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San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple

Planning and approval phase; site location announced; groundbreaking not announced

Location

Arboleda 100
Fraccionamiento del Parque
78260  San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Mexico

Announcement: 

3 April 2022

Site: 

3.87 acres  |  1.6 hectares

Ordinance Rooms: 

One instruction room, one sealing room, and one baptistry

Total Floor Area: 

9,300 square feet  |  864 square meters

Elevation: 

6,169 feet  |  1,880 meters

Construction Status

The San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.


Temple Rendering

Renderings of the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.


Temple Site

On October 31, 2022, the location of the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple was announced as a 3.87-acre site located at Arboleda 100 in Fraccionamiento del Parque. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 9,300 square feet.1


Temple Announcement

On April 3, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple at the April 2022 General Conference. San Luis Potosí is the capital and the most populous city of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico. It is one of the area’s main industrial centers. More than one million people reside in the area, making it one of the largest metropolitan centers in Mexico. This will be the 18th temple in the country. There were 17 other temples in Mexico at the time of the announcement including the Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple, Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple, Culiacán Mexico Temple, Guadalajara Mexico Temple, Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple, Mérida Mexico Temple, Mexico City Mexico Temple, Monterrey Mexico Temple, Oaxaca Mexico Temple, Puebla Mexico Temple, Querétaro Mexico Temple, Tampico Mexico Temple, Tijuana Mexico Temple, Torreón Mexico Temple, Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple, Veracruz Mexico Temple and Villahermosa Mexico Temple.2


  1. "Locations Announced for Six Temples in the Americas," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 31 Oct. 2022.
  2. "President Nelson Announces 17 New Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 3 Apr. 2022.

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