Johannesburg South Africa Temple

Johannesburg South Africa Temple
Number	36
Dedication	24 August 1985, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Floor area	19,184 sq ft (1,782.3 m2)
Height	112 ft (34 m)
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Church chronology
← Chicago Illinois Temple Johannesburg South Africa Temple → Seoul Korea Temple
Additional information
Announced	1 April 1981, by Spencer W. Kimball
Groundbreaking	27 November 1982, by Marvin J. Ashton
Open house	20 July – 10 August 1985
Designed by	Church A&E Services and Halford & Halford
Location	Johannesburg, South Africa
Geographic coordinates	26°10′40.98359″S 28°2′21.10199″E / 26.1780509972°S 28.0391949972°E / -26.1780509972; 28.0391949972
Exterior finish	Masonry exterior
Temple design	Modern adaptation of six-spire design
Baptistries	1
Ordinance rooms	4 (stationary)
Sealing rooms	3
Clothing rental	Yes
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The Johannesburg South Africa Temple is the 36th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

History

In April 1981, LDS Church leaders announced the building of a temple in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. Groundbreaking took place on 27 November 1982. Once the site of estates built by nineteenth-century mining magnates and financiers, the area around the temple now features hospitals, office buildings, and schools, many of which are housed in mansions from the Victorian era.^[1]

The temple is visible from many parts of the city with its six spires reaching into the sky. The edges of the building are finished with tiered layers of face brick.^[2] A gray slate roof and indigenous quartzite for the temple's perimeter walls and entrance archways are designed to fit in with the historic buildings nearby.^[1]

Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the temple on 24 August 1985.^[3] Although additional temples have been announced in Durban, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Johannesburg temple currently serves church members from the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Madagascar.

The temple has a total floor area of 19,184 square feet (1,782.3 m²), four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.

In 2020, the Johannesburg South Africa Temple was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.^[4]

See also

Johannesburg

Durban

Cape Town

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Temples in South Africa
Red = Operating
Blue = Under Construction
Yellow = announced
Black = Closed for Renovations

• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
• Temple architecture (LDS Church)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa

References

External links

• Johannesburg South Africa Temple Official site
• Johannesburg South Africa Temple at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org