Brasília Brazil Temple
On 2 April 2017, during the Sunday morning session of the 187th annual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then-Church president Thomas S. Monson announced that a temple would be built in Brasília, Brazil. The single-story Brasília Brazil Temple of approximately 25,000 square feet, with numerous arches complementary to Brasília's famous architectural style, will be built on a six-acre site located in the northern section of the city near an arm of Paranoá Lake at SGA/Norte Quadra 612 – Lote "C". Patron housing and a new meetinghouse will also be built on the site. The sacred edifice will have a single attached central spire, two ordinance rooms (stationary), and two sealing rooms. The temple is estimated to be completed in 2023.
There are currently eight operating temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Brazil. Those temples are located in Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. In addition to the temple in Brasília, two others are under construction in Belém and Salvador. Seven more have been announced for a total of 18 temples in Brazil.
Brasília is Brazil's beautiful national capital, renowned for its unique city plan and architecture. More than 1.4 million members of the Church live in Brazil, more than any nation in the world other than the United States and Mexico. The Brasília Brazil Temple will bring the blessings of the temple closer to the thousands of members living in Brazil's vast interior. There are five stakes in the immediate Brasília area with five additional nearby stakes and more in the surrounding region.
Brasília was the fifth stop on President Russell M. Nelson’s five-country Latin American Ministry in August 2019. While in Brasília, he taught missionaries an effective way to talk about the Book of Mormon.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Brasília Brazil Temple is held
The groundbreaking for the Brasilia Brazil Temple was held on 26 September 2020, presided over by Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella, president of the Brazil area of the Church of Jesus Christ. He was accompanied by Elder Joaquin E. Costa and Elder Joni L. Koch of the Brazil Area presidency. Attendance at the groundbreaking was limited to social distancing restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Damares Alves, Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights in Brazil at the event.
In his dedicatory prayer, Elder Parrella said, "Bless us so that we continue to strive to be good citizens who serve and bless our neighbors and to never forget the poor and needy."
