Benin City Nigeria Temple
The Benin City Nigeria Temple will be the third temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built in Nigeria. President Russell M. Nelson announced its construction during the 190th Annual General Conference in April 2020.
The Church of Jesus Christ was officially established in Nigeria in 1978. Church membership in Nigeria is over 250,000 in 840 congregations.
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[hide]Location and Groundbreaking Announced
The Benin City Nigeria Temple will be built on a 2.17-acre site located at 16 Commercial Ave., Benin City, Nigeria. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 30,700 square feet, as well as an arrival center and patron housing.
The groundbreaking services for the Benin City Nigeria Temple were held on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Elder Adeyinka A. Ojediran, First Counselor in the Africa West Area Presidency, presided at the event.
Temples in Africa
- Aba Nigeria Temple
- Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple
- Abuja Nigeria Temple
- Accra Ghana Temple
- Antananarivo Madagascar Temple
- Beira Mozambique Temple
- Benin City Nigeria Temple
- Brazzaville Republic of the Congo Temple
- Calabar Nigeria Temple
- Cape Coast Ghana Temple
- Cape Town South Africa Temple
- Durban South Africa Temple
- Eket Nigeria Temple
- Freetown Sierra Leone Temple
- Harare Zimbabwe Temple
- Johannesburg South Africa Temple
- Kampala Uganda Temple
- Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
- Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
- Kumasi Ghana Temple
- Lagos Nigeria Temple
- Luanda Angola Temple
- Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
- Maputo Mozambique Temple
- Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
- Monrovia Liberia Temple
- Nairobi Kenya Temple
- Praia Cape Verde Temple
- Uyo Nigeria Temple
