Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Denelson Silva, First Counselor in the Africa South Area Presidency, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for Antananarivo Madagascar Temple on Saturday, March 15, 2025. He was accompanied by Elder Dwayne J. van Heerden, Area Seventy, and other local leaders and dignitaries. In his site dedicatory prayer, spoken in Malagasy, Elder Silva asked "that not only the workforce, but the neighborhood, this city, this country and all the other cities that will be part of the district of the future Antananarivo Madagascar Temple can also feel that Thy future house will bring more peace, more hope and bring more faith in their lives."¹

Temple Rendering

On February 3, 2025, the official exterior rendering of the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple was released to the public.²

Temple Site

On December 11, 2023, the location of the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple was announced as a 9.8-acre site next to a U.S. Embassy on Lalana Général Andrimahazo where the meetinghouse for the Ambohijanahary and Ambohimanarina Wards is located. The property is situated in Fokontany Andranoro, Commune Ambohibao, Antehiroka in Antananarivo. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet with patron housing and arrival facilities.³

Temple Announcement

Plans to construct the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple were announced by President Russell M. Nelson at the closing session of the October 2021 General Conference. There are nearly 13,000 Church members in more then 40 congregations on the island nation of Madagascar. The temple in Antananarivo will be the country's first temple. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, and the capital of Antananarivo is home to more than 1.4 million people. The Church has been established in Madagascar since 1993.⁴

Temple Facts

The Antananarivo Madagascar Temple will be the first temple built in Madagascar.