A Latter-day Saint temple in Brazil that was completed over a year and a half ago has new dates for an open house and dedication.
The temple in Rio de Janeiro Brazil was initially predicted will be dedicated on May 17, 2020, but this event and others have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new calendar of events, from March to May 2022, was announced Friday by the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The new dates are as follows:
- March 26-April 16 – Open day (except March 27, April 2-3 and April 10)
- Saturday May 7 – Youth Devotion (also broadcast to all units in the temple district)
- Sunday, May 8 – Temple dedication in three sessions, 9 a.m., noon, and 3 p.m. (also broadcast to all units in the temple district)
Gary E. Stevenson, former of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church will preside over the dedication. More details about the temple dedication will be announced in the future.
The Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple was one of two temples announced by President Thomas S. Monson in general conference in April 2013.
An inauguration ceremony took place on March 4, 2017.
the original ad for the open house and dedication took place on February 12, 2020. About a month later, the church announced that events would be postponed until it was deemed safe to host large public gatherings.
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There are more than 1.4 million members who attend more than 2,100 congregations, according to the church press room.
The Rio de Janeiro Temple will be the eighth completed temple in Brazil, with dedicated temples located in Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife and São Paulo. Other temples are under construction at Belem, Brasilia and Salvador, with others announced and in planning for Belo Horizonte, East of São Paulo and Vitória.
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