Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

Porto Alegre Brazil Temple
Number	102
Dedication	17 December 2000, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Floor area	10,700 sq ft (990 m2)
Height	71 ft (22 m)
Official website • News & images
Church chronology
← Recife Brazil Temple Porto Alegre Brazil Temple → Montevideo Uruguay Temple
Additional information
Announced	30 September 1997, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Groundbreaking	2 May 1998, by James E. Faust
Open house	2–9 December 2000
Current president	Pedro Alberto Machado Da Silva
Designed by	Andre Belo de Faria and Church A&E Services
Location	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Geographic coordinates	30°2′2.569200″S 51°9′28.32480″W
Exterior finish	Cotton-white granite from Ceara State of Brazil
Temple design	Classic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries	1
Ordinance rooms	2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms	2
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The Porto Alegre Brazil Temple is the 102nd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Temple construction began on May 2, 1998. The temple was dedicated by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley on December 17, 2000. The temple sits on a hill in Porto Alegre's Vila Jardim district.

The Porto Alegre Temple overlooks the city from the east toward a large river and port for which the city is named. It has an exterior of white granite and a single spire topped with a statue of the angel Moroni. The temple has a total of 10,700 square feet (990 m²), two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

The Porto Alegre Temple was the last temple of the LDS Church to be dedicated in the 20th century.

See also

• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil

External links

• Official Porto Alegre Brazil Temple page
• Porto Alegre Brazil Temple page
• News article from 12/01/2000 about the Porto Alegre Temple Open House(in Portuguese)