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Tacloban City Philippines Temple

Preparing for groundbreaking ceremony; groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday, 18 January 2025

Location

Tacloban Bypass Road
Brgy. Utap-Caibaan
Tacloban City, Leyte
Philippines

Announcement: 

3 October 2021

Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 

18 January 2025 by Michael B. Strong

Site: 

6.99 acres  |  2.8 hectares

Total Floor Area: 

21,407 square feet  |  1,989 square meters

Elevation: 

26 feet  |  8 meters

Construction Status

The Tacloban City Philippines Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.


Temple Rendering

Renderings of the Tacloban City Philippines Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.


Temple Site

On March 25, 2024, the location of the Tacloban City Philippines Temple was officially announced as a 6.99-acre property located on Tacloban Bypass Road in the Barangay Utap-Caibaan neighborhood of Tacloban City. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 21,407 square feet.1


Temple Announcement

On October 3, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Tacloban City Philippines Temple at the October 2021 General Conference. There are more than 805,000 Latter-day Saints in over 1,225 congregations in the Philippines. Tacloban is in the Eastern Visayas region of the country. The city was hit by a deadly typhoon in 2013, but Latter-day Saints and their friends came together to rebuild homes and revitalize the area. This will be the eighth temple in the country. There are two operating temples in the Philippines and five others announced or under construction. The Manila Philippines Temple was dedicated in 1984, and the Cebu City Philippines Temple was dedicated in 2010. The other five temples are the Alabang Philippines Temple, Bacolod Philippines Temple, Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple, Davao Philippines Temple, and the Urdaneta Philippines Temple.2


  1. "The Site for the Tacloban City Philippines Temple," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 25 Mar. 2024.
  2. "At the October 2021 General Conference, the Prophet Says the Church Will Build 13 More Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 3 Oct. 2021.

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