Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
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The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple is the 58th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In 1982, President Spencer W. Kimball, then President of the Mormon Church, announced that there would be a Mormon temple built in Ecuador. It took fourteen years to secure the necessary government authorizations and the temple was not completed and dedicated until 1999.
Before the temple in Ecuador was finished, Mormons in Ecuador would travel by bus to attend the temple in Lima, Peru, three days journey away by bus. Before the Mormon temple was dedicated, an open house was free to all in the community, including government officials. Over one hundred thousand members and non-members came to support the arrival of the Mormon temple in their country.
The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on 21 August 1999 by President Gordon B. Hinckley.
The Ecuador Temple sits on a quiet peaceful section of northern Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port and most populous city. The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple has a total of 70,884 square feet, four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.
[edit] Latter-day Saint temples in South America
- Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
- Cochabamba Bolivia Temple
- Campinas Brazil Temple
- Curitiba Brazil Temple (under construction)
- Porto Alegre Brazil Temple
- Recife Brazil Temple
- São Paulo Brazil Temple
- Santiago Chile Temple
- Bogotá Colombia Temple
- Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
- Asunción Paraguay Temple
- Lima Peru Temple
- Montevideo Uruguay Temple
- Caracas Venezuela Temple
[edit] See also
- Temple (Mormonism)
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
[edit] External links
- Official LDS Guayaquil Ecuador Temple page
- Guayaquil Ecuador Temple page
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Official Site
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Visitors Site
- Mormon Temple Worship - BBC Religion & Ethics
- Mormon Temples and Secrecy
