The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Samoan Islands refers to

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and its members on the

Samoan Islands The Samoan Islands ( sm, Motu o Sāmoa) are an archipelago covering in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of the Independent State of Samoa an ...

. In 1890, there were 30 members in the Samoan islands. As of 2021, there were 100,252 members in 205 congregations. The Samoan Islands has the second most LDS Church

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per capita in the world, behind

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

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As of 2021, the LDS Church reported 83,740

in 162 congregations in the country of

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

, making it the largest body of LDS Church members in Oceania outside of

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and

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History

In 2019, church president

Russell M. Nelson Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (born September 9, 1924) is an American religious leader and retired surgeon who is the 17th and current president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Nelson was a member of the LDS Church ...

met with His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II of

Schools

In addition to

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and

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, there are a few primary schools and secondary schools operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. * Church College Pesega * Sauniatu Primary School * Church College VaiolaLDS Church College Vaiola
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Missions

Apia Apia () is the capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō'') of Tuamasaga. ...

Mission

Temples

On August 5, 1983 the Apia Samoa Temple was dedicated by

Gordon B. Hinckley Gordon Bitner Hinckley (June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008) was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from March 1995 until his death in January 200 ...

. The Pago Pago American Samoa Temple was announced by Russell M. Nelson on April 7, 2019.

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