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

Bahá'í Houses of Worship - All

There are currently over 60 Bahá'í Houses of Worship in some stage of existance. Fourteen are built and open to the public, two are 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.

A plan to erect two National Houses of Worship and five Local Houses of Worship were announced in the Riḍván 178 B.E. (A.D. 2012) Message from the Universal house of Justice

As of 120 B.E. (A.D. 1963) the locality of 51 houses of worship had been determined in a document published by the Hands of the Cause.

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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. The numbers, 01), 02), etc., indicate the order in which they were opened to the public.

Sequence Built / Type	Continent	Country	State / Province / Department	City	Construction Began	Groundbreaking / Laying of Cornerstone	Dedicated / Opened
03) Continental	Africa	Uganda		Kampala	1957 October 1	1958 January 26	1961 January 15
01) Continental	Asia	Russia	Turkista	'Ishqábád	1902 November 28	1902 November 28	1908
07) Continental	Asia-Pacific	Samoa		Tiapapata	1980 September 1	1979 January 27	1984 September 1
04) Continental	Australia	Australia	New South Wales	Sydney (Ingleside)	1957 November 1	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 1	1960 November 20	1964 July 4
08) Continental	Indian Sub-Continent	India	New Delhi	Bahapur	1984		1986 December 23
02) Continental	North America	United States of America	Illinois	Wilmette	1920 December 20	1912 May 1 by 'Abdu'l-Bahá	1953 May 2
09) Continental	South America	Chile		Santiago	2010 November 28	2010 November 28	2016 October 13
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	Asia-Pacific	Burma (Myanmar)		Rangoon
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
14) National	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo		Kinshasa		2020 October 18	2023 March 28
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 (Persia)	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
National	Asia-Pacific	Papua New Guinea, Independent State of		Port Moresby	2019 September 1
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 / British Isles		London
National	South America	Uruguay		Montevideo
National	South America	Venezuela		Caracas
10) Local	Asia-Pacific	Cambodia		Battambang		2015 November 15	2017 September 1
Local	Indian Sub-Continent	India		Bihar Sharif	2021 February 21	2021 February 21
Local	North America	United States of America	Maine	Eliot
Local	Asia	Israel		Haifa
12) Local	Africa	Kenya		Matunda Soy	2019 February 28	2019 March 23	2021 May 24
11) Local	South America	Colombia	Cauca Department	Agua Azul, Villa Rica	2017 January 1	2016 May 22	2018 June 22
13) Local	Asia-Pacific	Vanuatu		Tanna	2019 November 17	2019 November 17	2021 November 14

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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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