Location: Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines
Plans announced: 18 April 2006
Groundbreaking: 14 November 2007
Public open house: 21 May through 5 June 2010, excluding Sundays
Cultural celebration: Saturday, 12 June 2010, Cebu Coliseum
Dedication: Sunday, 13 June 2010, three sessions
Property size: 11.6 acres or 4.7 hectares
Building size: 29,556 square feet
Building height: Vertical height above ground is 140 feet, crowned with a gilded statue of the angel Moroni (pronounced mo-RONE-eye) – an ancient American prophet from the Book of Mormon (a book of Latter-day Saint scripture)
Exterior features:
Exterior stone: Mountain grey granite from China.
Art glass: Juergen Dzierzon, Art Glass Studios, Salt Lake City
Interior features:
Pearl Motif: Several native flowers are used in the decorative painting. Perhaps the most widely used motif is the pearl, harvested throughout the Philippines and prized as an export; also reflective of scriptural references to pearls and their symbolic value.
Color Scheme: The color scheme, shades of turquoise and aqua blue as well as a range of greens and highlights of gold and soft rose, was selected to mirror the colors of nature in the Philippine archipelago.
Interior stone: Primary flooring, Fairfax granite from a quarry in Chow Xiamen, China; contrast stone is Verde Yellow from Massa, Italy. The polished white marble used in the bride’s room, sealing rooms and celestial room is Condor White from Achilles, Greece.
Woods: Majority of interior wood, including doors, is beautifully grained African sapele mahogany.
Furniture: Most furnishings were manufactured locally of Philippine mahogany and reflect cultural ties to Spain and Asia.
Chandeliers: Schonbek with Swarovski crystal from Austria.
Murals: Instruction room, giclee print by Linda Curley Christensen, original in Apia, Samoa; two large originals by Philippine artist Adler Llagas.
Other buildings in the temple complex: Chapel/meetinghouse – 16,900 sq.ft. Temple patron housing/family history center – 39,479 sq.ft. Temple president’s home – 1,600 sq.ft. Mission president’s home – 3,600 sq.ft.
Architects: Architectural Nexus, Salt Lake City, Utah. Recio & Casa Architects, Makati City, Philippines
Contractor: DDT Konstract, Inc., Philippines
When dedicated, this temple will be the 133rd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide and the second in the Philippines. The Cebu City Philippines Temple will serve approximately 200,000 Latter-day Saints from congregations throughout the Visayas and Mindanao.