10.02.2023 - By Richie T Steadman
335 Total Temples
153 Announced by Nelson (46%)
Savai’i, Samoa
2nd in Samoa (one in American Samoa)
Separate Island from the Apia Temple
6 Stakes
Prime Minister Visited with First Presidency on Thursday
Cancún, Mexico
24th in Mexico (2nd on Yucatan Peninsula)
Closest to the Merida Yucatan Temple
Newish city in Quintana Roo that has grown to 1 million
6 Stakes
Piura, Peru
8th in Peru
Far Northwestern Peru near Ecuador
6 Stakes, one district
Huancayo, Peru
9th in Peru
Central Peru in the Highlands north of Lima
Means “place of the rock” in the Quechua language
8-10 Stakes, one district
Viña del Mar, Chile
5th in Chile
Central coast of Chile
Valparaíso/Viña Metro area was previously the metro area with the most stakes without a temple.
Apostle Parley P Pratt resided in the area in 1851-1852
His Son, Omer Pratt is buried in Valparaiso
Returned without converts and without learning much Spanish.
Missionaries didn’t return for 100 years.
12 stakes, 3 districts
Goiânia, Brazil
21st in Brazil
Capital of the State of Goiás (3 Hours from Brasilia)
5-8 stakes, 2 districts
João Pessoa, Brazil
22nd in Brazil
Northeastern Coastal Brazil
7 stakes, 2 districts
Cape Coast, Ghana
3rd in Ghana
Southwest coast of Ghana (historic sites)
7 stakes, 3 districts
Calabar, Nigeria
5th in Nigeria
Not too far from Eket or Aba, but separated by the Cross River
4 stakes, 1 district
Luanda, Angola
First in Angola
Portuguese speaking country in Southwest Africa
First mission organized in 2013
1 stake (2018), one district
Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
4th temple in the DRC (25 in Africa)
In the Kasai Region, relatively close to the recently announced temple in Kananga
6 stakes
Laoag, Philippines
13th in Philippines
Northwest coast of Luzon
4 stakes, 2 districts
Osaka, Japan
5th in Japan
2nd on Honshu
7 stakes, 2 districts
Kahului, Hawaii (Maui)
3rd in Hawaii
Church was first established in Maui
George Q Cannon and first missionaries arrived in 1850
First chapel in Pulehu
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