Guayaquil Ecuador Temple

Guayaquil Ecuador Temple

Number

Dedication

1 August 1999 by
Gordon B. Hinckley

Site

6.25 acres (2.5 hectares)

Floor area

45,000 sq ft (4,200 m²)

Preceded by

Bogotá Colombia Temple

Followed by

Spokane Washington Temple

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Additional information
Announcement	31 March 1982
Groundbreaking	10 August 1996 by Richard G. Scott
Open House	23 June – 5 July 1999
Designed by	Rafael Velez Calisto, Arcitects & Consultants and Church A&E Services
Location	Calle 6ta y Avenida Rodrigo Chávez González Principado de las Lomas Urdesa Norte, Guayaquil Ecuador
Exterior finish	Brazilian granite, Asa Branca
Temple design	Classic modern, single-spire design
Ordinance rooms	4 with Movie, stationary sessions
Sealing rooms	3
Clothing rental	Yes
Cafeteria	Full services
Visitors' center	No

Coordinates: 2°9′22.48559″S 79°54′17.55719″W / 2.1562459972°S 79.9048769972°W / -2.1562459972; -79.9048769972 The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple is the 58th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

In 1982, Spencer W. Kimball, then president of the LDS Church, announced that there would be an LDS 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, church members in Ecuador would travel three days by bus to attend the temple in Lima, Peru. Before the LDS temple was dedicated, an open house was free to all in the community, including government officials. Over one hundred thousand members and non-members participated in the open house.

The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on August 1, 1999 by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley.^[1]

The temple resides on a hill in Urdesa, a peaceful suburb of northern Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port and most populous city. The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple has a total of 70,884 square feet (6,585.3 m²), four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.

Lynn Shawcroft of Arizona was the first president to oversee the operations of the temple, serving from July 1999 to November 2002.