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President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2019, one of eight new temple locations he identified in the Sunday afternoon session of April 2019 general conference. It will be Hungary’s first Latter-day Saint temple and the 16th in Europe, announced just 12 months after a temple was announced for Russia.
When the announcement was made, Budapest Hungary Mission President Kyle B. Hettinger — who was watching a livestream of the conference session with his wife just before midnight local time — said his mobile phone came to life.
“We received many immediate emails, texts and social media contacts about the wonderful blessing of a temple here,” he said. “Right now, the temple that the majority of members go to in Hungary and western Romania is the Freiberg temple in Germany. The faithful, pioneering Saints will be thrilled. We are excitedly anticipating the intensified progress of the Lord’s work here.”
A former Eastern Bloc country, Hungary was home to more than 5,000 Latter-day Saints at the time of the temple’s announcement. While having a small presence in the country since the late 1800s, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints didn’t receive long-lasting legal recognition in Hungary until 1988.
President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2019, during the final session of April 2019 general conference.
The Budapest Hungary Temple was announced April 7, 2019, by Church President Russell M. Nelson. A date for the temple’s groundbreaking has not yet been announced.
According to site plans released Oct. 9, 2023, the Budapest Hungary Temple will be a single-story building of approximately 18,000 square feet. It will be built on a 5.92-acre site at the northwest intersection of Kocsis Sandor ut and Borsikafu utca, Harsánylejtő, Budapest, Hungary.
7 April 2019
Kocsis Sandor ut and Borsikafu utca
Harsánylejtő
Budapest
Hungary
This will be the first Latter-day Saint temple built in Hungary.
On April 19, 1987, President Russell M. Nelson — then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles — dedicated Hungary for missionary work in a prayer and ceremony on Budapest’s Gellert Hill. The Church received official recognition in the country on June 1, 1988.
This will be the first Latter-day Saint temple built in Hungary.
On April 19, 1987, President Russell M. Nelson — then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles — dedicated Hungary for missionary work in a prayer and ceremony on Budapest’s Gellert Hill. The Church received official recognition in the country on June 1, 1988.