Salvador Brazil Temple Wiki

On 7 October 2018, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Salvador Brazil Temple at the end of the 188th Semiannual General Conference. At the time of the announcement, Brazil was the country with the third most Latter-day Saints at 1.39 million members. The Saints of Salvador were making a journey of 500 miles (800 km) to participate in temple ordinances at the Recife Brazil Temple.^[1]”Twelve Temples Announced as October 2018 General Conference Closes,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 7 Oct. 2018.

Brazil Temples at Time of Announcment

Announced

• Brasília Brazil
• Belém Brazil

Under Construction

• Rio de Janeiro Brazil
• Fortaleza Brazil

Dedicated

• Manaus Brazil
• Curitiba Brazil
• Campinas Brazil
• Porto Alegre Brazil
• Recife Brazil
• São Paulo Brazil

On 4 May 2021, an official exterior rendering was released for the Salvador Brazil Temple, inspired by the Portuguese colonial-style architecture found in the historic center of Salvador. A two-story ancillary building would also be constructed with an accommodation center, temple missionary apartments, and auxiliary areas. The art glass windows would feature the red mandacarú flower, which is native to the region.

Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella, president of the Brazil Area, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salvador Brazil Temple on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Elder de Paula Parrella was accompanied by his wife, Elaine, and joined by other guests including his counselors in the presidency and their wives, the mayor of Salvador, and other local government and Church leaders. Elder Joni L. Koch, first counselor in the presidency, offered the dedicatory prayer. “We recognize this city whose name, Salvador, refers to your Son,” prayed Elder Koch. “May the construction of this holy house on this mountaintop…symbolize, for everyone here and around the world, a testimony of thy greatness and the certainty of eternal life.”^[5]”Brazilian Saints Break Ground for Salvador Temple,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 7 Aug. 2021.

The Salvador Brazil Temple opened to the public for free tours from Thursday, 22 August and through Saturday, 7 September 2024 (excluding Sundays).

Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the 199th house of the Lord when he offered the dedicatory prayer for the Salvador Brazil Temple on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

The city in which the temple resides — Salvador — translates in English to “Savior.” Elder Andersen taught that though important that the temple is built in a city named after the Savior, it is more important to have a temple dedicated in a place where “so many wonderful people have the Savior — ‘Salvador’ — written in their hearts.”

Elder Andersen was accompanied by his wife, Sister Kathy Andersen, as well as Elder Mathias Held, a General Authority Seventy who serves as an assistant executive director in the Temple Department, his wife, Sister Irene Held, Elder Ciro Schmeil, a General Authority Seventy and first counselor in the Brazil Area presidency, and his wife Sister Alessandra Schmeil.

The Salvador Brazil Temple is the country’s 11th dedicated house of the Lord. The previous temple to be dedicated in Brazil — the Brasília Brazil Temple — was also dedicated by Elder Andersen in September 2023.

One day before the dedication, Elder Andersen visited the temple grounds and promised Church members that they would be endowed with power as they visited the new house of the Lord after its dedication. He said that “the city will prosper, and all those in [the state of] Bahia will be blessed because the temple is here.”

The Salvador Brazil Temple is located on a knoll on Av. Luís Viana (also known as Av. Paralela) in the Patamares neighborhood of Salvador. It is a highly accessible location on the main avenue through the state of Bahia that is located less than 5 miles from the Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport and less than a half mile from the Bairro da Paz subway station.

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