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SALT LAKE CITY — A public open house gets underway today at the Manaus Brazil Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church also has released renderings of temples planned in Connecticut and Indiana.
Manaus, Brazil open house and dedication
Public tours of the Manaus Brazil Temple begin today and continue through June 2, except for Sundays. Tickets are not required to attend.
The temple will be formally dedicated Sunday, June 10. A cultural celebration will be held the day before the dedication.
Once dedicated, this will be the 138th operating LDS temple worldwide and the sixth in Brazil. The other temples in Brazil are located in:
- Recife
- Campinas
- São Paulo
- Curitiba
- Porto Alegre
Another temple is under construction in Fortaleza.
- Branco Paris granite from Brazil
- Traditional art glass
- Blue and earth toned color scheme
- Original murals by Alexandre Reider
- Original art by Leon Parson and Alexandre Reider
- Stone flooring is Giallo Ornamental granite, accented with granite and marble
- Wood, majority is ipe and tauari wood from Brazil
- Custom-designed Tiffany-style lead glass and Swarovski crystal chandeliers
The Manaus Brazil Temple will serve approximately 40,000 Latter-day Saints in 80 congregations throughout the region. The temple is just over 32,000 square feet, and stands at a total height 126 feet, including a 14-foot statue of the Angel Moroni.
According to Mormon Newsroom, the first known members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil were two German families who immigrated there — one in 1913 and the other in 1923. During the decade that followed, others joined the Church, and the first congregation was organized in 1930. By the end of the 1950s, church members totaled 3,700. Today, more than 1.1 million Latter-day Saints live in Brazil.
Connecticut and Indiana temple renderings
This week the church also released renderings of the planned Indianapolis Indiana Temple (click to view) and Hartford Connecticut Temple (click to view).
The church also said the temple in Connecticut will be built at 1024 Farmington Ave. in Farmington.
The church announced the site of the Indiana temple, to be built on the southwest corner of W116th and Spring Mill Road in Carmel, Ind., in January 2011.
Church Pres. Thomas S. Monson announced construction of both temples during October 2010 general conference.
