Davao Philippines Temple Wiki

On 7 October 2018, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans for the construction of a temple in Davao City, Philippines at the 188th Semiannual General Conference. The temple was announced concurrently with 11 other temples, making it the single largest one time announcement of temples to date. The other temples announced will be in Lagos Nigeria, Mendoza Argentina, Salvador Brazil, Yuba City California (Now the Feather River California Temple,) Phnom Penh Cambodia, Praia Cape Verde, Yigo Guam, Puebla Mexico, Auckland New Zealand, San Juan Puerto Rico, and Washington County Utah.

Philippines Temples at Time of Announcement

Announced

• Urdaneta Philippines
• Greater Manila Philippines [Alabang]
• Cagayan de Oro Philippines

Under Construction

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Dedicated

• Cebu City Philippines [2010]
• Manila Philippines [1984]

On September 8, 2020, an official exterior rendering of the Davao Philippines Temple was released.^[1]The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Davao Philippines Temple Rendering Released,” 8 Sept. 2020.

“It never ceases to amaze me how the hand of the Lord has been over this nation. How He has prepared its people and its land to receive the gospel and the blessings of the temples of the Lord,” said Elder Taniela B. Wakolo, president of the Philippines Area, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Davao Philippines Temple on 14 November 2020. He was joined by his wife, Anita, Elder Yoon Hwan Choi and Elder Steven R. Bangerter of the area presidency, and invited local interfaith leaders.

“My prayer is that we visit the temple as often as we can. Let us experience heaven here on earth through the temple. Heaven becomes closer when we go to the temple,” said Elder Wakolo.^[3]”Ground Broken for Davao Philippines Temple,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 14 Nov. 2020.

Just five days after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reached 65 years in the Philippines, the Davao Philippines Temple was dedicated. When he offered a prayer on the country on April 28, 1961, President Gordon B. Hinckley — then an assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and later Church President — asked that “many thousands who shall receive this message will be blessed.”

The Davao temple, the country’s fifth, was dedicated May 3, 2026, by Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was accompanied by his wife, Sister Ruth Renlund; Elder Erich W. Kopischke, a General Authority Seventy and assistant executive director in the Temple Department, and his wife, Sister Christiane Kopischke; and Elder Carlos G. Revillo Jr., General Authority Seventy and president of the Philippines Area, and his wife, Sister Marites Revillo.

“I have found the faithful Filipino Saints resilient, cheerful, exemplary. If I could spend eternity with people like the faithful Saints in the Davao temple district, I would count myself eternally blessed,” Elder Renlund said. With a temple in Davao, he said, the Latter-day Saints can attend and worship more often, but not to cloister themselves from the world. “What we do in the temple gives us strength outside the temple.”

A blessing that comes from frequent worship in the temple is gaining an eternal perspective and having a greater disposition to do God’s will. “We know what is going to happen if we choose to follow the Savior. That should give us the greatest optimism in the world,” he said. “That is what these Filipino Saints do — they get the big picture.”^[7]Richards, Mary. “Davao Philippines Temple Dedicated by Elder Renlund.” Church News, 7 May 2026, www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/05/03/davao-philippines-temple-dedication-elder-renlund-source-power-strength.

The two-story, 18,450-square-foot temple will be constructed on a 2.7-acre site at Ma-a Road and Anahaw Road along with a meetinghouse and housing for patrons and the temple presidency.

The two-story Davao Philippines Temple will be approximately 18,450 square feet with single attached end tower.

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