Viña del Mar Chile Temple Wiki

Quick Facts

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Description

Viña del Mar is the fourth-largest city in Chile with around 300,000 residents. It is part of the Valparaíso metropolitan area on the central coast of Chile.

History

Since one of the Church’s earliest leaders served a mission there in 1851, Chile has become home to more than 600,000 Latter-day Saints in around 575 congregations. Since the 1960 earthquakes in Concepción and Valdivia, Church members have provided humanitarian assistance to help the country recover from these natural disasters. In 2004, the Chilean government recognized the Church for its role in fighting poverty.^[1]”The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2023-general-conference-temples.

Announced

Location Announced

On November 6, 2023, the location of the Viña del Mar Chile Temple was announced as a 1.87-acre site where the stake center for the Viña del Mar Chile Stake stands. The location is between 3rd North Street and 4th North Street (near 4½ West) in Viña del Mar. ^[3]”See the Location of the new Temple in Viña del Mar, Chile,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 6 Nov. 2023.

Dedication

Dedicatory Order

It will be the first temple in the region of Valparaíso and the fifth in the country. The first temple in Spanish-speaking South America was dedicated in Santiago in 1983. The other three temples in the country at the time of the announcement were in Antofagasta, Concepción, and Santiago West.

Details

Location

Interior

Region

TEMPLES IN SOUTH AMERICA _{by country}

Argentina	7	Bahía Blanca · Buenos Aires Argentina · Buenos Aires City Center · Córdoba · Mendoza · Rosario · Salta
Bolivia	3	Cochabamba · La Paz · Santa Cruz
Brazil	23	Belém · Belo Horizonte · Brasília · Campinas · Curitiba · Florianópolis · Fortaleza · Goiânia · João Pessoa · Londrina · Maceió · Manaus · Natal · Porto Alegre · Recife · Ribeirão Preto · Rio de Janeiro · Salvador · Santos · São Paulo · São Paulo East · Teresina · Vitória
Chile	5	Antofagasta · Concepción · Santiago · Santiago West · Viña del Mar
Colombia	3	Barranquilla · Bogotá · Cali
Equador	2	Guayaquil · Quito
Paraguay	1	Asunción
Peru	9	Arequipa · Chiclayo · Cusco · Huancayo · Iquitos · Lima · Lima Los Olivos · Piura · Trujillo
Uruguay	1	Montevideo
Venezuela	2	Caracas · Maricaibo

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