San José Costa Rica Temple
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| Number | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dedication | 4 June 2000 by James E. Faust |
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| Site | 1.93 acres (0.8 hectares) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floor area | 10,700 sq ft (990 m2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 71 ft (22 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Montréal Québec Temple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Followed by | Fukuoka Japan Temple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 9°59′11.10480″N 84°11′5.391600″W / 9.9864180000°N 84.18483100000°W
The San José Costa Rica Temple is the 87th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
The church's First Presidency announced on March 17, 1999 that a temple would be built in San José, Costa Rica. The announcement of the San José Costa Rica Temple made it the first temple in Costa Rica and the second temple in Central America.
The LDS Church is relatively new in Costa Rica. A U.S. ambassador who was LDS ran the first church meetings from his home between 1943 and 1946. The first Mormon missionaries arrived in 1946, and temporarily left during Costa Rica's 1948 Civil War. By 1974 church membership had grown enough that Costa Rica became its own mission. In 1977 the first stake was created in Costa Rica. In 1992, Boyd K. Packer, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, dedicated the land of Costa Rica for missionary work and membership grew even faster. In 1960 there had only been 214 members in Costa Rica, by 1970 there were 1,700 members. Today there are 23,000 members in Costa Rica. Before the building of the temple in Costa Rica, members had to travel to the Guatemala City Guatemala Temple. The trip was expensive, costing many families twice their monthly income.
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