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<ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Facts and Statistics: Chile, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/chile, accessed 8 March 2020.</ref> | Church President David O. McKay visited expatriate Church members in Santiago in 1954. On May 26, 1956, Chile became part of the Argentine Mission, and the first Chilean branch was organized in Santiago on July 5. The Chile Mission was organized on October 8, 1961, with 1,100 members. When the first stake (diocese) was organized 11 years later, with Carlos A. Cifuentes as president, membership had grown to more than 20,000 members. | ||
Total Church Membership (2020): 595,526. | |||
Congregations: 590. <ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Facts and Statistics: Chile, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/chile, accessed 8 March 2020.</ref> | |||
=References= | =References= | ||