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

Groundbreaking Ceremony

On Saturday, August 17, Elder Ciro Schmeil, First Counselor in the Brazil Area Presidency, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Londrina Brazil Temple. During his site dedicatory prayer, Elder Schmeil said: "May all members and nonmembers who reside in this temple district feel Your love and mercy and thus have the desire to draw closer to You through the sacred covenants made in the temples." Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 32,000 square feet.¹

Temple Rendering

On January 8, 2024, the official exterior rendering of the Londrina Brazil Temple was released.²

Temple Site

On November 28, 2022, the location of the Londrina Brazil Temple was announced. The single-story temple of approximately 32,000 square feet will be built on Avenida Harry Prochet in the Jardim São Jorge neighborhood of Londrina.³

Temple Announcement

On October 2, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Londrina Brazil Temple at the October 2022 General Conference. Londrina is a city located in the state of Paraná in South Brazil. The state is home to Iguaçu Falls with hundreds of cascades straddling the border with Argentina and Paraguay. This will be the second temple in the state of Paraná with the first temple in Curitiba. There are 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in Brazil in more than 2,100 congregations. The temple in Londrina is the 17th announced temple for Brazil. At the time of its announcement, there were dedicated temples located in Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; three under construction in Belém, Brasília, and Salvador; and others announced for Belo Horizonte, East São Paulo, Maceió, Santos, and Vitória.⁴