The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released site locations for two new houses of the Lord — the Tuguegarao City Philippines and Culiacán Mexico temples. An exterior rendering of the Tuguegarao City temple has also been released.
These sites and rendering were first published Tuesday, Feb. 18, on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple
A single-story edifice of approximately 18,850 square feet, the Tuguegarao City temple will stand on a 6.3-acre site south of Enrile Avenue, Carig, Tuguegarao, Philippines. Patron housing and a distribution center will also be built on the site.
The rendering of this house of the Lord shows arched entryways around the main doors and a multilevel tower with domed cupola above the center of the building.
On April 2, 2023, Church President Russell M. Nelson announced this sixth temple for the Philippine island of Luzon in April 2023 general conference. It was one of 15 temples announced at the conference.
The Tuguegarao City temple is one of 13 houses of the Lord operating, under construction or announced in the Philippines. These include temples in Manila, Cebu City and Urdaneta (dedicated); Alabang, Davao, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro and Tacloban City (under construction); and Naga, Santiago, Iloilo and Laoag (announced).
The Philippines has around 870,000 Latter-day Saints in almost 1,300 congregations.
Culiacán Mexico Temple
Planned to be a 10,000-square-feet structure of a single story, the Culiacán temple will be built off of Avenida Milenium in the Colonia Country Tres Ríos, between the cross streets of Miguel Tamayo Espinoza de los Monteros and Boulevard José María Figueroa Díaz.
The house of the Lord will stand on an approximately 5-acre site and adjacent to a patron housing building.
Culiacán was one of 13 temple sites President Nelson announced Oct. 3, 2021, at the conclusion of October 2021 general conference.
Mexico currently has 26 houses of the Lord operating, under construction or announced. The Culiacán temple joins those located in Mexico City, Colonia Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, Oaxaca, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Tampico, Villahermosa, Mérida, Veracruz, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana and Puebla (dedicated); Torreón, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí (under construction); and Mexico City Benemérito, Cuernavaca, Pachuca, Toluca, Tula, Cancún, Chihuahua and Juchitán de Zaragoza (announced).
The country has more than 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in nearly 1,900 congregations.
