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

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Sandino Roman of the South America Northwest Area Presidency will preside at the groundbreaking services for the Iquitos Peru Temple on Saturday, October 10, 2026. This 20,000-square-foot (1,858-square-meter) house of the Lord will rise on a 1.75-acre (0.7-hectare) site located at Calle San Marcos 117–137 in the San Juan Bautista District of Iquitos.

Temple Rendering

On August 31, 2026, the official exterior rendering of the Iquitos Peru Temple was released to the public.¹

Temple Site

On January 29, 2024, the location of the Iquitos Peru Temple was announced as a 1.75-acre site located at Calle San Marcos 117–137 in the San Juan Bautista District of Iquitos where the Secoya Ward meetinghouse is located. Plans call for a temple of approximately 20,000 square feet.²

Temple Announcement

On April 2, 2023, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Iquitos Peru Temple at the April 2023 General Conference. It will be the seventh temple built in Peru. Iquitos is located in Northeast Peru along the Amazon River. It is one of the most populous cities in the country. Peru is home to 630,000 Latter-day Saints spread across nearly 780 congregations. The first Latter-day Saint missionaries arrived in the country in 1956. At the time of the announcement, the following temples were announced, under construction, or dedicated: the Arequipa Peru Temple, the Chiclayo Peru Temple, the Cusco Peru Temple, the Lima Peru Temple, the Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple, and the Trujillo Peru Temple.³