Announcement of the Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple
On April 3, 2022, during April 2022 general conference, Church President Russell M. Nelson announced a second temple for Mexico City, Mexico. This was exactly 46 years, to the day, after President Spencer W. Kimball announced the Mexico City Mexico Temple on April 3, 1976.
The temple will be built near the Mexico Missionary Training Center, a campus repurposed from a private high school in mid-2013. The repurposing came just months after President Thomas S. Monson announced in October 2012 general conference that young men could serve missions at age 18 instead of 19 and that young women could serve at 19 instead of 21.
Currently, missionaries in the Mexico MTC travel around 8 miles through busy metropolitan streets — a one-way journey of half an hour by vehicle — to attend the temple. The new house of the Lord in Mexico City will eliminate this travel time almost entirely.
Timeline of the Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple
The Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple was announced on April 3, 2022, by President Russell M. Nelson. Details about the temple’s groundbreaking have not yet been released.
Architecture and Design of the Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple
On Oct. 31, 2022, the Church announced that the Mexico City Benemérito temple will be a two-story edifice of approximately 29,000 square feet. It will be located near the Mexico Missionary Training Center, approximately 8 miles from the Mexico City Mexico Temple.
Architectural renderings of the house of the Lord show an off-white exterior surrounded by tall, rectangular windows, with an arched window above the entryway. A multilevel tower with rectangular windows and a spire stands above the center of the building. Grass fields and flower gardens will adorn the grounds.