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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Connecticut reported 15,834 members in 3 stakes including 35 congregations (28 wards and 7 branches) in Connecticut, as of December 31, 2018.

History

The first missionaries arrived in the state in Salisbury in 1832, only two years after the church was founded by Joseph Smith.[1]

In 2010, an estimated 40,000 people—over the course of its month-long open house—visited the new Hartford Connecticut Temple.[2]

In 2020, the LDS Church canceled services and other public gatherings indefinitely in response to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

Membership History
Year LDS Membership
1930 198
1967 3,000
1980 6,300
1989 9,900
1999 12,163
2008 14,579
2018 15,834[4]

Stakes
Stake Organized
Hartford Connecticut September 18, 1966
New Haven Connecticut August 30, 1981
New London Connecticut[5] June 12, 2016

Connecticut was formerly served by parts of the Yorktown New York and Providence Rhode Island Stakes.[5]

Missions

The following table lists missions that have served Connecticut and the dates they were organized or consolidated:

Mission Serving Connecticut Organized/Consolidated
Eastern States May 6, 1839
Eastern States January 1893
New England September 24, 1937
Massachusetts Boston June 20, 1974
Connecticut Hartford July 1, 1979
Massachusetts Boston July 1, 2011
  • The Eastern States Mission was discontinued in April 1850. It was reopened in January 1893. Little missionary work was done between 1850 and 1893.
  • On June 20, 1974, the name of the New England Mission was changed to the Massachusetts Boston Mission. No new mission was created.
  • The Connecticut Hartford Mission was consolidated into the Massachusetts Boston Mission on July 1, 2011.[6]

Hartford Connecticut Temple
Main article: Hartford Connecticut Temple

On October 2, 2010 the Hartford Connecticut Temple was announced by church president Thomas S. Monson. He later broke ground for the temple in August 2013.[7] The temple was later dedicated in November 2016 following a public open house.[8]

 155. Hartford Connecticut Temple

Location:
Announced:
Dedicated:
 Size:
 Notes:

Farmington, Connecticut, United States
October 2, 2010
November 20, 2016 by Henry B. Eyring
25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2) and 30 ft (9 m) high on a 11 acre (4.5 ha) site
On October 2, 2010, Thomas S. Monson announced that the Hartford, Connecticut temple would be built.[9] Originally a temple in Hartford was announced in the early 90s; however, in 1995 efforts towards construction were abandoned and it was announced that 2 temples would be built instead: the Boston Massachusetts Temple and the White Plains New York Temple.[10][11]

References
  1. Grant, Steve. "Mormon History Rich In State", Hartford Courant, 1 February 2002. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  2. Telushkin, Shira. "A Unique Sneak Peek of New LDS Temple", Harvard Divinity School, 21 October 2016. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  3. Lovett, Ian. "Mormon Church Cancels Services World-Wide Amid Coronavirus Crisis", The Wall Street Journal, 12 March 2020. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  4. "LDS Newsroom (Connecticut)". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. "New Stakes and Stake Presidencies Announced in September 2016". Church News. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. "New boundaries announced for several missions". LDS Church News. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. Avant, Gerry. "President Monson breaks ground for the Hartford Connecticut Temple (+video)". Deseret News. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. Charlton, John. "Connecticut's first Mormon temple now open to the public". fox61.com. Fox 61. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  9. "President Thomas S. Monson: Welcome to conference; 5 new temples", Deseret News, October 2, 2010, retrieved August 18, 2013.
  10. Hinckley, Gordon B. (November 1992), "The Sustaining of Church Officers", Ensign, retrieved August 18, 2013
  11. Hinckley, Gordon B. (November 1995), "Of Missions, Temples, and Stewardship", Ensign, retrieved August 18, 2013
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