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

Barranquilla Colombia Temple

Barranquilla Colombia Temple

161st operating temple
Barranquilla Colombia Temple

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Address

Carrera 30 No. 1-1481
Villa Campestre
Barranquilla, Atlántico
Colombia
Telephone:  (+57) 5-310-0200

Services

NO clothing rental available
NO cafeteria available
NO patron housing available
Distribution center nearby (Store Locator)

Announcement: 

1 October 2011

Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 

20 February 2016 by Juan A. Uceda

Public Open House: 

3–24 November 2018

Dedication: 

9 December 2018 by Dallin H. Oaks

Exterior Finish: 

Limestone

Total Floor Area: 

24,000 square feet

Public Open House and Dedication

The public open house for the Barranquilla Colombia Temple will be held from Saturday, November 3, 2018, through Saturday, November 24 except for November 4, 11, and 18, 2018. Youth are invited to attend a devotional especially for them on Saturday, December 8, 2018. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, December 9, in three sessions at 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The dedication will be broadcast to all congregations in Colombia.


Groundbreaking Ceremony

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Barranquilla Colombia Temple took place on Saturday, February 20, 2016, in the 50th anniversary year of the Church in Colombia. Elder Juan A. Uceda, president of the South America Northwest Area, presided at the ceremony. It was no coincidence, he explained, that construction of the country's second temple was beginning in that anniversary year. The hand of the Lord is at work. He challenged members to make temple attendance a regular family tradition, to hang photographs of the temple in their homes, and to conduct family history research. In his dedicatory prayer, he asked the Lord's blessings on all who would participate in the temple's construction including government leaders. Following the prayer, Church and civic leaders formally broke ground for the temple. Afterward, many more took the opportunity to turn a shovelful of dirt.1


Temple Site

The Barranquilla Colombia Temple will stand in the picturesque oceanside community of Puerto Colombia across from Colegio Alemán, approximately two kilometers west of Barranquilla proper. The elevated property, located on the highway to Cartagena, commands a beautiful view of the Magdalena River—the largest river in Colombia—and of the ocean.2


Temple Announcement

President Thomas S. Monson announced the Barranquilla Colombia Temple on October 1, 2011, during the Saturday morning session of the 181st Semiannual General Conference. In 1966, the first LDS missionaries arrived in the country of Colombia where there are now more than 173,000 members organized into 29 stakes and 11 districts.3


Temple Facts

The Barranquilla Colombia Temple will be the second temple built in Colombia, following the Bogotá Colombia Temple
57th operating templeBogotá Colombia Temple (1999).

  1. "Ground is broken at site of future temple in Barranquilla, Colombia," Church News 20 Feb. 2016, 1 Apr. 2016 <http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865648199/Ground-broken-at-site-of-future-temple-in-Barranquilla-Colombia.html>.
  2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "Nuevo Templo Mormón en Barranquilla, Colombia," 26 Jun. 2012.
  3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "New Temples Announced for France, Africa, Colombia, Utah and Wyoming," 1 Oct. 2011.