Montevideo Uruguay Temple

Montevideo Uruguay Temple
Montevideo Uruguay Temple
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Number 103 edit data
Dedication 18 March 2001 (18 March 2001) by
Gordon B. Hinckley
Site 1.59 acres (0.6 hectares)
Floor area 10,700 sq ft (990 m2)
Preceded by Porto Alegre Brazil Temple
Followed by Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple
Official websiteNews & Images

Coordinates: 34°53′18.39839″S 56°4′26.71680″W / 34.8884439972°S 56.074088°W / -34.8884439972; -56.074088 The Montevideo Uruguay Temple is the 103rd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mormon apostle Elder Richard G. Scott, who was one of the first Mormon missionaries in Uruguay, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mormon temple in Montevideo. The first branch, a small congregation, of the LDS Church was organized in 1944 and since then the Church has experienced phenomenal growth. By 2001 Uruguay had 73,000 members and a Mormon temple.

During the open house nearly 25,000 people visited the Montevideo Uruguay Temple. Among the visitors was Jorge Batlle, then President of Uruguay. LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Montevideo Uruguay Temple on 18 March 2001 with more than 6,500 people in attendance.

The temple has a single spire topped by a statue of the angel Moroni and the exterior is asa branca granite. The Montevideo Uruguay Temple has a total of 10,700 square feet (990 m2), two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

The Montevideo Uruguay Temple was the first temple of the LDS Church to be dedicated in the 21st century.

See also

References

  • Church News, 15 May 1999.
  • “News of the Church,” Ensign, May 2001, 109
  • "Dedicatory prayer: 'Here we will carry forward a great work,'" Church News 24 Mar. 2001, 25 Jun. 2005

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