Rivera Uruguay Temple Wiki

Quick Facts

ANNOUNCED
6 April 2025

ANNOUNCED BY
President Russell M. Nelson

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Description

Rivera is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. It borders the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento. Together, they form an urban area with about 200,000 residents. There are about nearly 110,000 Latter-day Saints in around 130 congregations in Uruguay.[1]”15 New Temples Announced at the 194th Semiannual General Conference,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 6 Apr. 2025.

History

Announcement

On 6 April 2025, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Rivera Uruguay Temple at the 195th Annual General Conference.

It is the second house of the Lord to be constructed in the country, joining the Montevideo Uruguay Temple. The temple in Montevideo was dedicated in March 2001 by President Gordon B. Hinckley.

ANNOUNCED ORDER
370

Date2025 04 06
ByRussell M. Nelson
RolePresident
ViaGeneral Conference

⮜Preceded by Chorrillos Peru
Followed by Campo Grande Brazil⮞

Region

TEMPLES IN SOUTH AMERICA by country

Argentina7Bahía Blanca · Buenos Aires Argentina · Buenos Aires City Center · Córdoba · Mendoza · Rosario · Salta
Bolivia3Cochabamba · La Paz · Santa Cruz
Brazil24Belém · Belo Horizonte · Brasília · Campinas · Campo Grande · 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
Chile6Antofagasta · Concepción · Puerto Montt · Santiago · Santiago West · Viña del Mar
Colombia4Barranquilla · Bogotá · Cali · Medellín
Ecuador2Guayaquil · Quito
Paraguay1Asunción
Peru10Arequipa · Chiclayo · Chorrillos · Cusco · Huancayo · Iquitos · Lima · Lima Los Olivos · Piura · Trujillo
Uruguay2Montevideo · Rivera
Venezuela2Caracas · Maricaibo

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References

References
↑1 ”15 New Temples Announced at the 194th Semiannual General Conference,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 6 Apr. 2025.