Recife Brazil Temple
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The Recife Brazil Temple is the 101st operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Recife Brazil Temple sits on 5.59 acres in the city of Recife, capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, shaded by mango trees and towering royal palms, and is surrounded by a beautiful garden. The temple exterior is finished with Asa branca granite from Brazil and features a single spire topped with a gold statue of the angel Moroni. This temple is larger than many Mormon temples being built in order to accommodate the 137,500 members of Church in northern Brazil. Previously, the closest temple was in São Paulo.
President Gordon B. Hinckley, during a visit to members and Mormon missionaries in Brazil, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony on 11 November 1996. During the open house held prior to the dedication, 78,386 visitors toured the Mormon temple. President Hinckley and President James E. Faust each conducted two dedicatory sessions for the Recife Brazil Temple on 15 December 2000. More than 7,000 people attended.
The Recife Brazil Temple has a total of 37,200 square feet, two 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
- Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
[edit] External links
- Official LDS Recife Brazil Temple page
- Recife Brazil 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
- Resources about the History and Symbolism of Mormon Temples
- Early Christianity and Mormonism: The LDS Temple Endowment: An Introduction
