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Cobán Guatemala Temple

Preparing for public open house beginning 25 April 2024; scheduled to be dedicated on 9 June 2024
Cobán Guatemala Temple

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Location

4a. Avenida 4-48 Zona 8
Barrio Bella Vista
Cobán, Alta Verapaz
Guatemala

Announcement: 

5 October 2019

Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 

14 November 2020 by Brian K. Taylor

Public Open House: 

25 April–11 May 2024

Dedication: 

9 June 2024 by Dale G. Renlund

Site: 

5.4 acres  |  2.2 hectares

Architectural Features: 

Single attached end tower

Ordinance Rooms: 

One instruction room, one sealing room, and one baptistry

Total Floor Area: 

8,800 square feet  |  818 square meters

Elevation: 

4,346 feet  |  1,325 meters

Open House and Dedication

A public open house for the Cobán Guatemala Temple has been announced for Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, May 11, excluding Sundays. Before the public open house, a media day will be held on Monday, April 22, and tours for invited guests will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 23 and 24. Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple in two sessions at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. CST on Sunday, June 9, 2024.1


Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Brian K. Taylor, president of the Central America Area, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cobán Guatemala Temple on November 14, 2020. Located in the highlands of central Guatemala, Cobán will be the third city in Guatemala to have a temple. The nation's fourth temple has been announced for an unknown location in the Guatemala City metropolitan area. The 5.4-acre site for the 8,800-square-foot temple is adjacent to an existing meetinghouse in Barrio Bella Vista. Plans call for a patron housing facility and meetinghouse to also be constructed on site. In his dedicatory prayer, Elder Taylor prayed, "Wilt Thou accept our offering and may Thy grace and presence abide here and in our lives always is our humble prayer and earnest petition." The recorded ceremony will be broadcast this evening at 6:00 p.m. CST. 2


Temple Design

The Cobán Guatemala Temple will be a single-level building of approximately 8,800 square feet to be built next to the meetinghouse for the Cobán 2nd Ward. Plans also call for a temple patron housing facility to be constructed behind the temple.


Temple Rendering

On May 25, 2020, an official exterior rendering of the Cobán Guatemala Temple was released.


Temple Site

On May 25, 2020, the location of the Cobán Guatemala Temple was announced. The temple will be constructed in the southeastern section of the city in Zone 8 adjacent to the meetinghouse for the Cobán 2nd Ward.3


Temple Announcement

On October 5, 2019, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Cobán Guatemala Temple at the 189th Semiannual General Conference.4


  1. "Open House and Dedication Dates for Temples in Guatemala, Argentina and Utah," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 16 Jan. 2024.
  2. "Church Breaks Ground for Cobán Guatemala Temple," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 14 Nov. 2020.
  3. "See What the New Temples in Guatemala and Japan Will Look Like," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 5 May 2020.
  4. "President Nelson Announces Eight New Temples During General Conference," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 5 Oct. 2019.