Panamá City Panamá Temple

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Panamá City Panamá Temple
Number	TBD	edit data
Announcement	2002-08-23
Groundbreaking	2005-10-30 by Spencer V. Jones
Open House	11 July - 26 July 2008
Dedication	2008-08-10
Temple design	Classic modern, single spire design
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Announced in 2002, the Panamá City Panamá Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is under construction. Located in Cárdenas, a suburb of Panamá City, it will be the first LDS Temple in Panamá. The expected completion date is 2008.^[1]

The plans to build a temple in Panamá City were announced by the LDS Church on August 23, 2002.^[2] Ground was broken and the site was dedicated on October 30, 2005, by Spencer V. Jones, a member of the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy and the president of the church's Central America Area.^[3] On May 4, 2007, a statue of the Angel Moroni was added to the temple's spire.^[1]

The temple is being built adjacent to the LDS Church's Cárdenas Ward meetinghouse, close to the Panama Canal.^[3] When completed, the Panamá City Panamá Temple will serve Latter-day Saints in all of Panamá. There are 39,000 Latter-day Saints in Panamá in seven stakes and eight mission districts.^[3]

The temple's dedication will be held on August 10, 2008 in four sessions. Prior to the dedication, on August 9 there will be a cultural celebration performed by Panamanian youth members of the church.^[1]