Viña del Mar Chile Temple
President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Viña del Mar Chile Temple at the October 2023 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Viña del Mar is the fourth-largest city in Chile with around 300,000 residents. It is part of the Valparaíso metropolitan area on the central coast of Chile. It will be the first temple in the region of Valparaíso and the fifth in the country. The first temple in Spanish-speaking South America was dedicated in Santiago in 1983. The other three temples in the country at the time of the announcement were in Antofagasta, Concepción, and Santiago West.
Since one of the Church’s earliest leaders served a mission there in 1851, Chile has become home to more than 600,000 Latter-day Saints in around 575 congregations. Since the 1960 earthquakes in Concepción and Valdivia, Church members have provided humanitarian assistance to help the country recover from these natural disasters. In 2004, the Chilean government recognized the Church for its role in fighting poverty.[1]
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The Viña del Mar Chile Temple will be built on a 1.87-acre site located between 3rd North Street and 4th North Street near 4 and one-half West in Viña del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile. Plans call for a temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.
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