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Announced:		 Chiclayo, Peru
2 October 2022 by Russell M. Nelson[20][21]
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Size:		 Iquitos, Peru
2 April 2023 by Russell M. Nelson[22][23]
20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) on a 1.75-acre (0.71 ha) site
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Announced:		 Piura, Peru
1 October 2023 by Russell M. Nelson[24][25]
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Announced:		 Huancayo, Peru
1 October 2023 by Russell M. Nelson[24][25]
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Announced:		 Chorrillos, Peru
6 April 2025 by Russell M. Nelson[26][27]
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