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On April 1, 1981, the LDS Church announced that a temple would be built in the Philippines. Earlier that year, the church had purchased land in Quezon City, in the Metro Manila area. The site was partly chosen because of its accessibility to members throughout the temple district. The groundbreaking and site dedication for the Manila ...
A meetinghouse in Guadalupe, Makati, Philippines. The first contact the church had with the Philippines was in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.Two church members, Willard Call and George Seaman, who were part of the United States artillery battery, were set apart as missionaries and began to proselytize after being deployed to the Philippines.
Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) are buildings dedicated to be a House of the Lord. They are considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. When construction is completed, temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time (an "open house").
The Urdaneta Philippines Temple is the 190th temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Philippines.The intent to build the temple was announced on October 2, 2010, by church president Thomas S. Monson, during general conference.
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 previously-dedicated, but closed for renovation [1]), 3 scheduled for dedication, 51 under construction, 2 scheduled for groundbreaking, [2] and 112 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
Pages in category "Temples (LDS Church) in the Philippines" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Alabang Philippines Temple will be the fourth LDS temple built in the Philippines, following the Manila (1984), Cebu City (2010), and Urdaneta (2024) temples. Three more temples were announced in 2018 and 2019, which are the Davao (for which a groundbreaking was also held in 2020), [10] and the Cagayan de Oro and Bacolod temples.