Lisbon Portugal Temple Wiki

Quick Facts

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Description

The Lisbon Portugal Temple is a temple under construction in the civil parish of Moscavide e Portela, in the Portuguese municipality of Lisbon.^[1] “Five New Temples Announced”. Newsroom. LDS Church. 2 October 2010. It will be the first temple in Portugal, and 14 temples in use or under construction in Europe total.

History

Announcement

2013 January 7

On January 7, 2013, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that acquisition of land within the Lisbon city limits had been finalized for construction of the temple. A specific location for the site was not given in the news release.^[3]The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, “A Igreja adquire o terreno onde será construído o Templo de Lisboa,” 7 Jan. 2013.

2013 January 13

On January 13, 2013, several Latter-day Saint leaders from Cape Verde, who were later joined by leaders from various stakes and districts in Portugal, were taken to see the site where the Lisbon Portugal Temple will presumably be erected. According to city records, the 21.5-acre site is situated in northern Lisbon on an elevated piece of ground across from the Paço do Lumiar Golf Club and nearby Museu Nacional do Traje and Museu Nacional do Teatro. Plans for the site include additional structures such as a meetinghouse and patron housing facility.^[4]”Líderes mórmons de Cabo Verde e de Portugal visitaram o terreno onde irá ser erigido o Templo de Lisboa,” temploportugal.blogspot.com 17 Jan. 2013, 18 Jan. 2013 .

Location Announced

 On 22 October 2015, the church announced that the temple would be constructed in the Parque das Nações area of Lisbon, along Avenida Dom João II.

The Lisbon Portugal Temple site sits in the northeastern section of the city near the modern parish of Parque das Nações. Once a nondescript industrial area, the Parque das Nações neighborhood was redeveloped for the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition (known as Expo ’98), featuring the theme: The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future. Today, Parque das Nações is a thriving hub of leisure, commercial, and residential activity on the Tagus River, boasting famed venues that include the Lisbon Oceanarium, the Vasco de Gama Tower, the twin São Gabriel and São Rafael towers, the Parque Das Nações Marina, the MEO Arena, the Vasco de Gama Center (shopping mall), and the Vasco de Gama Bridge. The area is beautified by volcano and waterfall fountains that can all be taken in from an overhead gondola lift.

Transportation to and from the temple will be greatly facilitated by the Lisbon Metro, as the site is located adjacent to the Moscavide station. The station opened in July 2012 in conjunction with the Encarnação and Aeroporto stations, expanding the line that serves the Lisbon Airport, situated just two miles west of the temple site.

Groundbreaking Announced

On 22 October 2015 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced today that the Lisbon Portugal Temple groundbreaking will take place on December 5, 2015, at 12:00 noon. The temple site is located at Avenida Dom João II, 1990-364 Moscavide, Lisboa. Attendance at this ceremony is by invitation only, with the general public invited to view the proceedings live from local meetinghouses.^[5]“Groundbreaking Announced for Lisbon Portugal Temple.” newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org, 22 Oct. 2015, newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/groundbreaking-announced-for-lisbon-portugal-temple.

Groundbreaking

Angel Moroni Raising

The gold-leafed statue of the angel Moroni was installed atop the gold-plated spire of the Lisbon Portugal Temple on November 19, 2018.

Open House

Dedication

Dedicatory Order

Presidents

Temple President	Temple Matron	Years Served
Celso Bueno Cabral	Jane Lucia Magalhães Silva Cabral	2025–
Edison Ideo Tsuchiya	Maria Manuela Videira Santos Tsuchiya	2022–2025
Calisto Martins Coelho	Maria Fernanda Papoila Magalhães Coelho	2019–2022

Details

Location

Exterior

Symbolism

Inscription

Cornerstone

Spires and Finial

Spires

Moroni

Interior

Baptistry

Initiatory Spaces

Instruction Rooms

Celestial Room

Sealing Room

Contractors

Architect

General Contractor

Other Contractor

Lighting Design	BNA Consolting
Electrical Engineering	Quadrante
Plumbing and Mechanical	VBFA

Region

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
Hungary	1	Budapest
Ireland	1	Dublin
Italy	2	Milan · Rome
Netherlands	1	The Hague
Norway	1	Oslo
Portugal	1	Lisbon · Porto
Russia	1	Russia
Spain	2	Barcelona · Madrid
Sweden	1	Stockholm
Switzerland	1	Bern
Ukraine	1	Kyiv
United Kingdom	4	Birmingham · Edinburgh · London · Preston

Sources and Citations

Last updated on: 15 September 2025