Additional Helps for Teacher Development
Appendix 5: Worldwide LDS Religious Education Beginnings


“Appendix 5: Worldwide LDS Religious Education Beginnings,” By Study and Also by Faith—One Hundred Years of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion (2015)

“Appendix 5,” By Study and Also by Faith

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.