Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple

Design and construction approval phase; groundbreaking pending
Location:  Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
Announcement:  16 December 2006

Construction Status

A site has been selected for the Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple on the western side of the city, southeast of Colegio Seminario San José and west of Parque Zoológico Minerva.

Construction of the temple was announced by President Gordon B. Hinckley during his remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple.1

Quetzaltenango (Xela) is Guatemala's second largest city located 128 miles northwest of Guatemala City (largest city) in a large valley surrounded by mountains and two volcanoes. The Quetzaltenango temple and recently announced Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple and San Salvador El Salvador Temple will help relieve demands on the Guatemala City Guatemala Temple, which currently serves 123 stakes and districts from Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.


1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "Groundbreaking Held for Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple," 16 Dec. 2006.