Arequipa Peru Mormon Temple
During the 182nd General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called the "Mormon Church"), Prophet and President Thomas S. Monson announced that a new Mormon temple would be built in Arequipa Peru.
Mormon missionary work first started in Peru in 1956. In 1959 there were 300 members. [1] Since then, the Church has grown quickly in Peru. In January 1988, 32 years after missionary work began in Peru, seven stakes (diocese) were created in one weekend by a visiting Church Apostle, Elder M. Russell Ballard. At the end of 2011, there were 508,812 Latter-day Saints in 788 congregations in Peru, and 10 Mormon missions.
Arequipa is Peru's second largest city, but its citizens must travel 500 miles to Lima to attend a Mormon temple.
