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

Groundbreaking Ceremony

The groundbreaking services for the Brussels Belgium Temple will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2025. Elder Jack N. Gerard, First Counselor in the Europe Central Area Presidency, will preside. A short program will be held, followed by a dedicatory prayer. Since the temple will be built within an existing building at Ave des Arts 52, no soil will be turned. Plans call for a multistory facility of approximately 25,500 square feet with a meetinghouse and arrival facilities.¹

Temple Rendering

On January 13, 2025, the official exterior rendering of the Brussels Belgium Temple was released to the public.²

Temple Site

On June 17, 2024, the location of the Brussels Belgium Temple was announced as an interior renovation of an existing building located at Ave des Arts 52 in Brussels. The building will house the multistory temple of approximately 25,500 square feet, a meetinghouse, and arrival facilities.³

Temple Announcement

On April 4, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Brussels Belgium Temple at the 191st Annual General Conference. About 7,000 Latter-day Saints in a dozen congregations reside in Belgium. The Brussels Belgium Temple will be the Church’s first temple in Belgium. Brussels, a major international center, is the European country’s capital. A convert from Turkey was the first member to arrive in Belgium in 1888. Missionaries laboring in Switzerland and Germany were also sent to Belgium. The first chapels built for French-speaking members in Europe were all completed in the 1930s. There are more than a dozen temples in Europe.⁴