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    Papeete Tahiti Temple

    Papeete Tahiti Temple

    Temple S.D.J. (Mormon)
    Route de Fautaua-Titioro
    Papeete, Tahiti
    French Polynesia

    Plans to construct the temple were announced 2 April 1980, Church leaders broke ground 13 February 1981, and President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Papeete Tahiti Temple 27 October 1983. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in French Polynesia and the Cook Islands.

       
    Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference. © 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 / 2
         
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      The 12,150-square-foot temple’s exterior is stucco with imported white sand.

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