Porto Portugal Temple
During his general conference message on April 6, 2025, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct a temple in Porto, Portugal. The Porto Portugal Temple is one of fifteen new temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1]
Porto, with a population of approximately 1.3 million, is the second-largest city in Portugal, a nation home to nearly 48,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 60 congregations.
The temple in Porto will be the second in the country, joining the Lisbon Portugal Temple.
The first branch was organized in Lisbon in 1975. That same year, then-Elder Thomas S. Monson dedicated the country for the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Sister Ines Azevedo from Porto — currently a missionary in the Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission — has prayed throughout her mission for a second temple in Portugal.
- “My dream was to be here when the temple was announced,” she said. “I just thought of the people that are going to be so blessed when the temple is built.”
- Attending the Sunday afternoon session in person, Sister Azevedo saw this announcement as a demonstration of God’s love for everyone in her home country and continent.
- “I’m so excited to see how it’s going to bless Portuguese people, but also the whole of Europe and that side of the world.”
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The Porto Portugal Temple is currently in the planning stages. The specific location will be announced later.
