San Salvador El Salvador Temple

San Salvador El Salvador Temple
The Temple in late April 2011
Number	135
Dedication	21 August 2011 (21 August 2011) by Henry B. Eyring
Site	6.5 acres (2.6 hectares)
Floor area	20,990 sq ft (1,950 m2)
Preceded by	Kyiv Ukraine Temple
Followed by	Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple
Official website • News & images
Additional information Announcement 7 November 2007 Groundbreaking 20 September 2008 by Don R. Clarke Open House 1-23 July 2011 Location Colonia San Benito, Avenida El Espino, entre Calle El Pedregal y Boulevard Diego de Holguín, Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, El Salvador Exterior finish Sienna Brazilian granite Ordinance rooms 2 with Movie, two-stage progressive sessions Sealing rooms 2 Clothing rental No Cafeteria No services Visitors' center No Notes Announced in a letter dated 7 November 2007 from the First Presidency to priesthood leaders.[1][2] The public open house was held from Friday, 1 July 2011, until Saturday, 23 July 2011,[3] following which the temple was dedicated on Sunday, 21 August 2011, in three sessions.[4]

Coordinates: 13°41′0.0492″N 89°14′48.5592″W / 13.683347000°N 89.246822000°W / 13.683347000; -89.246822000 The San Salvador El Salvador Temple is the 135th temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is the fourth temple to be built in Central America and the first in El Salvador.^[5]

Announced in 2007, construction began on the temple in September 2008. On 20 September, ground was broken and the site was dedicated by Don R. Clarke, of the Seventy and president of the church's Central America Area.

The temple is in Antiguo Cuscatlán, an affluent district southwest of San Salvador. The San Salvador volcano provides a background for the temple grounds and the three-story building.

A public open house was scheduled for 1–23 July 2011.^[3] The temple was dedicated on 21 August 2011, in three dedicatory sessions.^[4]

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See also

• 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)

References

External links

• Media related to San Salvador El Salvador Temple at Wikimedia Commons
• San Salvador El Salvador Temple (official)

Latter-day Saint temples in Central America and the Caribbean
See also : Temples in other geographic regions
Costa Rica	San Jose Costa Rica !San José Costa Rica	• San José Costa Rica • Santo Domingo Dominican Republic • Port-au-Prince Haiti • Guatemala City Guatemala • Tegucigalpa Honduras • Panama City Panama • San Salvador El Salvador • Quetzaltenango Guatemala   Operating   Construction   Announced   Closed
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
El Salvador	San Salvador El Salvador
Guatemala	Guatemala City Guatemala Quetzaltenango Guatemala
Haiti	Port-au-Prince Haiti (announced)
Honduras	Tegucigalpa Honduras
Panama	Panama City Panama