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The Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (formerly the Guatemala City Temple) is the 34th constructed and 32nd operating
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of
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(LDS Church). Located in
Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...
, capital city of
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, it was built with a modern six-spire design.


History

In 1956, while
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(then a member of the
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) visited Guatemala City, he felt that it would be a center for
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gatherings and predicted that a temple would be built there. The LDS Church temple in Guatemala City was announced on April 1, 1981, and dedicated on December 14, 1984 by
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. The temple was built on a plot, has 4 ordinance rooms and 3 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of . Carmen O'Donnal was the first matron of the temple and was also the first native of Guatemala to be baptized into the LDS Church. Clate W. Mask, Jr. was a former
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. In 2011, a second temple in Guatemala, the Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple, was dedicated by
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. In 2020, the Guatemala City Guatemala Temple was closed temporarily during the year in response to the
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.Stack, Peggy Fletcher
"All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus"
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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) On December 27, 1832, two years after the organization of the Church of Christ, the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, stated he received a revelation that called upon church members to restore the practice of temple worship. The Latter Day Saints ...
*
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Guatemala The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Guatemala refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Guatemala. The first convert in Guatemala was baptized in 1948. As of December 31, 2021, there we ...


References


External links


Guatemala City Guatemala Temple Official site

Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org

20th-century Latter Day Saint temples Buildings and structures in Guatemala City Religious buildings and structures in Guatemala Temples (LDS Church) completed in 1984 Temples (LDS Church) in Latin America Temples (LDS Church) in Guatemala
Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
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