The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released artistic renderings for the exteriors of five temples in North America. The site of the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple has also been released.
Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple
An artistic rendering for the exterior of the Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple has been released.
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The Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple will be built near the Mexico City Missionary Training Center at Tenayuca-Chalmita 828, Col. Zona Escolar, Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México, CP 07230, Mexico.
Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 29,000 square feet. This will be the city’s second temple.
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced this house of the Lord during the April 2022 general conference.
“Positive spiritual momentum increases as we worship in the temple and grow in our understanding of the magnificent breadth and depth of the blessings we receive there,” he said then.
The Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple will be the 26th house of the Lord in the country. Dedicated temples in Mexico are found in Ciudad Juárez, Colonia Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tampico, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz and Villahermosa. There are also temples under construction or announced in Cancún, Chihuahua, Cuernavaca, Culiacán, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Pachuca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Toluca, Torreón and Tula.
Mexico is home to more than 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in nearly 1,900 congregations. Missionary work began in Mexico in 1875.
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple
An additional rendering has been released for the exterior of the Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple.
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This temple will be built on a 5.36-acre site located at 605 Rutherford Road, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania 17109. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 20,000 square feet.
President Nelson announced the Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple during the April 2023 general conference.
“Jesus Christ is the reason we build temples,” he said. “Each is His holy house. Making covenants and receiving essential ordinances in the temple, as well as seeking to draw closer to Him there, will bless your life in ways no other kind of worship can.”
The Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple will be the third in the state. The Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple was dedicated in September 2016 by President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency, and the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple was dedicated in September 2024 by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Pennsylvania, which is home to more than 53,000 Latter-day Saints, was host to many significant events in the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Much of the Book of Mormon was translated in the town of Harmony, and the first members of the Church were baptized in the Susquehanna River in May 1829.
Jacksonville Florida Temple
Thirdly, a rendering has been released for the exterior of the Jacksonville Florida Temple.
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Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 29,000 square feet to be constructed on a 6.6-acre site located at 3323 Loretto Road, Jacksonville, Florida.
President Russell M. Nelson announced this house of the Lord in October 2022. “I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can,” he said before announcing 18 new houses of the Lord, including the Jacksonville Florida Temple.
The four other temples that are announced, under construction or in operation in Florida are the Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple, Orlando Florida Temple, Tallahassee Florida Temple and the Tampa Florida Temple.
Missionaries first arrived in Florida in 1845. The state’s first congregation was created in 1897 in the Big Bend region of this southeastern state.
There are nearly 173,000 Latter-day Saints in over 270 congregations in Florida.
Springfield Missouri Temple
A rendering has also been released for the exterior of the Springfield Missouri Temple.
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The Springfield Missouri Temple will be built on a portion of a 38-acre site located at 2720 East Farm Road #188, Springfield, Missouri. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 29,000 square feet.
President Nelson announced this temple during the April 2023 general conference.
The Springfield Missouri Temple will be the third temple in the state, joining the Kansas City Missouri Temple and the St. Louis Missouri Temple.
Missouri is home to more than 80,000 Latter-day Saints in over 160 congregations. In the 1830s, Independence, Missouri, and its surrounding counties were important gathering places for Latter-day Saints in the early days of the Church.
Winchester Virginia Temple
Lastly, a rendering has been released for the exterior of the Winchester Virginia Temple.
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This house of the Lord will be built on a 11.27-acre site located at 200 Merrimans Lane, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia 22601. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.
President Nelson announced this temple during the April 2023 general conference.
The Winchester Virginia Temple will be the third temple in the state. The Richmond Virginia Temple was dedicated on May 7, 2023, by President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency, and the Roanoke Virginia Temple was announced in October 2023.
Virginia, part of the East Coast of the United States, is home to nearly 99,000 Latter-day Saints in 210 congregations.
Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple
The First Presidency has also announced the location of the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple.
The temple will be built on a 1.56-acre site located at Avenida Cordoba Esquina Reconquista, ciudad autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. This will be the city’s second temple.
President Russell M. Nelson announced this temple during the October 2022 general conference.
“Let us never lose sight of what the Lord is doing for us now. He is making His temples more accessible. He is accelerating the pace at which we are building temples. He is increasing our ability to help gather Israel,” President Nelson said then.
Argentina is home to more than 481,000 Latter-day Saints in nearly 730 congregations. The Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple will be the seventh house of the Lord in Argentina. Other temples that are announced, under construction or in operation in Argentina are in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza and Rosario.
The Salta Argentina Temple was dedicated on June 16, 2024, by Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The Church’s history in Argentina goes back to 1923, when two German immigrants began preaching the gospel in Buenos Aires.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider temples the house of the Lord and the most sacred places of worship on the earth. Temples differ from the Church’s meetinghouses or chapels. All can attend Sunday worship services and other weekday activities at local meetinghouses. The primary purpose of temples, however, is for faithful members of the Church to participate in sacred ceremonies, such as marriages that unite families forever and proxy baptisms on behalf of deceased ancestors who did not have the opportunity to be baptized while living.