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

As of 2016, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 9190 members in two stakes, two districts, 37 congregations, and one mission, in Madagascar.^[1]

History

The first branch of the LDS Church in Madagascar was organized in 1990^[1] with Razanapanala Ramianadrisoa as president. Ramiandrisoa had joined the LDS Church in France while studying there in 1986. The first LDS missionaries to enter Madagascar were Fred L. Forsgren and his wife Eileen who arrived in March of 1991. The Church was legally recognized by the government of Madagascar in 1993.

Until 1998 missionary work in Madagascar was supervised from South Africa, but a separate mission for Madagascar was organized in 1998. The first LDS built meetinghouse in Madagascar was completed in May of 1999.

The Book of Mormon was translated to Malagasy in 2000. Also that year the first stake in Madagascar, the Antananarivo Madagascar Stake was organized with Dominique L. Andriamanantoa as president.^[2]

Membership history

Year	Membership[3]
1993	100^b
1995	400^b
1999	1,349^c
2004	3,088^c
2009	4,769^a
2012	8,017^a
2016	9,190[1]

• ^a Actual Membership for January 1 of the respective year
• ^b Estimated membership for Dec 31 of the respective year
• ^c Actual Membership for Dec 31 of the respective year

Stakes and Districts

• Antananarivo Madagascar Ivandry Stake
• Antananarivo Madagascar Manakambahiny Stake
• Antsirabe Madagascar District
• Toamasina Madagascar District

Mission

• Madagascar Antananarivo Mission

See also

• Religion in Madagascar

References

1. Mindy Anne Selu, "Measuring Blessings in Madagascar", Liahona, April 2016.
2. Deseret News Church Almanac, 2005 Edition, p. 370-371
3. "Country information: Madagascar", Deseret News Church Almanac (multiple almanacs from various years), Deseret News

External links

• LDS Newsroom (Madagascar) - Facts and Statistics
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Official Site