Querétaro México Temple
On 4 April 2021, during the 191st Annual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced that a temple will be built in Querétaro México.
This will be Mexico’s 16th temple.
México is is home to approximately 1.5 million Latter-day Saints, more than any other country outside the United States, and 1,800 congregations. Missionary work began in México in 1875. Querétaro (officially known as Santiago de Querétaro) is a city about 135 miles northwest of La Cuidad de México (Mexico City) in the state of Querétaro in central México. It has a population of about one million residents.
On 7 December 2021, the location of the Querétaro México Temple was announced as a 3.58-acre site at Prolongación Tecnológico Norte 150 in the Colonia San Peblo neighborhood of Querétaro. The official exterior rendering of the Querétaro México Temple was also released on 7 December 2021.
Groundbreaking Announced
Groundbreaking services for the Querétaro Mexico Temple will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Elder Adrián Ochoa, First Counselor in the Mexico Area Presidency, will preside at the event.
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
