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Calabar Nigeria Temple
Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released; groundbreaking not announced
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Announcement:
1 October 2023Site:
7 acres | 2.8 hectaresArchitectural Features:
Single attached end spireOrdinance Rooms:
Two instruction rooms, two sealing rooms, and one baptistryTotal Floor Area:
26,000 square feet | 2,415 square metersElevation:
207 feet | 63 metersConstruction Status
The Calabar Nigeria Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.
Temple Rendering
On November 10, 2025, the official exterior rendering of the Calabar Nigeria Temple was released to the public.
Temple Site
On November 10, 2025, the location of the Calabar Nigeria Temple was announced as a 7-acre property located on Atekong Drive in Calabar. Plans call for a single-story temple of 26,000 square feet along with patron housing, arrival facilities, and a meetinghouse.1
Temple Announcement
On October 1, 2023, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Calabar Nigeria Temple at the October 2023 General Conference. Calabar, a port city in southern Nigeria, located in West Africa, is home to more than 657,000 residents. The temple will be the fifth in the country, joining the Aba, Benin City, Eket and Lagos temples. At the time of the announcement, there were around 225,000 Latter-day Saints in approximately 770 congregations in Nigeria, which organized its first stake in 1988, ten years after the Church’s presence was established in the country. The first temple in Nigeria, the Aba Nigeria Temple, was dedicated in 2005.2
- "Groundbreaking Date for Jacksonville Florida Temple," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 10 Nov. 2025.
- "The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023.
