The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland has a rich history beginning in 1850."Missionary Database: Swiss Mission"
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(LDS Church) reported 9,160 members in Switzerland, organized in five stakes and 35 congregations (27

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History

Missionary work for LDS Church began in Switzerland on November 24, 1850 when the Swiss

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was created. The Swiss Mission later became the Swiss and Italian Mission and the Swiss, Italian, and German Mission. Many early converts were baptized, but then emigrated to the United States until the 1950s. On September 11, 1955 the LDS Church completed its first

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in Europe when the

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was completed in

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. The temple was later remodeled and rededicated by

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in October 1992. In 1994, Howard W. Hunter visited Switzerland as the new LDS Church president. Hans B. Ringger was a Swiss national who was a leader of the LDS Church in Switzerland. Born on 2 November 1925, in Zurich, Switzerland, his grandmother, Elizabeth Zoebeli Ringger, joined the LDS Church in 1896 and his parents, Carl Ringger, Jr., and Maria Reif, were also active members. Ringger eventually became an LDS Church general authority. Stephen Nadauld and Douglas Bischoff served as

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for the church in Switzerland, with Nadauld later serving as

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of the Switzerland Geneva Mission from 2003 to 2006. As of 2020, members total approximately 8,000, with many coming from second, third, and fourth generations of members in Switzerland. Forty congregations meet in 27 meetinghouses.

Stakes

As of October 2022, the Switzerland had the following stakes and congregations: *Only congregations in Switzerland are listed in the count. Congregations within each stake that meet outside the country are not listed.

Missions

*Alpine German-speaking Mission *France Lyon Mission *Italy Milan Mission

Temples

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