The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the open house and dedication dates for the Antofagasta Chile and Bahía Blanca Argentina Temples. An exterior rendering has also been released for the West Jordan Utah Temple.
Antofagasta Chile Temple
A media day for the Antofagasta Chile Temple will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025. Invited guests will tour the temple on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, and a public open house will run from Wednesday, May 14, to Saturday, May 24, 2025, excluding Sundays.
Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple on Sunday, June 15, 2025. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all congregations in the temple district.
| A rendering of the Antofagasta Chile Temple. 2020 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. | 1 / 2 |
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced this temple during the April 2019 general conference.
“God’s objective should be our objective,” he said then. “He wants His children to choose to return to Him, prepared, qualified, endowed, sealed and faithful to covenants made in holy temples.”
Since early Church leader Parley P. Pratt served a mission there in 1851, Chile has become home to more than 610,000 Latter-day Saints in nearly 580 congregations. In 2004, the Chilean government recognized the Church for its role in fighting poverty.
The Antofagasta Chile Temple will be the country's third dedicated house of the Lord, joining temples in Concepción and Santiago. The temple in Santiago was South America's first, dedicated in 1983. The other three temples announced or in planning and construction phases in Chile are found in Santiago West, Puerto Montt and Viña del Mar.
Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple
A media day for the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. Invited guests will tour the temple on Tuesday, October 14, and Wednesday, October 15, 2025. A public open house will run from Thursday, October 16, to Saturday, November 1, 2025, excluding Sundays.
Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple on Sunday, November 23, 2025. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all congregations in the temple district.
| An artist's rendering of the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple. 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. | 1 / 2 |
President Nelson announced this temple during the April 2020 general conference.
Argentina is home to more than 490,000 Latter-day Saints in over 730 congregations. The temple in Bahía Blanca will be the fifth dedicated house of the Lord in Argentina. Other temples announced, under construction or in operation in Argentina are in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires City Center, Córdoba, Rosario and Salta.
The Mendoza Argentina Temple was dedicated on September 22, 2024, by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
West Jordan Utah Temple
An artistic rendering has been released for the exterior of the West Jordan Utah Temple.
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| An artistic rendering for the exterior of the West Jordan Utah Temple. 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. | 1 / 2 |
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As previously announced, this temple will be built on a 16.10-acre site at approximately 7148 South and west of State Route 111 highway. Plans call for a multistory temple of approximately 85,000 square feet and a new meetinghouse.
President Nelson announced this temple during the April 2024 general conference.
Utah, the Church’s world headquarters, is home to more than 2.2 million Latter-day Saints, approximately two-thirds of the state’s population of 3.5 million people. The temple in the city of West Jordan will be the 32nd temple in Utah either in operation, under renovation, under construction or announced.
Temples currently in operation in the state are found in American Fork (Mount Timpanogos), Bountiful, Brigham City, Cedar City, Draper, Layton, Logan, Manti, Monticello, Ogden, Orem, Payson, Provo (Provo City Center), Saratoga Springs, South Jordan (Jordan River and Oquirrh Mountain), St. George (Red Cliffs and St. George), Taylorsville, Tooele (Deseret Peak) and Vernal. New temples under construction in Utah are in Ephraim, Heber Valley, Lindon, Smithfield and Syracuse. The Provo Utah Rock Canyon Temple and Salt Lake Temple are currently under renovation. Temples in Lehi and Price were announced in 2024. A temple in Spanish Fork was announced in April 2025.
Latter-day Saints worship in temples for several reasons: to feel God’s love and peace, to learn more about God’s plan for His children and the gospel of Jesus Christ, to make promises with God and with one’s husband or wife and to unite families in this life and the next through sacred ordinances.