Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
Template:Infobox LDS Temple The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple is the 58th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
History
In 1982, Spencer W. Kimball, then president of the LDS Church, announced a temple would be built in Ecuador. It took fourteen years to secure the necessary government authorizations and the temple was not completed and dedicated until 1999. The temple was built with Brazilian granite at a cost of US$14,456,000. It is topped by a statue of Moroni.[1]
Before the temple in Ecuador was finished, church members in Ecuador would travel three days by bus to attend the Lima Peru Temple. Before the temple was dedicated, a public open house was held, which included attendance by government officials. Over one hundred thousand people participated in the open house.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on August 1, 1999, by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley.[2]
The temple is on a hill in Urdesa, a suburb of northern Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port and most populous city. The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple has a total of Script error: No such module "convert"., four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.
Lynn Shawcroft was the first president to oversee the operations of the temple, serving from July 1999 to November 2002.
In 2020, like all others in the church, the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was closed temporarily in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]
See also
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- Jorge A. Rojas, former temple president
- Comparison 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
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ecuador
References
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- ↑ Los diez templos Mormones más costosos de Latinoamérica, Radio Caracol, 12/01/2016 (in Spanish)
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- ↑ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus", The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.
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External links
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- Guayaquil Ecuador Temple Official site
- Guayaquil Ecuador Temple at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org
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- 20th-century Latter Day Saint temples
- Buildings and structures in Guayaquil
- Temples (LDS Church) completed in 1999
- Temples (LDS Church) in South America
- Religious buildings and structures in Ecuador
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ecuador
- 1999 establishments in Ecuador