The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the groundbreaking ceremony for the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple. The future site of the Florianópolis Brazil Temple has also been released.
Antananarivo Madagascar Temple
The groundbreaking services for the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple will be held on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Elder Denelson Silva, First Counselor in the Africa South Area Presidency, will preside.
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The Antananarivo Madagascar Temple will be built on a 9.8 acre site located at Fokontany Andranoro, Ambohibao, Antehiroka, Andranomena, Madagascar. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet, with patron housing and arrival facilities.
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced this temple during the October 2021 general conference.
“Everything taught in the temple, through instruction and through the Spirit, increases our understanding of Jesus Christ,” he said during the same general conference.
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country off the southeastern coast of Africa and is the world’s fourth-largest island. This temple will be the first in Madagascar, which is home to more than 15,000 Latter-day Saints in over 40 congregations.
The preaching of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ formally began there in 1998, with the formation of the Madagascar Antananarivo Mission. In September 2000, the Antananarivo Madagascar Stake was organized.
Florianópolis Brazil Temple
The Florianópolis Brazil Temple will be built on a 5.5 acre site located at Rua Cassol, 1120, Kobrasol, São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil. This will be the city’s first temple.
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The future location of the Florianópolis Brazil Temple.© 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.Detailed designs for the temple are still being developed. Further information — including exterior renderings — will be made public later.
President Nelson announced this temple during the April 2024 general conference.
The Portuguese translation of the Book of Mormon, first published in 1940, signaled a new era for the Church in Brazil. As missionaries began preaching in Portuguese, the Church in Brazil grew faster than in any other country in South America.
Today, there are approximately 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in Brazil in nearly 2,200 congregations.
The temple in Florianópolis will be the 23rd house of the Lord in Brazil. Eight other temples have been announced in Brazil. They will be located in Goiânia, João Pessoa, Maceió, Natal, Santos, São Paulo East, Teresina and Vitória. Eleven temples are in operation in Brazil: the Belém, Brasília, Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo Temples. The Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple, Londrina Brazil Temple and Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple are currently under construction.
Temples differ from the Church’s meetinghouses (chapels). All are welcome to attend Sunday worship services and other weekday activities at local meetinghouses. The primary purpose of temples is for faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ to participate in sacred ceremonies that unite families forever.