Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple Wiki

Description

The Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple is the 72nd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .^[1]”Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple“. ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org.

History

Hermosillo was one of the first areas in Mexico to have Latter-day Saint missionaries. In 1875, President Brigham Young called the first group of missionaries to Mexcio. By the next year, the first five converts in Mexico had been baptized just outside Hermosillo by Louis Garff and Meliton Trejo. Brother Trejo was a Spanish convert of two years who had received a compelling dream while serving as an officer in the Philippines that lead him to the United States in search of the Latter-day Saints.

When the prophet died, however, the missionaries returned to Utah. It was seventy-nine years before missionaries returned to the area. Finally, missionaries returned on 26 June 1956. Since that time the Church of Jesus Christ has grown considerably in the area, with about 9,000 members in 2000.

Announcement

Because of the considerable growth in the area President Gordon B. Hinckley promised the Saints during a visit in March of 1998 that a Latter-day Saint temple would be built there. The Church officially announced the building of the Hermosillo temple on 20 July 1998.

Groundbreaking

Approximately 1,200 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hermosillo Mexico Temple on December 5, 1998

Elder Eran A. Call, president of the Mexico North Area, presided. In his remarks, Elder Call said: “A temple is an island of importance in our eternal journey to return to the presence of our Father in Heaven and live with him again after this life. The work done in the temple is eternal. It is a work of love.”^[2]“News of the Church,” Ensign, Mar. 1999, 75

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple was held on the same day as the groundbreaking ceremony for the Columbia South Carolina Temple.

Members were so eager to help during the construction of the Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple that they landscaped the boulevard in front of the temple and planted many flowers.

Open House

During the five-day public open house held for the Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple, 10,543 guests toured the building.

Dedication

LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple on February 27, 2000,^[3] “Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple”. Church News. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. the day after he dedicated the Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple. The temple was dedicated in four sessions. He and his wife, Majorie, were accompanied by Elder Henry B. Eyring of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Kathleen, and Elder Lynn A. Mickelsen, president of the Mexico North Area, and his wife, Jeanine. There were 5,898 grateful members in attendance.

During the dedicatory prayer President Hinckley asked the Lord’s blessings upon members of the Church saying,

Keep Thine ancient promises to the faithful. Shower blessings upon them. Crown their lives with a testimony of the truth of this Thy holy work. Bless Thy Saints throughout the earth that they may “look to Thee and live.” May they have cause to rejoice in Thy goodness. Favor them with faith and testimony and great joy as they walk in faithfulness before Thee. ^[4]”Dedicatory prayer: ‘A crowning gem,'” Church News 4 Mar. 2000, 25 Jun. 2005

In 2020, like all the church’s other temples, the Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.^[5]Stack, Peggy Fletcher. “All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus“, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.

Description

Location

Exterior

Interior

The temple has a total floor area of 10,769 square feet (1,000.5 m2), two ordinance rooms, two sealing rooms, and one baptistry.^[6] “Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple”. Church News. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13.