Download PhotoA free public open house for the Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be from Saturday, March 26, through Saturday, April 30, 2022 (excluding March 27, April 2, 3, 10, 17 and 24).
See templorj.org.br for information about attending the open house.
A youth devotional will be held Saturday, May 7, prior to the dedication on Sunday, May 8, presided by Elder Gary G. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The dedicatory sessions and the youth devotional will be broadcast to congregations in the Brazil Temple district.
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.
Brazil is home to more than 1.4 million members, with 277 stakes, more than 2,100 congregations and 35 missions.
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