Barcelona Spain Temple Wiki

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History

The first Spanish Latter-day Saint joined the Church around 1870. In 1874, Melitón Gnzález Trejo, an officer in the Spanish army, came to Utah to learn more about the “group of Saints” he had heard about from a fellow officer. He was soon baptized and became indispensable to the work of translating the Book of Mormon into Spanish, which opened doors to the preaching of the gospel in Latin America.^[1]“Statistics and Church Facts: Total Church Membership.” Newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/spain.

The first members of the Church of Jesus Christ in Spain were baptized during the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, non-Catholic religious ceremonies were illegal, so most converts traveled to France to be baptized. The Church in Spain grew as new members shared the gospel with their family and friends. After the law granting religious freedom was passed in 1967, an independent Spanish branch was organized in Madrid. The Church was legally recognized in October 1968. The Church organized its first stake in Barcelona in 1982, and the two most recently organized stakes in the area were created in 2009 and 2012.

Today, the Church has about 135 congregations in Spain. There are more than 61,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ in Spain.

Announcement

Location Announced

On January 9, 2023, the location of the Barcelona Spain Temple was announced as a 5.4-acre site located at the intersection of Avinguda de la Vía Augusta and Avinguda de la Clota in Sant Cugat del Vallès, just north of Barcelona. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 27,500 square feet. An ancillary building of approximately 13,600 square feet with patron housing, an arrival center, and a distribution center will also be built on site.^[3]Location of Barcelona Spain Temple Announced,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 9 Jan. 2023, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/location-of-barcelona-spain-temple-announced.

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TEMPLES IN EUROPE _{by country}

Austria	1	Vienna
Belgium	1	Brussels
Denmark	1	Copenhagen
Finland	1	Helsinki
France	1	Paris
Germany	3	Frankfurt · Freiberg · Hamburg
Ireland	1	Dublin
Italy	2	Milan · Rome
Netherlands	1	The Hague
Norway	1	Oslo
Portugal	1	Lisbon
Russia	1	Russia
Spain	2	Barcelona · Madrid
Switzerland	1	Kyiv
United Kingdom	4	Birmingham · Edinburgh · London · Preston

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