Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple

The Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. The intent to build the temple was announced on February 25, 1999, by the First Presidency in letters to local priesthood leaders. It is the first in the state of Chiapas, the sixth in Mexico, and the church's 102nd operating temple. The temple has a single spire with a statue of the angel Moroni on its top and uses a classic modern design. Designed by architect Alvaro Inigo and church architectural and engineering employees, the structure has a white marble exterior from Torreón, Mexico. A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, was held on March 20, 1999, conducted by Richard E. Turley Sr., a general authority and counselor in the presidency of the Mexico South Area. The temple was dedicated by James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency, on March 12, 2000, the day after Faust dedicated the Oaxaca Mexico Temple. It was the last of four temples in Mexico dedicated in a two-week period that month.

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