Church Breaks Ground for Seventh Brazil Temple
Artist’s rendering of the Fortaleza Brazil Temple.
“This city will always be better and different because of the temple to be built here.” —Elder David A. Bednar, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
On November 15, 2011, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fortaleza Brazil Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Church’s seventh temple in Brazil.
“This temple will be a source of hope, light, and faith in God for all who come and walk here and in this field,” Elder Bednar said. “This city will always be better and different because of the temple to be built here.”
The temple will be built at Avenida Santos Dumont in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. President Thomas S. Monson announced construction of the Fortaleza Brazil Temple during the October 2009 general conference.
The Church has been in Brazil since 1929 and currently has more than 1,100,000 members spread among nearly 2,000 congregations.
