San Salvador El Salvador Temple

San Salvador El Salvador Temple
The Temple in late April 2011
Number	135
Dedication	21 August 2011, by Henry B. Eyring
Site	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Floor area	27,986 sq ft (2,600.0 m2)
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Church chronology
← Kyiv Ukraine Temple San Salvador El Salvador Temple → Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple
Additional information
Announced	7 November 2007, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Groundbreaking	20 September 2008, by Don R. Clarke
Open house	1-23 July 2011
Current president	Emigdio Tiberio Santos Jimenez
Location	Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Geographic coordinates	13°41′0.0492″N 89°14′48.5592″W
Exterior finish	Branco Sienna Granite from Brazil
Baptistries	1
Ordinance rooms	2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms	2
Notes	Announced in a letter dated 7 November 2007 from the First Presidency to priesthood leaders. The public open house was held from Friday, 1 July 2011, until Saturday, 23 July 2011, following which the temple was dedicated on Sunday, 21 August 2011, in three sessions.
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The San Salvador El Salvador Temple is the 135th temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is the fourth temple to be built in Central America and the first in El Salvador.

History

Announced in 2007, construction began on the temple in September 2008. On 20 September, ground was broken and the site was dedicated by Don R. Clarke, of the Seventy and president of the church's Central America Area.

The temple is in Antiguo Cuscatlán, an affluent district southwest of San Salvador. The San Salvador volcano provides a background for the temple grounds and the three-story building.

A public open house was scheduled for 1–23 July 2011. The temple was dedicated on 21 August 2011, in three dedicatory sessions.

In 2020, the San Salvador El Salvador Temple was closed temporarily during the year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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See also

San Salvador Tegucigalpa San Pedro Sula Managua San José Panama City Guatemala Temples Mexico Temples Colombia Temples Temples in Central America () = Operating = Under construction = Announced = Temporarily Closed

• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)