Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple
At the 191st Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 4 April 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced Brazil's thirteenth temple. The Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple will be the first temple built in Minas Gerais.
The Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple will join the Belém Brazil Temple, Brasília Brazil Temple (completed and preparing to be dedicated), Campinas Brazil Temple, Curitiba Brazil Temple, Fortaleza Brazil Temple, Londrina Brazil Temple (announced), Maceió Brazil Temple (announced), Manaus Brazil Temple, Natal Brazil Temple (announced), Porto Alegre Brazil Temple, Recife Brazil Temple, Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple (announced), Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple, the Salvador Brazil Temple (under construction), São Paulo Brazil Temple, São Paulo Brazil East Temple (planning stages), Santos Brazil Temple (announced), Teresina Brazil Temple (announced), and the Vitória Brazil Temple (announced).
There are nearly 1.5 million members of the Church in more than 2,100 congregations in Brazil. Belo Horizonte is the sixth largest city and economic hub of the country. The first known Latter-day Saint to live in Brazil emigrated from Germany in 1913. In 1986, Brazil became the third country outside of the United States to have 50 stakes.
The Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple will be constructed on an 11.8-acre site on Rua Professor Jose Vieira de Mendonça in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 27,000 square feet.
On 23 September 2021, an official exterior rendering of the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple was released.
Groundbreaking for Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple
A groundbreaking was held Saturday, June 17, 2023, to mark the beginning of construction for the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple. Elder Juan A. Uceda, General Authority Seventy and a member of the Brazil Area Presidency, offered the dedicatory prayer. Elder Uceda was accompanied by his wife, Maria. Elder Luciano Sankar, an Area Seventy, conducted the ceremony. The event featured speakers and a volunteer choir assembled from local congregations.
Approximately 500 invited guests attended. Among them were state authorities, including the mayor of Sete Lagoas, Duílio de Castro; the representative of the secretary of culture of Belo Horizonte, Natalie Oliffson; and the secretary of social service from Nova Lima, Álvaro Azevedo.[1]
Temples in Brazil
- Belém Brazil Temple
- Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple
- Brasília Brazil Temple
- Campinas Brazil Temple
- Curitiba Brazil Temple
- Florianópolis Brazil Temple
- Fortaleza Brazil Temple
- Goiânia Brazil Temple
- João Pessoa Brazil Temple
- Londrina Brazil Temple
- Maceió Brazil Temple
- Manaus Brazil Temple
- Natal Brazil Temple
- Porto Alegre Brazil Temple
- Recife Brazil Temple
- Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
- Salvador Brazil Temple
- São Paulo Brazil Temple
- São Paulo East Brazil Temple
- Santos Brazil Temple
- Teresina Brazil Temple
- Vitória Brazil Temple
