Panama City Panama Temple
Panama City, Panama
The Panama City Panama Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cárdenas, a suburb of Panama City, Panama. The intent to build the temple was announced by the First Presidency on August 23, 2002, in a letter to local church leaders. It is the first in Panama, the third in Central America, and the church's 127th operating temple worldwide. The temple has a single central spire with a statue of the angel Moroni on its top, and the exterior is China stone with art-glass windows. It was designed by the architectural firm Mallol & Mallol of Panama City and Naylor Wentworth Lund of Salt Lake City. A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, was held on October 20, 2005, conducted by Spencer V. Jones, a general authority and president of the church's Central America Area. The temple is on 6.96 acres lot on a hillside overlooking the Panama Canal. After construction was completed, Nearly 33,000 people visited the temple during its public open house, which received front-page coverage in Panama's largest newspaper. The temple was dedicated on August 10, 2008, by church president Thomas S. Monson.
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