Panama City Panama Temple

Panama City Panama Temple
Number 127
Dedication 10 August 2008, by Thomas S. Monson
Site 6.96 acres (2.82 ha)
Floor area 18,943 sq ft (1,759.9 m2)
Height 111 ft (34 m)
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Church chronology
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Additional information
Announced 23 August 2002, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Groundbreaking 30 October 2005, by Spencer V. Jones
Open house 11-26 July 2008
Current president Victor Emanuel Engelhardt Tavares
Designed by Mallol & Mallol and Naylor W. Lund
Location Ancón, Panama
Geographic coordinates 8°59′28.18319″N 79°34′12.41400″W
Exterior finish China stone
Temple design Classic modern, single spire design
Baptistries 1
Ordinance rooms 2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms 2
Notes Temple dedicated on 10 August 2008 following an open house from 11 July to 26 July 2008. First temple dedicated in Panama.
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The Panama City Panama Temple is the 127th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was announced in 2002 and was dedicated on August 10, 2008 by church president Thomas S. Monson. Located in Cárdenas, a suburb of Panama City, it is the first church temple in Panama.

The plans to build a temple in Panama City were announced by the LDS Church on August 23, 2002. Ground was broken and the site was dedicated on October 30, 2005, by Spencer V. Jones, a member of the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy and the president of the church's Central America Area. On May 4, 2007, a statue of the angel Moroni was added to the temple's spire.

The temple is adjacent to the LDS Church's Cárdenas Ward meetinghouse, close to the Panama Canal. The Panama City Panama Temple serves Latter-day Saints in all of Panama. There are 39,000 Latter-day Saints in Panama in seven stakes and eight mission districts.

The open house for the temple began on the July 11 and ended on July 26, 2008. During the open house, the temple was open to everyone; however, since it has been dedicated only members of the church in good standing can enter. The temple's dedication was held on August 10, 2008 in four sessions. Prior to the dedication, a cultural celebration was held including performances by Panamanian youth members of the church.

See also

Temples in Central America ()
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