Mexico City Benemerito Mexico Temple Wiki

Quick Facts

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Description

Nearly 9 million people reside in Mexico City alone, making it one of the largest cities in Latin America. The country is home to 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in more than 1,800 congregations.

History

Missionary work began in Mexico in 1875. The Benemérito grounds have a rich history for Mexican Latter-day Saints. Founded in 1964 by The Church of Jesus Christ, El Centro Escolar Benemérito de las Américas was a high school until 2013, when it was converted to serve as a Missionary Training Center for Spanish-language missionaries. The campus is located about 10 miles from the Mexico City Mexico Temple.

Announcement

Location Announcement

On October 31, 2022, the location of the Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple was announced as a former recreational area at the Mexico City Missionary Training Center at Tenayuca-Chalmita 828 in Colonia Zona Escolar of Gustavo A. Madero. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 29,000 square feet.^[2]”Locations Announced for Six Temples in the Americas,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 31 Oct. 2022.

Dedication Order

The Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple will be the sixth temple built outside of the United States in the same metropolitan area as another operating temple, making Greater Mexico City the sixth metropolitan area outside of the United States with more than one temple, following the Lima metropolitan area in Peru, the Greater Manila Area in the Philippines, the Guatemala City metropolitan area in Guatemala, Greater São Paulo in Brazil, and the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile

Details

Location

Interior

Region

TEMPLES IN MEXICO _{by state}

Baja California	1	Tijuana
Chiapas	1	Tuxtla Gutierrez
Chihuahua	3	Chihuahua · Ciudad Juárez · Colonia Juárez
Coahuila	1	Torreon
Hidalgo	2	Pachuca · Tula
Jalisco	1	Guadalajara
Mexico City	2	Mexico City Benemerito · Mexico City
Morelos	1	Cuernavaca
New Lion	1	Monterrey
Oaxaca	2	Oaxaca · Juchitán de Zaragoza
Puebla	1	Puebla
Queretaro	1	Querétaro
Quinta Roo	1	Cancún
San Luis Potosi	1	San Luis Potosi
Sinaloa	1	Culiacan
Sonora	1	Hermosillo Sonora
State of Mexico	1	Toluca
Tabasco	1	Villahermosa
Tamaulipas	1	Tampico
Veracruz	1	Veracruz
Yucatan	1	Merida

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