Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple

The Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple is the 55th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
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Number55
Dedication6 March 1999, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site2.56 acres (1.04 ha)
Floor area6,800 sq ft (630 m2)
Height71 ft (22 m)
Official websiteNews & images
Church chronology

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Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple

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Additional information
Announced4 October 1997, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Groundbreaking7 March 1998, by Eran A. Call
Open house25–27 February 1999
Current presidentHelaman Flores
Designed byAlvaro Inigo and Church A&E Services
LocationColonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Geographic coordinates30°18′19.77479″N 108°4′56.46360″W / 30.3054929972°N 108.0823510000°W / 30.3054929972; -108.0823510000
Exterior finishGleaming white marble
Temple designClassic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries1
Ordinance rooms1 (stationary)
Sealing rooms1
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On a hill just west of the little town of Colonia Juárez, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, and overlooking a fertile valley, sits the first of the smaller LDS temples to be completed outside of the United States. As of 2024, the Colonia Juárez Chihuahua México Temple is the smallest temple the LDS Church operates[2]

Colonia Juárez is about two hundred miles southwest of the U.S.–Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The small town consists of two stores, three restaurants, several schools, and numerous farms. The Colonia Juárez Chihuahua México Temple serves church members from the United States and Mexico. During the final stages of construction, church members from both countries worked together on landscaping, cleaning both the interior and exteriors of the temple, and washing windows.

LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple on March 6, 1999. The temple has a total of 6,800 square feet (630 m2), one ordinance room, and one sealing room.

See also

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Temples in Northwestern Mexico (edit)

  = Operating
  = Under construction
  = Announced
  = Temporarily Closed

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References

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  1. ^ one of three temples in a pilot program for very small temples.
  2. ^ Bigelow, Christopher Kimball (2018). Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. San Diego, California: Thunder Bay Press. ISBN 978-1-68412-614-9.
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