Asunción Paraguay Temple

The Asunción Paraguay Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Asunción, Paraguay. It was the first temple built in Paraguay and was constructed on the site of the first Latter-day Saint chapel in the country, which was completed in 1964. The temple was announced by church president Gordon B. Hinckley during the April 2000 general conference. It was dedicated on May 19, 2002. With its dedication, every Spanish-speaking country in South America had an operating temple. The temple closed for renovations in October 2017 and was rededicated by D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on November 3, 2019. The temple is on a 7-acre plot and has exterior walls of white-gray Asa Branca Brazilian granite, along with a single spire that has a statue of the angel Moroni on its top. The interior includes representation of the Lapacho tree flower, Paraguay's national tree and flower.

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