Panama City Panama Temple
building in Panama City, Panama
The Panama City Panama Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cárdenas, a suburb of Panama City, Panama. The intent to build the temple was announced by the First Presidency on August 23, 2002, in a letter to local church leaders. It is the first in Panama, the third in Central America, and the church's 127th operating temple worldwide. The temple has a single central spire with a statue of the angel Moroni on its top, and the exterior is China stone with art-glass windows. It was designed by the architectural firm Mallol & Mallol of Panama City and Naylor Wentworth Lund of Salt Lake City. A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, was held on October 20, 2005, conducted by Spencer V. Jones, a general authority and president of the church's Central America Area. The temple is on 6.96 acres lot on a hillside overlooking the Panama Canal. After construction was completed, Nearly 33,000 people visited the temple during its public open house, which received front-page coverage in Panama's largest newspaper. The temple was dedicated on August 10, 2008, by church president Thomas S. Monson.
History
The church's first congregation in Panama was organized in 1941.
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