The open-house phase has begun on the Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This will be the fourth temple in Guatemala and the second in Guatemala City.
The public is invited to tour the sacred edifice Aug. 27 to Sept. 12, excluding Sundays. That follows a media day on Monday, Aug. 24, and invited-guest tours Aug. 25-26.
More than 30 local and national news representatives attended today’s media day. Leading them on tours were three General Authority Seventies: Elder Patricio M. Giuffra, president of the Church’s Central America Area; Elder Ryan K. Olsen, a member of the area presidency; and Elder Mark D. Eddy, assistant executive director of the Temple Department.
“The construction of the Miraflores temple represents much more than a historical event,” said Elder Giuffra, according to the Church’s Guatemala Newsroom. “It is a blessing that will allow the house of the Lord to be closer to many families and for them to participate more frequently in the blessings received in the temple.”
Speaking of the temple’s purpose to unite families and allow individuals to make covenants, Elder Eddy said, “The construction of this second temple in Guatemala City is a manifestation of God’s love for His children.”
On Oct. 11, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the Miraflores temple. The 10 a.m. dedicatory session, broadcast to all units in the temple district, will be rebroadcast at 2 p.m.
For Monday’s media day, the Church’s Guatemala Newsroom published interior and exterior photos of the Miraflores temple on Aug. 24.
It will be dedicated the same day that the Ephraim Utah Temple is dedicated, by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
About the Miraflores temple
A two-story building of approximately 30,000 square feet, the Miraflores temple stands on a 1.5-acre site.
Among the motifs in the temple’s design is that of the monja blanca. In addition to being Guatemala’s national flower, it’s a symbol of peace, resilience, beauty and spiritual calm. The name, “white nun orchid” in English, comes from the shape of its petals, which look like a nun in prayer, wrapped in a white robe.
On Oct. 4, 2020, President Nelson announced a temple for the greater Guatemala City area, later renamed the Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple.
Ground was broken for this temple on Dec. 3, 2022, with Elder Giuffra presiding and offering the dedicatory prayer on the site.
“May the neighbors and all who pass by this sacred ground feel the influence of Thy Spirit flowing from this place so that they have the desire to know about this sacred edifice,” prayed Elder Giuffra, then second counselor in the Central America Area presidency.
The Church in Guatemala
The Miraflores temple will join three other operating temples in the country: in Guatemala City (dedicated in 1984), Quetzaltenango (2011) and Cobán (2024).
Another is under construction — the Huehuetenango temple, since its March 2026 groundbreaking — and a final one is in planning stages in Retalhuleu, announced in April 2023.
The first Latter-day Saint missionaries arrived in Guatemala in 1947. Not many years later, the Central American Mission was created in 1952, with headquarters in Guatemala City.
More than 301,000 members of the Church now live in Guatemala, across nearly 440 wards and branches.
Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
Address: 13 Calle 5-56, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Announced: Oct. 4, 2020, by President Russell M. Nelson
Groundbreaking: Dec. 3, 2022, presided over by Elder Patricio M. Giuffra, a General Authority Seventy
Public open house: Aug. 27 through Sept. 12, 2026, excluding Sundays
To be dedicated: Oct. 11, 2026, by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Property size: 1.5 acres
Building size: 30,000 square feet
