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The Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple is a
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of
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(LDS Church) in
Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. The intent to construct the temple was announced by church president
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on 1 October 2011.


History

The temple was announced concurrently with the Barranquilla Colombia, Durban South Africa, Star Valley Wyoming, and Provo City Center temples. When announced, this increased the total number of temples worldwide to 166. A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, took place on 12 February 2016, with
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presiding. A public open house was held in March 2019. The lead negotiator for the temple, both with the government and with local subcontractors, was Norman Kamosi, a former Air Congo executive and member of the Congolese Parliament. Kamosi joined the LDS Church in
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, after having fled there when Kabile came to power. Following the public open house, the temple was dedicated on 14 April 2019 by
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, with the dedicatory prayer given in French, and is the fourth operating temple in Africa. The temple is a single-story building with a concrete and fill structure and a steel superstructure. Unlike most of the church's other temples, the building is not topped with a statue of the
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, although the building is designed to support one if added later. The temple is built on a 10-acre site that it shares with other existing buildings owned by the LDS Church, including a meetinghouse and an institute building, the latter also being used for
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classes."Kinshasa DRC LDS Temple"
''Reaveley Engineers + Associates'', retrieved 28 March 2020.


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 *
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Democratic Republic of the Congo refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As of 2019, the LDS Churc ...


References


External links


Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple Official siteKinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org {{LDS-Africa, state=expanded 21st-century Latter Day Saint temples Buildings and structures in Kinshasa Religious buildings and structures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Temples (LDS Church) in Africa Temples (LDS Church) completed in 2019