San Salvador El Salvador Mormon Temple
April 4, 2009 by admin
Filed under Temples in Central America
The location of the San Salvador El Salvador Mormon Temple is Bulevar Diego de Holguín, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Departamento de La Libertad, El Salvador. The temple was announced on 7 November 2007, and the groundbreaking took place on 20 September 2008. The temple is due to be dedicated on August 21, 2011, and an open house for the public will be held 1–23 July 2011.
Located in the affluent Antiguo Cuscatlán district, southwest of San Salvador, the three-story San Salvador El Salvador Temple will stand near the Multiplaza Panamericana Mall with the stunning backdrop of the mighty San Salvador volcano. The sacred edifice will be surrounded by attractive grounds that offer a calming retreat to all San Salvadorians (ldschurchtemples.com).
The San Salvador Mormon Temple will be the first to be built in the country, and will be the fourth to be built in Central America. There are over 110,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in El Salvador.
The public was invited to visit the temple during an open house from Friday, 1 July 2011, until Saturday, 23 July 2011, excluding Sundays. Over 165,700 people visited the temple during the open house. The temple open house included visits from a variety of Salvadoran government and cultural leaders. Almost 200 government officials toured the temple along with 27 representatives from other religions. Hundreds of local business leaders along with some 50 media members were also counted among the visitors.
The temple was formally dedicated on Sunday, 21 August 2011, in three sessions. The dedicatory sessions were broadcast to congregations of the Church within the temple district.
In conjunction with the dedication of the temple, there was also a cultural celebration featuring music and dance on Saturday, 20 August 2011.
New images of the interior and exterior of the San Salvador Mormon Temple were published by the Mormon Church just prior to the open house at newsroom.lds.org:
Temple entrance
Endowment Room
Looking down upon the bapistery
San Salvador Mormon Temple Waiting Room
Baptistery
Endowment Room
Celestial Room
We live by Maquilishuat Almendro Ave. in San Salvador and I saw another LDS temple under construction and the LDS church by the side. So, is this another one in addition to the one in Libertad, cuscatlan showing on the Web. What is the address of the church and when is the dedication of the temple for public viewing.
Pls. respond asap.
thank you!
The San Salvador El Salvador Mormon Temple is located at Avenida El Espino and Calle El Pedregal, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Departamento de La Libertad, El Salvador. The dedication will be held on August 21, 2011, and the public open house will be held 1–23 July 2011. After the dedication, only Mormons in good standing will be able to enter the temple.