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International Deaf Groups & branches
(Grupos sordos internacionales)
International (Internacionales)
Updated 8 October 2006
We're learning more and more about Deaf groups and branches outside of the United States. We do know there either are or have been groups and branches and/or missionaries serving the Deaf in Australia, Canada, Chile, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Switzerland, South Korea, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Ireland), and Venezuela.
We'd like to find out more information about these groups. If you have information, please contact 
info@deaflds.org.
Australia
Perth Deaf Group
We have heard of at least two Deaf Latter-day Saints in the Perth area, but don't know where they meet.
Number of members: 2
Sydney Deaf Group
We have heard of Deaf Latter-day Saints in the Sydney area, but don't know where they meet.
Number of members:
Chile
Chile Deaf Group / Grupo Sordo De Chile
We have heard of Deaf Latter-day Saints in the Chile, but don't know where they meet.
Number of members:
India
Bangalore 2nd Branch (Bangalore Deaf Group)
#3, Convent Road, Bangalore 25
Richmond Town, Bangalore
Tel: 080-22483688 V
Brother Ramesh Babu, a deaf member of the Bangalore Second Branch, says that hearing members 'have a good relationship with us as brothers and sisters in the gospel, and they involve us in each and every activity. They help us to grow in the gospel'....Dominique Michael and others in the Bangalore Second Branch learned sign language so they could interpret for deaf members." (Marlene Bateman Sullivan, "Hearing with the Heart," Ensign, Aug. 2006, 56)
Number of members:
Italy
Italy Deaf Group / Gruppo Sordo Dell'Italia
We know of at least one Deaf member but are unsure where he meets.
Number of members: 1
Mexico
Mexico City Deaf Group /
Grupo Sordo De Ciudad de México
We know of a group of fifty-plus Deaf Latter-day Saints in Mexico City.
Number of members: 50
New Zealand
Auckland Deaf Group
147 Pah Road
Royal Oak, Auckland 1023
Adelle from Auckland writes, "8th Ward, Mt Roskill Stake, Auckland, NZ, which is the 'unofficial' ward for Deaf members." (Retrieved from http://www.noonhost.com/ldsaslinterpret/image-vp308.html#308)
Number of members:
Philippines
Bago-Bantay Ward (Bago-Bantay Deaf Group)
"Maria Salve Duplito became a blessing in the life of Joselito Cannon, a deaf member of the Bago-Bantay Ward, Quezon City Philippines Stake. After his conversion, Joselito arrived half an hour early each Sunday. He always came prepared with a copy of the sign language alphabet, giving it to anyone who was interested in learning. Even though he could not understand the words that were spoken, Joselito sat diligently through all three meetings. Then, Sister Duplito began taking her laptop computer to meetings. She typed each speaker’s message so that Joselito could read what was said, allowing him to partake of gospel teachings. (Marlene Bateman Sullivan, "Hearing with the Heart," Ensign, Aug. 2006, 56)
Number of members:
Switzerland
Neuchatel Deaf Group /
Groupe Sourd de Neuchâtel
One Deaf Latter-day Saint lives in this city.
Number of members: 1
South Korea
Incheon Nonga Deaf Branch
2 Dap-dong Jung-gu
Incheon-si, South Korea 400-090
Number of members:
Seoul (Jungang Nonga) Deaf Branch
103-1 Sindang 6-dong Jung-gu
Seoul-si, South Korea 100-456
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United Kingdom
Bradford 1st Ward (Leeds Deaf Group)
Wheatlands Crescent, Daisy Hill
Bradford, West Yorkshire BD9 5JP
Tel: 44-1274-493-416
The Leeds Group was the first Deaf unit formed with the establishment of the fulltime BSL missionary programme in 1992. Dozens of US and English Deaf and hearing elders and sisters served here through the 1990s until the programme was halted in 1998-1999.
Sunday Schedule:
BSL/Deaf Temple session:
Number of members:
Halifax Ward (Halifax Deaf Group)
Stafford Road
Halifax, West Yorkshire HX3 0PA
Tel: 01422 360565
Sunday Schedule: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (Sac mtg, SS, PH/RS)
BSL/Deaf Temple session:
Number of members: 2
Ashford Ward (Ashford Deaf Group)
110 Canterbury Road
Ashford, Kent
Tel: ?
Sunday Schedule: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (Sac mtg, SS, PH/RS)
BSL/Deaf Temple session:
Number of members: 2
Venezuela
Caracas Deaf Group / Grupo Sordo De Caracas
Hearing missionaries from the United States worked with Deaf members to establish a Deaf group and create an LSV (Lengua de Señas Venezolana) Church lexicon in the early 2000s. Missionary visas were suspended in 2005 and non-native missionaries were reassigned to other missions. (Read more at http://www.mission.net/venezuela/caracas/stories.php?sID=908)
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