Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
In the Sunday Morning Session of April 2015 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Thomas S. Monson announced the Church's intention to build a temple in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. Soon Latter-day Saints who live in one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest nations with a poverty rate approaching 60 percent, will be able to partake of the richest blessings of their faith through temple ordinances.
Haiti is home to more than 22,000 Mormons (out of an overall population of nearly 11 million), 46 LDS congregations, and one mission.
During a conference at the Centrale Chapel in Haiti on 12 March 2017, Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles announced that the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple would be built on land immediately behind the chapel on Route de Frères.
Groundbreaking Ceremony
The First Presidency of the Church has announced that a groundbreaking ceremony for the new temple is scheduled for Saturday, 28 October 2017. Elder Walter F. González, a member of the Seventy, president of the Caribbean Area, and an Uruguayan native will preside at the invitation-only ceremony, according to a news release. It is anticipated that the services will be transmitted via the internet to Church meetinghouses within the proposed temple district.
After the temple is completed, open house dates will be announced so the public can tour the temple before it is dedicated. A date for the dedication will also be announced.
There are currently 182 temples throughout the world either in operation, under construction or announced. Three temples are currently being renovated, with another eight scheduled for renovation.
