Curitiba Brazil Temple

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Curitiba Brazil Temple
Number	126	edit data
Announcement	2002-08-23
Groundbreaking	2005-03-10 by Russell M. Nelson
Open House	Scheduled: 10 May - 24 May 2008
Dedication	2008-06-01
Total floor area	19,000 sq ft (1,800 m²)
Temple design	Classic modern, single-spire design
Ordinance rooms	2 with movie sessions
Sealing rooms	2
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Announced in 2002, the Curitiba Brazil Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) was completed in early May 2008 and was dedicated June 1 by Thomas S. Monson, the president of the LDS Church. Located in Curitiba, the capital of Paraná state, it is the fifth LDS temple in Brazil. ^[1]

The plans to build a temple in Curitiba were announced by the LDS Church on 23 August 2002.^[2] Ground was broken and the site was dedicated on 10 March 2005 by Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The temple will serve Latter-day Saints in 21 stakes in the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina.^[3]

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

[edit] See also

• 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] References

[edit] External links

• Official webpage of the Curitiba Brazil Temple
• Curitiba Brazil Temple

[edit] Latter-day Saint temples in South America

• Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
• Cochabamba Bolivia Temple
• Campinas Brazil Temple
• Curitiba Brazil Temple
• 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
• Manaus Brazil Temple (announced)
• Montevideo Uruguay Temple
• Caracas Venezuela Temple