Panama City Panama Temple

Panama City Panama Temple

Number

127

Dedication

10 August 2008 by
Thomas S. Monson

Site

6.96 acres (2.8 hectares)

Floor area

18,943 sq ft (1,760 m²)

Height

111 ft (34 m)

Preceded by

Curitiba Brazil Temple

Followed by

Twin Falls Idaho Temple

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Additional information
Announcement	23 August 2002
Groundbreaking	30 October 2005 by Spencer V. Jones
Open House	11-26 July 2008
Designed by	Mallol & Mallol and Naylor W. Lund
Location	On Calle Rufina Alfaro, at the entrance to la Villa de Cárdenas, beside the Cemeterio del Parque la Gloria, Ancón, Cárdenas, Panamá
Exterior finish	China stone
Temple design	Classic modern, single spire design
Ordinance rooms	2 with Movie, two-stage progressive sessions
Sealing rooms	2
Clothing rental	No
Cafeteria	No services
Visitors' center	No
Notes	Temple dedicated on 10 August 2008 following an open house from 11 July to 26 July 2008. First temple dedicated in Panama.

Coordinates: 8°59′28.18319″N 79°34′12.41400″W / 8.9911619972°N 79.5701150000°W / 8.9911619972; -79.5701150000

The Panama City Panama Temple is the 127th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was announced in 2002 and was dedicated on August 10, 2008 by church president Thomas S. Monson. Located in Cárdenas, a suburb of Panama City, it is the first church temple in Panama.

The plans to build a temple in Panama City were announced by the LDS Church on August 23, 2002. Ground was broken and the site was dedicated on October 30, 2005, by Spencer V. Jones, a member of the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy and the president of the church's Central America Area. On May 4, 2007, a statue of the angel Moroni was added to the temple's spire.

The temple is adjacent to the LDS Church's Cárdenas Ward meetinghouse, close to the Panama Canal. The Panama City Panama Temple serves Latter-day Saints in all of Panama. There are 39,000 Latter-day Saints in Panama in seven stakes and eight mission districts.

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