Querétaro Mexico Temple Wiki

Plans to construct the Querétaro Mexico Temple were announced by President Russell M. Nelson on 4 April 2021, at the 191st Annual General Conference.^[1]The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, “At April 2021 Conference, Prophet Announces 20 More Temples to Be Constructed,” 4 Apr. 2021.

This will be Mexico’s 15th temple

Mexico Temples at the time of Announcement

Announced

• –

Under Construction

• Puebla Mexico

Dedicated

• Mexico City Mexico [1983]
• Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico[ 1999]
• Ciudad Juárez Mexico [2000]
• Hermosillo Sonora Mexico [2000]
• Oaxaca Mexico [2000]
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico [2000]
• Tampico Mexico [2000]
• Villahermosa Mexico [2000]
• Mérida Mexico [2000]
• Veracruz Mexico [2000]
• Guadalajara Mexico [2001]
• Monterrey Mexico [2002]
• Tijuana Mexico [2016]

Also on December 7, 2021, the official exterior rendering of the Querétaro Mexico Temple was released.^[3]“Renderings for Two Temples in Mexico and South Africa.” newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org, 7 Dec. 2021, newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/cape-town-queretaro-temples.

The groundbreaking of the Querétaro Mexico Temple was presided over by Elder Adrián Ochoa, second counselor in the Mexico Area presidency, on Jan. 7, 2023. The closest temples to Querétaro before this temple announcement had been the Mexico City Mexico and Guadalajara Mexico temples.

During the Querétaro temple’s groundbreaking ceremony, Elder Ochoa quoted this statement from President Gordon B. Hinckley, said during the dedication ceremony of the Guadalajara temple in 2001: “When the Lord builds a temple somewhere, it’s not only because He wants to bless the members of the Church but because He wants to bless an entire town.”^[5]“Construction Begins on the Querétaro Mexico Temple.” newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org, 9 Jan. 2023, newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/construction-begins-on-the-queretaro-mexico-temple..

A 3.58-acre site at Prolongación Tecnológico Norte 150 in the Colonia San Peblo neighborhood of Querétaro has been chosen as the location for the temple.

Plans call for a two-story building of approximately 27,500 square feet.