Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Construction Status

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Viña del Mar Chile Temple will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2026. Elder Sergio R. Vargas, a member of the South America South Area Presidency, will preside at the event. The 30,000-square-foot house of the Lord will rise on a 1.87-acre site where the stake center for the Viña del Mar Chile Stake formerly stood. The property is located between 3rd North Street and 4th North Street (near 4½ West).

Temple Rendering

On October 12, 2026, the official rendering of the Viña del Mar Chile Temple was released to the public.¹

Temple Site

On November 6, 2023, the location of the Viña del Mar Chile Temple was announced as a 1.87-acre site where the stake center for the Viña del Mar Chile Stake stands. The location is between 3rd North Street and 4th North Street (near 4½ West) in Viña del Mar. Plans call for a temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.²

Temple Announcement

On October 1, 2023, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Viña del Mar Chile Temple at the October 2023 General Conference. Viña del Mar is the fourth-largest city in Chile with around 300,000 residents. It is part of the Valparaíso metropolitan area on the central coast of Chile. It will be the first temple in the region of Valparaíso and the fifth in the country. The first temple in Spanish-speaking South America was dedicated in Santiago in 1983. The other three temples in the country at the time of the announcement were in Antofagasta, Concepción, and Santiago West.

Since one of the Church’s earliest leaders served a mission there in 1851, Chile has become home to more than 600,000 Latter-day Saints in around 575 congregations. Since the 1960 earthquakes in Concepción and Valdivia, Church members have provided humanitarian assistance to help the country recover from these natural disasters. In 2004, the Chilean government recognized the Church for its role in fighting poverty.³