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Santos Brazil Temple

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Santos Brazil Temple

Planning and approval phase; site location announced; groundbreaking not announced

Location

Avenida Doutor Waldemar Leão, 305
Jabaquara
Santos–SP
Brazil

Announcement: 

3 April 2022

Total Floor Area: 

23,000 square feet  |  2,137 square meters

Elevation: 

11 feet  |  4 meters

Construction Status

The Santos Brazil Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.


Temple Rendering

Renderings of the Santos Brazil Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.


Temple Site

On November 28, 2022, the location of the Santos Brazil Temple was announced. The 23,000-square-foot temple will be constructed on the site of the Jabaquara Ward meetinghouse located at Avenida Doutor Waldemar Leão, 305, in the Jabaquara neighborhood of Santos.1


Temple Announcement

On April 3, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Santos Brazil Temple at the April 2022 General Conference. Santos is a southeastern port city in the state of São Paulo. There are 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in Brazil in more than 2,100 congregations. The temple in Santos will be the 16th temple for Brazil. At the time of its announcement, temples had been dedicated in Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife and São Paulo. One temple (in Rio de Janeiro) had been completed and was preparing for dedication. Three other temples were under construction in Belém, Brasília, and Salvador. Additional temples have been announced in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo East, Maceió, and Vitória.2

  1. "Locations Released for Six Temples Around the World," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 28 Nov. 2022.
  2. "President Nelson Announces 17 New Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 3 Apr. 2022.