Announcement of the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple
President Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple on Oct. 2, 2022, during the Sunday afternoon session of the October 2022 general conference.
After two German Latter-day Saint families immigrated to Argentina in 1923, they asked the First Presidency to send missionaries. Apostle Melvin J. Ballard arrived in 1925 to dedicate South America for missionary work. The first stake in South America was organized in Buenos Aires in 1966. When the Buenos Aires City Center temple was announced, there were 21 stakes in Buenos Aires and 78 in all of Argentina.
Timeline of the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple
The Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple was announced by President Nelson on Oct. 2, 2022. Details about the temple’s groundbreaking have not yet been released.
Architecture and Design of the Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple
According to site plans released by the Church on Dec. 6, 2024, the Buenos Aires Argentina City Center Temple will stand on a 1.56-acre site on the southwest corner of Avenida Córdoba and Calle Reconquista, in the San Nicolás district of central Buenos Aires, in the province of the same name.