The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia refers to

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

(LDS Church) and its members in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. The first small branch was established in 1966. Since then, the LDS Church in Colombia has grown to more than 200,000 members in 257 congregations, making it the 7th largest body of members in South America and the 11th largest worldwide.

History

In May 1966, the first missionaries arrived. Five years later, 27 congregations were established in 10 cities. From 1981 to 1984, Julio E. Dávila served as

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of the Colombia

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

Mission of the church.Elder Julio A. Dávila of the Seventy"
'' Ensign'', May 1991, p. 102. Dávila was the first Colombian to serve as a mission president in the church.Javier Tobón Gónima
“Colombia Reaches 100,000 Members,”
'' Ensign'', August 1995, pp. 76–77.

Stakes and districts

Missions

Temples

References

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