Guayaquil Ecuador Temple

Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
Number	58
Dedicated	1 August 1999 (1 August 1999) by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site	6.2 acres (2.5 hectares)
Floor area	45,000 sq ft (4,200 m2)
Preceded by	Bogotá Colombia Temple
Followed by	Spokane Washington Temple
Official website • News & images
Additional information Announced 31 March 1982 Groundbreaking 10 August 1996 by Richard G. Scott Open House 23 June – 5 July 1999 Designed by Rafael Velez Calisto, Architects & Consultants and Church A&E Services Location Calle 6ta y Avenida Rodrigo Chávez González Principado de las Lomas Urdesa Norte, Guayaquil Ecuador Exterior finish Brazilian granite, Asa Branca Temple design Classic modern, single-spire design Ordinance rooms 4 (Movie, stationary sessions) Sealing rooms 3 Clothing rental Yes Cafeteria Full Visitors' center No

Coordinates: 2°9′22.48559″S 79°54′17.55719″W / 2.1562459972°S 79.9048769972°W / -2.1562459972; -79.9048769972 The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple is the 58th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

History[]

In 1982, Spencer W. Kimball, then president of the LDS Church, announced that there would be an LDS temple built in Ecuador. It took fourteen years to secure the necessary government authorizations and the temple was not completed and dedicated until 1999. The temple was built with Brazilian granite at a cost of US$14,456,000. It is topped by a statue of Moroni.^[1]

Before the temple in Ecuador was finished, church members in Ecuador would travel three days by bus to attend the temple in Lima, Peru. Before the LDS temple was dedicated, an open house was free to all in the community, including government officials. Over one hundred thousand members and non-members participated in the open house.

The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on August 1, 1999, by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley.^[2]

The temple resides on a hill in Urdesa, a peaceful suburb of northern Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port and most populous city. The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple has a total of 70,884 square feet (6,585.3 m²), four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.

Lynn Shawcroft of Arizona was the first president to oversee the operations of the temple, serving from July 1999 to November 2002.

In 2020, the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was closed temporarily during the year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.^[3]

See also[]

Guayaquil

Quito

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Temples in Ecuador

Red = Operating
Blue = Under construction
Yellow = Announced
Black = Closed for renovation

• Jorge A. Rojas, former temple president
• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ecuador

References[]

Additional reading[]

• "Amid tears, Ecuador temple ground broken", Church News, August 17, 1996
• "100,000 expected at open house of Guayaquil Ecuador Temple", Church News, July 10, 1999
• Hart, John L. (August 7, 1999), "Guayaquil Ecuador Temple dedication: 'A wondrous day' for members", Church News
• "'This is a day of history'", Church News, August 7, 1999

External links[]

• Media related to Guayaquil Ecuador Temple at Wikimedia Commons
• Guayaquil Ecuador Temple Official site
• Guayaquil Ecuador Temple at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org

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