9:00 AM | 8 May 2022 Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple Dedication

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The Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be dedicated on  Sunday, May 8, in three sessions: at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m.

Elder Gary G. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will preside at the dedication. A youth devotional will be held Saturday, May 7, prior to the dedication. The dedicatory sessions and the youth devotional will be broadcast to congregations in the Brazil Temple district.

A public open house is scheduled for Saturday, March 26, through Saturday, April 30, 2022 (excluding March 27, April 2, 3, 10, 17 and 24).

The Rio de Janeiro Temple will be the eighth dedicated temple in Brazil, following the Recife, Porto Alegre, Campinas, São Paulo, Curitiba, Manaus and Fortaleza Brazil Temples. There are three other temples currently under construction in Belém, Brasília and Salvador, and three additional temples have been announced in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo East (the second in the city) and Vitória.

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