Church releases groundbreaking date, site location and rendering for fifth temple in Argentina

An exterior rendering of the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple. A groundbreaking ceremony for the brand new temple might be held April 9, 2022.

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A map reveals the placement of the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A groundbreaking date is scheduled for Argentina’s latest temple, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced Wednesday in a information launch.

When is the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple groundbreaking?

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple might be held on Saturday, April 9.

• Elder Joaquin E. Costa, a Normal Authority Seventy and the second counselor within the church’s South America South Space presidency, will preside on the ceremony. Attendance on the occasion might be by invitation solely.
• A web site location and exterior rendering for the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple have been additionally launched Wednesday.

Historical past of Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple

• The Bahía Blanca temple was one among eight new websites introduced by President Russell M. Nelson in the course of the April 2020 basic convention.

The place will the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple be constructed?

• The one-story temple of roughly 19,000 sq. ft to be constructed on an 8.14-acre web site at Aldea Romana over Cabrera Avenue in Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
• A 25,000-square-foot ancillary constructing additionally might be constructed on the location to offer patron housing and a distribution middle.

A map reveals the placement of the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple.

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What number of Latter-day Saint temples are in Argentina?

The Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple would be the South American nation’s fifth Latter-day Saint temple.

• The Buenos Aires Argentina Temple was devoted in 1986. It was closed for transforming in 2009 and rededicated in 2012.
• The Córdoba Argentina Temple was devoted in 2015.
• The Salta Argentina Temple is underneath development after breaking floor final November.
• The Mendoza Argentina Temple can be underneath development after its groundbreaking ceremony in December.

There are greater than 470,000 Latter-day Saints attending near 735 congregations in Argentina, in line with the church’s newsroom.