Cebu City Philippines Temple

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Cebu City Philippines Temple
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Cebu City Philippines Temple
Number133
DedicationJune 13, 2010, by Thomas S. Monson
Site11.6 acres (4.7 ha)
Floor area29,556 sq ft (2,745.8 m2)
Height140 ft (43 m)
Official website News & images
Church chronology

Gila Valley Arizona Temple

Cebu City Philippines Temple

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Additional information
AnnouncedApril 18, 2006 [1] , by Gordon B. Hinckley
GroundbreakingNovember 14, 2007, by Dallin H. Oaks [2]
Open houseMay 21 – June 5, 2010
Current presidentCiriaco Genaro Alfornon
Designed byArchitectural Nexus and Recio & Casa Architects
Location Cebu City, Philippines
Geographic coordinates 10°19′39″N123°53′54″E / 10.3276°N 123.8982°E / 10.3276; 123.8982
Exterior finishMountain grey granite from China
Baptistries1
Ordinance rooms2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms2
Clothing rentalyes
NotesAnnounced by letter to local priesthood leaders in April 2006. [3]
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The Cebu City Philippines Temple is the 133rd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in Lahug in Cebu City, it is the church's second temple in the Philippines.

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History

Plans to build a temple in Cebu City were announced by the LDS Church to local church leaders on 18 April 2006. [4] Ground was broken and the site was dedicated on 14 November 2007 by Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. [5]

The temple was built on an 11-acre (4.5 ha) site that it shares with a church meetinghouse, patron house, residences for the temple and mission presidents, and a mission office. [6]

After construction was completed, the temple was dedicated by church president Thomas S. Monson in three sessions on June 13, 2010, following a two-week public open house. [7] [8]

In 2020, like all the church's others, the Cebu City Philippines Temple was closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

See also


Temples in the Philippines, Visayas Region
ButtonRed.svg = Operating
ButtonBlue.svg = Under construction
ButtonYellow.svg = Announced
ButtonBlack.svg = Temporarily Closed

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