Appendix 5

Worldwide LDS Religious Education Beginnings

Board-Approved Countries and Territories	First Reporting Year
	Seminary	Institute
Albania	1999	1999
American Samoa	1973	1975
Angola	2006	2006
Antigua and Barbuda	1995	1998
Argentina	1970	1970
Armenia	1995	1995
Aruba	2006	2003
Australia	1968	1969
Austria	1971	1974
Bahamas	1980	1988
Barbados	1982	1993
Belgium	1971	1974
Belize	1983	1982
Benin	2008	2007
Bermuda	1994	1995
Bolivia	1970	1971
Bonaire	2007	2005
Botswana	1993	1994
Brazil	1969	1971
Bulgaria	1994	1994
Burundi	2011	2011
Cambodia	1996	1996
Cameroon	1995	1993
Canada	1948	1952
Cape Verde	1992	1993
Cayman Islands	1991	1991
Central African Republic	1995	1995
Chile	1972	1972
Colombia	1972	1972
Congo, Democratic Republic of	1991	1992
Congo, Republic of	1992	1993
Cook Islands	1972	1991
Costa Rica	1972	1972
Croatia	1997	2008
Curaçao	2007	2008
Cyprus		2011
Czech Republic	1994	1994
Denmark	1973	1975
Dominican Republic	1981	1982
Ecuador	1971	1971
El Salvador	1971	1971
England	1968	1970
Estonia	2001	2001
Ethiopia	1996	1996
Fiji	1972	1973
Finland	1962	1975
France	1971	1974
French Guiana	1990	1993
French Polynesia	1982	1982
Georgia	2008	2008
Germany	1962	1970
Ghana	1987	1988
Greece	1991	1995
Greenland	2005
Grenada	1993	1995
Guadeloupe	1993	1993
Guam	1980	1970
Guatemala	1968	1970
Guyana	1993	1995
Haiti	1983	1988
Honduras	1972	1972
Hong Kong	1969	1974
Hungary	1993	1993
Iceland	1970	1982
India	1990	1992
Indonesia	1981	1979
Ireland	1977	1976
Italy	1969	1974
Ivory Coast (Cote d’lvoire)	1991	1991
Jamaica	1979	1988
Japan	1972	1972
Kazakhstan	2006	2006
Kenya	1991	1991
Kiribati	1985	1989
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)	1972	1971
Kosovo		2014
Latvia	1998	1998
Lesotho	1992	1995
Liberia	1995	1995
Lithuania	1998	1998
Luxembourg	1986	1986
Madagascar	1991	1995
Malawi	2002	2002
Malaysia	1976	1979
Malta	1991	1992
Marshall Islands	1980	1980
Martinique	1993	1995
Mauritius	1993	1993
Mexico	1958	1959
Micronesia	1980	1970
Moldova	1999	1999
Mongolia	1996	1996
Mozambique	2000	2000
Namibia	1995	1996
Netherlands	1973	1975
New Caledonia	1976	1986
New Zealand	1969	1969
Nicaragua	1972	1973
Nigeria	1988	1988
Niue	1975	1979
Northern Ireland	1969	1969
Northern Mariana Islands	1995	1995
Norway	1974	1975
Palau	1989
Panama	1971	1973
Papua New Guinea	1986	1995
Paraguay	1971	1972
Peru	1971	1971
Philippines	1968	1972
Portugal	1970	1979
Puerto Rico	1978	1982
Réunion	1993	1994
Romania	1996	1996
Russia	1993	1993
St. Croix	1993	1993
St. Kitts and Nevis	1993	1996
St. Lucia	1993	1996
St. Maarten	1996	1996
St. Thomas	1993	1993
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1982	1982
Samoa	1973	1975
Scotland	1969	1969
Serbia and Montenegro	2005	2005
Sierra Leone	1991	1993
Singapore	1976	1976
Slovakia	1993	1993
Slovenia	1997	2008
Solomon Islands	1996	1996
South Africa	1972	1972
Spain	1969	1975
Sri Lanka	1998	1998
Suriname	1993	1994
Swaziland	1992	1994
Sweden	1972	1975
Switzerland	1971	1974
Taiwan	1968	1973
Tanzania	1992	1992
Thailand	1969	1980
Togo	1999	1999
Tonga	1969	1979
Trinidad and Tobago	1990	1993
Turkey	1982	1997
Tuvalu	1986	1986
Uganda	1992	1992
Ukraine	1993	1993
United States	1912	1926
Uruguay	1970	1967
Vanuatu	1991	1992
Venezuela	1972	1972
Wales	1969	1982
Zambia	1995	1995
Zimbabwe	1979	1979

Extracted from Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Annual Report for 2013, 3.