Torreón Mexico Temple Wiki

Plans to construct the Torreón MexicoTemple were announced by President Russell M. Nelson on 4 April 2021, at the 191st Annual General Conference.^[1]The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, “At April 2021 Conference, Prophet Announces 20 More Temples to Be Constructed,” 4 Apr. 2021.

Mexico Temples at the time of Announcement

Announced

• Queretaro Mexico

Under Construction

• Puebla Mexico

Dedicated

• Mexico City Mexico [1983]
• Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico[ 1999]
• Ciudad Juárez Mexico [2000]
• Hermosillo Sonora Mexico [2000]
• Oaxaca Mexico [2000]
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico [2000]
• Tampico Mexico [2000]
• Villahermosa Mexico [2000]
• Mérida Mexico [2000]
• Veracruz Mexico [2000]
• Guadalajara Mexico [2001]
• Monterrey Mexico [2002]
• Tijuana Mexico [2016]

On 23 September 2021, along with the location announcement, an official exterior rendering of the Torreón Mexico Temple was released^[3]”Groundbreaking Date Set for the Casper Wyoming Temple,” Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3 September 2021

The groundbreaking of the Torreón Mexico Temple was presided over by Elder Hugo Montoya, president of the Mexico Area, on 10 Dececember 2021. Municipal, local and state government representatives also attended.

In his remarks at the groundbreaking, given in Spanish, Elder Montoya said, “This building, as you can see, will be beautiful. [It will be] made with high-quality materials and built with the highest standards. However, it is not the building itself that allows us to feel joy but what takes place inside the building, which are ordinances and covenants.”^[5]“Ground Broken for the Torreon Mexico Temple.” newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org, 12 Dec. 2022, newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/ground-broken-for-the-torreon-mexico-temple.

A 0.89-acre site at the corner of Paris and Amsterdam Streets across the street from an existing meetinghouse in the city of Gómez Palacio has been chosen as the location for the temple.

Plans call for a three-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet