- Panamá City Panamá Temple
Announced in 2002, the Panamá City Panamá Temple of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) was dedicated on2008-08-10 byThomas S. Monson , making it the 127th operating temple of the church.cite news|url=http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700249856,00.html |title=LDS Church's 127th temple is dedicated in Panama |first=Jason |last=Swensen |publisher=Deseret News |date=2008-08-11 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Located inCárdenas , a suburb of Panamá City, it is the first LDS Church temple inPanamá . [http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/panamacity/ Panamá City Panamá Temple] .]The plans to build a temple in Panamá City were announced by the LDS Church on
August 23 ,2002 . ["Two new temples announced," "Church News ",14 September 2002 , p. 13.] Ground was broken and the site was dedicated onOctober 30 ,2005 , bySpencer V. Jones , a member of the church'sSecond Quorum of the Seventy and the president of the church'sCentral America Area. [http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,40-1-3273-5,00.html "Ground Broken for Panamá City Panamá Temple"] .] OnMay 4 ,2007 , a statue of theAngel Moroni was added to the temple's spire.The temple is adjacent to the LDS Church's Cárdenas Ward meetinghouse, close to the
Panama Canal . The Panamá City Panamá Temple servesLatter-day Saint s in all of Panamá. There are 39,000 Latter-day Saints in Panamá in seven stakes and eight mission districts.The open house for the temple began on the
July 11 and ended onJuly 26 ,2008 . During the open house, the temple was open to everyone; however, since it has been dedicated only members of the church in good standing can enter. [http://www.mormones.org.gt/Articulos/TemploPanama/TemploPanama.html Inician las Puertas Abiertas del Templo de Panamá] , La Iglesia de JESUCRISTO de los Santos de los Últimos Días. Last Accessed2008-07-12 .] The temple's dedication was held onAugust 10 ,2008 in four sessions. Prior to the dedication, a cultural celebration was held including performances by Panamanian youth members of the church.ee also
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List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
*Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints) References
External links
* [http://www.lds.org/temples/main/0,11204,1919-1-30-2,00.html Panamá City Panamá Temple official website]
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