The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the site and rendering for the Chihuahua Mexico Temple. A rendering has also been released for the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple.
Chihuahua Mexico Temple
The Chihuahua Mexico Temple will be built on a 5.87-acre site located at the corner of Avenida de la Cantera and Avenida Real Escondido, Reserva Territorial la Hacienda, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 31216. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 19,000 square feet. This will be the state’s third house of the Lord.
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Church President Russell M. Nelson announced this temple during the April 2024 general conference.
He said then: “Time in the temple will help you to think celestial and to catch a vision of who you really are, who you can become and the kind of life you can have forever. Regular temple worship will enhance the way you see yourself and how you fit into God’s magnificent plan.”
The Chihuahua Mexico Temple will be the 27th house of the Lord in the country. Dedicated temples in Mexico are found in Ciudad Juárez, Colonia Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tampico, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz and Villahermosa. There are also temples under construction or announced in Cancún, Cuernavaca, Culiacán, Mexico City Benemérito, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Pachuca, Querétaro, Reynosa, San Luis Potosí, Toluca, Torreón and Tula.
Mexico is home to more than 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in nearly 1,900 congregations. Missionary work began in Mexico in 1875.
Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple
A rendering has been released for the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple.
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As previously announced, the temple will be built on a 1.56-acre site located at Avenida Cordoba Esquina Reconquista, ciudad autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. This will be the city’s second temple.
President Nelson announced this temple during the October 2022 general conference.
Argentina is home to more than 491,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 730 congregations. The Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple will be the seventh house of the Lord in Argentina. Other temples that are announced, under construction or in operation in Argentina are in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario.
The Salta Argentina Temple was dedicated on Sunday, June 16, 2024 by Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. A few months later, the Mendoza Argentina Temple was dedicated on September 22, 2024, by Elder Ronald A. Rasband.
The Church’s history in Argentina goes back to 1923, when two German immigrants began preaching the gospel in Buenos Aires.
The ceremonies conducted inside each temple teach about the purpose of life and unite families, both past and present. of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints promise to keep God’s commandments, His work, live the higher law that Christ taught while on earth, remain chaste and dedicate their lives to building the Church of Christ.