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    Santiago Chile Temple

    Santiago Chile Temple

    Pocuro 1940 Providencia
    664-1404 Santiago
    Chile

    Plans to construct the temple were announced 2 April 1980, Church leaders broke ground 30 May 1981, and President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Santiago Chile Temple 15 September 1983. After the temple was renovated and enlarged, President Hinckley, president of the Church from 1995 to 2008, dedicated it 12 March 2006. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in Chile and Argentina.

       
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      The 20,831-square-foot temple’s exterior is stucco on concrete block.

      Currently, there are more than 20 temples in various stages of construction or have been announced throughout the world.

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