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The San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple will be built on a 3.87-acre site at Arboleda 100, Fraccionamiento del Parque in namesake city, with plans for a single-story temple of approximately 9,300 square feet. | The San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple will be built on a 3.87-acre site at Arboleda 100, Fraccionamiento del Parque in namesake city, with plans for a single-story temple of approximately 9,300 square feet. | ||
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| + | Groundbreaking services were held on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Under a radiant, springlike sun and in the presence of religious leaders, government representatives, local media, special guests, and dozens of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ground was broken to mark the beginning of construction of the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple.[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/san-luis-potosi-mexico-savaii-samoa-temples] | ||
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| + | Addressing those gathered on the 3.87-acre plot where the first house of the Lord in the state will be built, Elder Sean Douglas of the Mexico Area Presidency said that “God is mindful of every people,” quoting from a scripture in the Book of Mormon. | ||
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Revision as of 14:12, 11 March 2024
On April 3, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple.
This will be the 18th temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico. San Luis Potosí is the capital and the most populous city of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico. It is one of the area’s main industrial and manufacturing centers. More than one million people reside in the area, making it one of the largest metropolitan centers in Mexico.
The country is home to 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in more than 1,800 congregations. Missionary work began in Mexico in 1875.[1]
Location
The San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple will be built on a 3.87-acre site at Arboleda 100, Fraccionamiento del Parque in namesake city, with plans for a single-story temple of approximately 9,300 square feet.
Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking services were held on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Under a radiant, springlike sun and in the presence of religious leaders, government representatives, local media, special guests, and dozens of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ground was broken to mark the beginning of construction of the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple.[2]
Addressing those gathered on the 3.87-acre plot where the first house of the Lord in the state will be built, Elder Sean Douglas of the Mexico Area Presidency said that “God is mindful of every people,” quoting from a scripture in the Book of Mormon.
Temples in Mexico
- Cancún Mexico Temple
- Chihuahua Mexico Temple
- Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple
- Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
- Cuernavaca Mexico Temple
- Culiacan Mexico Temple
- Guadalajara Mexico Temple
- Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple
- Juchitán de Zaragoza Mexico Temple
- Merida Mexico Temple
- Mexico City Benemerito Mexico Temple
- Mexico City Mexico Temple
- Monterrey Mexico Temple
- Oaxaca Mexico Temple
- Pachuca Mexico Temple
- Puebla Mexico Temple
- Querétaro México Temple
- San Luis Potosi Mexico Temple
- Tampico Mexico Temple
- Tijuana México Temple
- Toluca Mexico Temple
- Torreón México Temple
- Tula Mexico Temple
- Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico Temple
- Veracruz Mexico Temple
- Villahermosa Mexico Temple
