Description
History
Guatemala is home to nearly 300,000 Latter-day Saints organized into 51 stakes and 12 districts. The first missionaries were sent to preach the gospel in Guatemala in 1947 with the first official church meeting of 66 congregants occurring the next year in a rented hall.[1]”Prophet Announces Six New Temples at October 2020 General Conference,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 4 Oct. 2020.
Announced
On October 4, 2020, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct a second temple in greater Guatemala City, Guatemala, joining the heavily utilized Guatemala City Guatemala Temple dedicated in 1984.
Temple Rendering
On September 23, 2021, an official exterior rendering of the temple announced for greater Guatemala City, Guatemala, was released.
Temple Site
The temple announced for greater Guatemala City, Guatemala, will be located at 13 Calle 5-56 in Guatemala City. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.1
Groundbreaking
The temple announced for greater Guatemala City, Guatemala, is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.
The temple announced for greater Guatemala City, Guatemala, will be the fifth temple built in the same city as another operating temple, the Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (1984), making Guatemala City, Guatemala, the fifth city in the world to have more than one temple, following South Jordan, Utah; Provo, Utah; Lima, Peru; and St. George, Utah.
It will be the third temple built outside of the United States in the same metropolitan area as another operating temple, the Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (1984), making the Guatemala City metropolitan area the third metropolitan area outside of the United States with more than one temple, following the Lima metropolitan area in Peru and the Greater Manila Area in the Philippines.
Dedication
Dedication Order
It will be the fourth temple in the country.
Details
Location
Exterior
References
| ↑1 | ”Prophet Announces Six New Temples at October 2020 General Conference,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 4 Oct. 2020. |
|---|