Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

The Porto Alegre Brazil Temple is the 102nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Porto Alegre Brazil Temple
Number	102
Dedication	17 December 2000, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Floor area	10,700 sq ft (990 m2)
Height	71 ft (22 m)
Official website • News & images
Church chronology
← Recife Brazil Temple Porto Alegre Brazil Temple → Montevideo Uruguay Temple
Additional information
Announced	30 September 1997, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Groundbreaking	2 May 1998, by James E. Faust
Open house	2–9 December 2000
Current president	Pedro Alberto Machado Da Silva
Designed by	Andre Belo de Faria and Church A&E Services
Location	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Geographic coordinates	30°2′2.569200″S 51°9′28.32480″W
Exterior finish	Cotton-white granite from Ceara State of Brazil
Temple design	Classic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries	1
Ordinance rooms	2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms	2
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The Porto Alegre Temple overlooks the city from the east toward a large river and port for which the city is named. It has an exterior of white granite and a single spire topped with a statue of the angel Moroni. The temple has a total of 10,700 square feet (990 m²), two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

History

Temple construction began on May 2, 1998. The temple was dedicated by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley on December 17, 2000. The temple sits on a hill in Porto Alegre's Vila Jardim district.

The Porto Alegre Temple was the last temple of the LDS Church to be dedicated in the 20th century.

In 2020, the Porto Alegre Brazil Temple was closed temporarily during the year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

See also

Belém

Belo Horizonte

Brasília

Curitiba

Florianópolis

Fortaleza

Goiânia

João Pessoa

Londrina

Maceió

Manaus

Natal

Porto Alegre

Recife

Rio de Janeiro

Salvador

Teresina

Vitória

São Paulo East

São Paulo

Campinas

Santos

Riberão Preto

Londrina

Temples in Brazil ()

• = Operating
• = Under construction
• = Announced
• = Temporarily Closed

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• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil

External links

• Official Porto Alegre Brazil Temple page
• Porto Alegre Brazil Temple at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org
• News article from 12/01/2000 about the Porto Alegre Temple Open House(in Portuguese)