San Juan Puerto Rico Temple

Dedication for the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple

The San Juan Puerto Rico Temple was dedicated on Jan. 15, 2023, by Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. It was announced five years earlier by President Russell M. Nelson

The San Juan Puerto Rico Temple serves members on the island and surrounding areas, saving them the expense of traveling to the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple. The location of the Puerto Rico temple allows them the opportunity to attend the house of the Lord more regularly.

Dedicatory prayer excerpt: “Dear Father, we pray that the presence of Thy temple on this island may draw down Thy blessings upon Puerto Rico, its people and its leaders. In recent years, they have endured storms and natural disasters that have caused destruction, hardship and suffering. Bless them now with a period of calm and respite and with the time and means to recover and rebuild and to prepare for a brighter future.”

Read the dedicatory prayer of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple here.

Timeline for the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple

October

07

2018

Announced

President Russel M. Nelson announced plans to build the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple in the October 2018 general conference.

May

04

2019

Groundbreaking

The groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 4, 2019. The dedicatory prayer was given by Elder Walter F. González, a General Authority Seventy.

December

01

2022

Open house

The open house ran from Dec. 1-17 of 2022.

January

15

2023

Dedication

Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided at the temple’s Jan. 15, 2023, dedication and offered the dedicatory prayer.

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The dedication ceremony for the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple was held on Jan. 15, 2023, following the Dec. 1-17, 2022, open house. The house of the Lord serves members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Puerto Rico area, whose closest temple previously was the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple, 250 miles away. The San Juan Puerto Rico Temple serves five stakes and over 23,000 members at the time of it’s dedication.

Architecture and Design for the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple

The artistic rendering for the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple was released on Jan. 12, 2019. The architecture is based on Spanish colonial style, with a single domed spire above the entrance of the temple. This house of the Lord is a single-story building with 6,998 square feet, and it sits on 2.97 acres of land.

Interior Photos of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple

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A sealing room inside the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. In a sealing room, a bride and groom kneel together at an altar to be sealed for this life and for eternity. This ordinance is also sometimes referred to as “temple marriage” or “eternal marriage.”

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The interior glass patterns were inspired by quatrefoil motifs seen in Spanish colonial architecture. The same pattern is repeated in ordinance room fabrics using the colors blue, gold, opal white and green.

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Light fixture inside the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple.

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Interior of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple.

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The celestial room inside the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. This room is a place of quiet peace, prayer and reflection meant to symbolize heaven, where families may live forever in the presence of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

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Stained glass detail inside the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. The interior glass patterns were inspired by quatrefoil motifs seen in Spanish colonial architecture.

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Interior detail in the celestial room of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple.

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Interior of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. Images of the Savior Jesus Christ are displayed throughout the temple.

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Interior of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple.

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The baptistry inside the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. In the temple, baptisms and other essential ordinances are performed by the living on behalf of those who have died without the opportunity. Such ordinances extend the saving grace of Jesus Christ to all people.

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