Florianópolis Brazil Temple Wiki

Quick Facts

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Description

There were nearly 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in Brazil, organized into approximately 2,175 congregations.

Florianópolis is in southern Brazil and is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean and a popular tourism location because of its beaches. The population of the city is about 540,000 and the metropolitan area about 1.1 million. The city is the capital of and second-largest city in the state of Santa Catarina, which has about 7.6 million residents.

There are three Latter-day Saint stakes in the Florianópolis area and 11 total in Santa Catarina. The first of those was organized in 1982.^[1]Schneider, David, “Learn about the areas of the 3 most recently announced temples in Brazil,” The Church News, Deseret News, 31 August 2024. https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/08/31/latter-day-saint-temples-in-brazil-goiania-joao-pessoa-florianopolis/

History

Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began preaching in southern Brazil in 1928. The Portuguese translation of the Book of Mormon was published in 1940, igniting a new era of growth in the country including temples.

At time of announcement, Florianópolis was in the temple district of the Curitiba Brazil Temple, about a 4 1/2-hour drive to the north.^[2]Schneider, David, “Learn about the areas of the 3 most recently announced temples in Brazil,” The Church Nes, Deseret NEws, 31 August 2024. https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/08/31/latter-day-saint-temples-in-brazil-goiania-joao-pessoa-florianopolis/

Announcement

Dedicated

Dedication Order

The temple will be the 23rd house of the Lord in the country. At the time of the announcement, there were ten dedicated temples including the Belém Brazil Temple, Brasília Brazil Temple, Campinas Brazil Temple, Curitiba Brazil Temple, Fortaleza Brazil Temple, Manaus Brazil Temple, Porto Alegre Brazil Temple, Recife Brazil Temple, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple, and São Paulo Brazil Temple. The Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple and Salvador Brazil Temple were under construction. And there were ten temples announced including the Goiânia Brazil Temple, João Pessoa Brazil Temple, Londrina Brazil Temple, Maceió Brazil Temple, Natal Brazil Temple, Ribeirão Prêto Brazil Temple, Santos Brazil Temple, São Paulo East Brazil Temple, Teresina Brazil Temple and Vitória Brazil Temple.

Region

TEMPLES IN BRAZIL _{by state}

Alagoas	1	Maceió
Amazonas	1	Manaus
Bahia	1	Salvador
Ceará	1	Fortaleza
Distrito Federal	1	Brasilia
Goiás	1	Goiânia
Minas Gerais	1	Belo Horizonte
Pará	1	Belém
Paraíba	1	João Pessoa
Paraná	2	Curitiba · Londrina
Pernambuco	1	Recife
Piauí	1	Teresina
Rio de Janeiro	1	Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Norte	1	Natal
Rio Grande do Sul	1	Porto Alegre
Santa Catarina	1	Florianópolis
São Paulo	5	Campinas · Ribeirão Preto · Santos · São Paulo · São Paulo East

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