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Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple
Planning and approval phase; site location announced; clearing temple site; groundbreaking not announced
Announcement:
1 April 2018Site:
4.9 acres | 2.0 hectaresTotal Floor Area:
18,449 square feet | 1,714 square metersElevation:
28 feet | 9 metersConstruction Status
The Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.
Temple Rendering
Renderings of the Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.
Temple Site
On December 18, 2023, the location of the Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple was announced as a 4.9-acre property located at Lot 2163-c and Lot 2163-d on Rosario Limketkai Avenue in Cagayan de Oro City. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 18,449 square feet. An ancillary building with an arrival center, patron housing, and distribution center will also be constructed.1
Temple Announcement
President Russell M. Nelson announced the construction of a fifth temple for the Philippines during his closing remarks at the Sunday Afternoon Session of General Conference on April 1, 2018. The Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple will be constructed in the southern Philippines on the island of Mindanao—the second largest island in the Philippines with a population of over 20 million. There are approximately 750,000 members in the country organized into more than 100 stakes and dozens of districts. Currently operating in the Philippines are the Manila Philippines Temple and the Cebu City Philippines Temple. The Urdaneta Philippines Temple and a second temple for the greater Manila area are in the planning and construction stages.2
Temple Facts
The Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple will be the seventh temple built in the Philippines and the second built in Mindanao, following the Davao Philippines Temple (under construction).
- "Sites Announced for Temples in England and the Philippines," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 18 Dec. 2023.
- "Seven Temples Announced as April 2018 General Conference Closes," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Apr. 2018.