Montevideo Uruguay Temple

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The Montevideo Uruguay Temple is the 103rd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mormon apostle Elder Richard G. Scott, who was one of the first Mormon missionaries in Uruguay, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mormon temple in Montevideo. The first branch, a small congregation, of the Mormon Church was organized in 1944 and since then the Church has experienced phenomenal growth. By 2001 Uruguay had 73,000 members and a Mormon temple.

During the open house nearly 25,000 people visited the Montevideo Uruguay Temple. Among the visitors was Jorge Batlle, then President of Uruguay. Mormon Church President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Montevideo Uruguay Temple on 18 March 2001 with more than 6,500 people in attendance.

The temple has a single spire topped by a statue of the angel Moroni and the exterior is asa branca granite. The Montevideo Uruguay Temple has a total of 10,700 square feet, two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

Contents 1 Notes 2 Latter-day Saint temples in South America 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Notes

1. Church News, 15 May 1999.
2. “News of the Church,” Ensign, May 2001, 109
3. "Dedicatory prayer: 'Here we will carry forward a great work,'" Church News 24 Mar. 2001, 25 Jun. 2005

[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
• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)

[edit] External links

• Official LDS Montevideo Uruguay Temple page
• Montevideo Uruguay Temple page
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Official Site
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Visitors Site
• Mormon Temple Ordinances - ReligionFacts
• History of Mormon Temples - Lightplanet