A Bahá'í Glossary - Bahá'í Houses of Worship

Bahá'í Houses of Worship - All

There are currently 60 Bahá'í Houses of Worship in some stage of existance. Ten are built and open to the public, one is under construction and one has been destroyed. The remaining are planned for construction in the near future. The decisions for which and when others will be built rest with the Universal House of Justice.

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All Bahá'í Houses of Worship

The blue links indicate the pages which are completed. The brown links are the pages which are created, but have no content. These will be completed soon.

Sequence Built / Type	Continent	Country	State / Province / Department	City	Construction Began	Groundbreaking / Laying of Cornerstone	Dedicated
03) Continental	Africa	Uganda		Kampala	1957 October	1958 January 26	1961 January 13
01) Continental	Asia	Russia	Turkistan	'Ishqábád	1902 November 28	1902 November 28	1908
07) Continental	Asia-Pacific	Samoa		Tiapapata	1979		1984
04) Continental	Australia	Australia	New South Wales	Sydney (Ingleside)	1957 November	1958 March 22	1961 September 16
06) Continental	Central America	Panama		Panama City			1972 April 29-30
05) Continental	Europe	Germany		Hofheim-Langenhain	1960 December	1960 November 20	1964 July 4
08) Continental	Indian Sub-Continent	India	New Delhi	Bahapur	1984		1986 December
02) Continental	North America	United States of America	Illinois	Wilmette	1920 December	1912 May 1 by 'Abdu'l-Bahá	1953 May 2
09) Continental	South America	Chile		Santiago	2010 November		2016 October 19
National	North America	Alaska		Anchorage
National	South America	Argentina		Buenos Aires
National	Europe	Austria		Vienna
National	South America	Bolivia		La Paz
National	South America	Brazil		Rio de Janeiro
National	North America	Canada	Ontario	Toronto
National	South America	Colombia		Bogotá
National	Central America	Costa Rica		San José
National	North America	Dominican Republic		Santo Domingo
National	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
National	South America	Ecuador		Quito
National	Africa	Egypt		Cairo
National	Central America	El Salvador		San Salvador
National	Asia-Pacific	Fiji		Suva
National	Europe	France		Paris
National	Central America	Guatemala		Guatemala City
National	North America	Haiti		Port-au-Prince
National	Central America	Honduras		Tegucigalpa
National	Asia-Pacific	Indonesia		Jakarta
National	Asia	Iran	Tehran	Tehran
National	Asia	Iraq		Baghdad
National	Asia	Israel		Haifa
National	Europe	Italy		Rome
National	North America	Jamaica		Kingston
National	Asia-Pacific	Japan		Tokyo
National	Africa	Libya		Benghazi
National	Central America	Mexico		Mexico City
National	Africa	Morocco		Meknes
National	Asia-Pacific	Myanmar		Yangon
National	Europe	Netherlands[5]		The Hague
National	Asia-Pacific	New Zealand		Auckland
National	Central America	Nicaragua		Managua
National	Europe	Norway		Oslo
National	Asia	Pakistan		Karachi
13) National	Asia-Pacific	Independent State of Papua New Guinea		Port Moresby	September 2019
National	South America	Paraguay		Asunción
National	South America	Peru		Lima
National	Africa	South Africa		Johannesburg
National	Europe	Spain		Madrid
National	Europe	Sweden		Stockholm
National	Europe	Switzerland		Bern
National	Africa	Tunisia		Tunis
National	Europe	Turkey		Istanbul
National	Europe	United Kingdom		London
National	South America	Uruguay		Montevideo
National	South America	Venezuela		Caracas
10) Local	Asia-Pacific	Cambodia		Battambang			2017 August 31
14) Local	Indian Sub-Continent	India		Bihar Sharif
Local	North America	United States of America	Maine	Eliot
Local	Asia	Israel		Haifa
12) Local	Africa	Kenya		Matunda Soy		2019 March 22
11) Local	South America	Colombia	Cauca Department	Agua Azul, Villa Rica		2018 July 22	2018 July 22
Local	Asia-Pacific	Vanuatu		Tanna

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Map of locations of Bahá'í Houses of Worship in the world.

A map of the location of continental Bahá'í Houses of Worship worldwide;

green represents countries that currently have Bahá'í Houses of Worship (with a black dot for the city);

red represents countries where a House of Worship existed, but no longer does;

light green represents countries where Houses of Worship were planned according to the Ridván Message for 2012.

Map of locations of Bahá'í Houses of Worship in the world.

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Countries with an existing House of Worship
Countries with a House of Worship planned or under construction
Countries with a previously existing House of Worship (now destroyed)
• Where known, exact locations are marked with a black dot: •

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Sources:

	1.	Bahaikipedia - House of Worship
	2.	Introduction to Green Acre Bahá'í School, by Anne Gordon Atkinson
	3.	Bahá'í World News Service - Plans to build new Houses of Worship announced
	4.	Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1963: Information Statistical and Comparative, Including the Achievements of the Ten Year International Bahá'í Teaching & Consolidation Plan 1953-1963, Page 36
	5.	The Bahá'í World 1968-1973 pp.286. Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Wilmette

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