João Pessoa Brazil Temple Wiki

Quick Facts

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Description

João Pessoa is a port city in northeastern Brazil and the largest city in Paraíba state.

João Pessoa is a port city on the Atlantic coast with about 830,000 residents and a metropolitan area population of about 1.4 million. It is a port city on the Atlantic coast with about 830,000 residents and a metropolitan area population of about 1.4 million. The city is the capital of and largest city in the state of Paraíba, which is the easternmost state in Brazil and has about 4 million residents.^[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/

At the time of the announcement, there were nearly 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in Brazil in approximately 2,175 congregations.^[2]”The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023. There are four Latter-day Saint stakes in João Pessoa and seven total in Paraíba. The first of those was organized in 1980.^[3]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

The first known members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to live in Brazil immigrated from Germany in 1913. In 1988, Brazil became the third country outside the United States to have 50 stakes.

At the time of announcement João Pessoa was in the temple district of the Recife Brazil Temple, about a two-hour drive to the south.^[4]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/

Announced

Location Announcement

On November 20, 2023, the location of the João Pessoa Brazil Temple was announced as a 3.9-acre site located at the intersection of Rua Paulino Pinto and Avenida Ministro José Américo de Almeida in the Cabo Branco neighborhood of João Pessoa. ^[6]”Sites Announced for Two New Temples in Latin America,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 20 Nov. 2023.

Render Released

Dedication

Dedicatory Order

The temple is anticipated to be will be the 22nd in Brazil.

Details

Location

Exterior

Spires and Finial

Spires

Finial

Interior

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

TEMPLES IN SOUTH AMERICA _{by country}

Argentina	7	Bahía Blanca · Buenos Aires Argentina · Buenos Aires City Center · Córdoba · Mendoza · Rosario · Salta
Bolivia	3	Cochabamba · La Paz · Santa Cruz
Brazil	23	Belém · Belo Horizonte · Brasília · Campinas · 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
Chile	5	Antofagasta · Concepción · Santiago · Santiago West · Viña del Mar
Colombia	3	Barranquilla · Bogotá · Cali
Equador	2	Guayaquil · Quito
Paraguay	1	Asunción
Peru	9	Arequipa · Chiclayo · Cusco · Huancayo · Iquitos · Lima · Lima Los Olivos · Piura · Trujillo
Uruguay	1	Montevideo
Venezuela	2	Caracas · Maricaibo

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