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

Open House and Dedication

A public open house for the San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple has been announced for Thursday, September 12, through Saturday, September 28, 2024, excluding Sundays. A media day will be held on Monday, September 9, 2024, followed by two days of invited guest tours. Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will preside at the dedication on Sunday, October 13, 2024. Two sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. central daylight time.¹

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Ground was broken for the San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple—the country's second—on Saturday, September 5, 2020. Elder José Bernardo Hernández, an Area Seventy, presided over the event. Elder Hernández, who is originally from San Pedro Sula, said "Personal preparation [to go to the temple] will bring to our lives many unimaginable blessings, such as eternal life and uniting the family for eternity." He encouraged parents to teach their children the importance of following God’s commandments and encouraged the youth to attend the temple often to participate in the ordinances there.²

Temple Rendering

On August 5, 2020, an official exterior rendering of the San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple was released.

Temple Site

The San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple will be constructed in the northwest section of the city on Bulevar Mario Catarino Rivas.

Temple Announcement

On April 7, 2019, in his closing remarks for General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced that a second temple would be constructed in the nation of Honduras in the city of San Pedro Sula. There are eleven stakes organized in the metropolitan area of San Pedro Sula with additional stakes located in other areas of northern Honduras. Saints currently travel over 200 miles to the well-attended Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple to serve in the temple. Membership growth has been strong in this Central American nation where membership grew from 6,300 members in 1980 to 178,200 members in 2019.³

Temple Facts

The San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple will be the eighth temple built in Central America and the second built in Honduras, following the Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple (2013).

The groundbreaking ceremony for the San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple was held on the same day as the groundbreaking for the Orem Utah Temple.