Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
Number58
Dedication1 August 1999, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site6.2 acres (2.5 ha)
Floor area45,000 sq ft (4,200 m2)
Official website • News & images
Church chronology
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Bogotá Colombia Temple
Guayaquil Ecuador Temple		 →
Spokane Washington Temple
Additional information
Announced31 March 1982, by Spencer W. Kimball
Groundbreaking10 August 1996, by Richard G. Scott
Open house23 June – 5 July 1999
Designed byRafael Velez Calisto, Architects & Consultants and Church A&E Services
LocationGuayaquil, Ecuador
Geographic coordinates2°9′22.48559″S 79°54′17.55719″W / 2.1562459972°S 79.9048769972°W / -2.1562459972; -79.9048769972
Exterior finishBrazilian granite, Asa Branca
Temple designClassic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries1
Ordinance rooms4 (stationary)
Sealing rooms3
Clothing rentalYes
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The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple is the 58th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

History

In 1982, Spencer W. Kimball, then president of the LDS Church, announced that there would be an LDS temple built in Ecuador. It took fourteen years to secure the necessary government authorizations and the temple was not completed and dedicated until 1999. The temple was built with Brazilian granite at a cost of US$14,456,000. It is topped by a statue of Moroni.[1]

Before the temple in Ecuador was finished, church members in Ecuador would travel three days by bus to attend the temple in Lima, Peru. Before the LDS temple was dedicated, an open house was free to all in the community, including government officials. Over one hundred thousand members and non-members participated in the open house.

The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on August 1, 1999, by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley.[2]

The temple resides on a hill in Urdesa, a peaceful suburb of northern Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port and most populous city. The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple has a total of 70,884 square feet (6,585.3 m2), four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.

Lynn Shawcroft of Arizona was the first president to oversee the operations of the temple, serving from July 1999 to November 2002.

In 2020, the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was closed temporarily during the year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

See also

Temples in Ecuador ()
  • = Operating
  • = Under construction
  • = Announced
  • = Temporarily Closed

References

  1. ↑ Los diez templos Mormones más costosos de Latinoamérica, Radio Caracol, 12/01/2016 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Pres. Hinckley dedicates LDS temple in Ecuador", Deseret News, August 2, 1999
  3. ↑ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus", The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.

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