Latter-day Saint Church Announces Otavalo, Ecuador Temple, Third in Country

Overview

• The announcement, which came Thursday during a devotional in Otavalo, was read by Elder Juan Pablo Villar on behalf of the First Presidency.
• Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided at the gathering in the Francisco Páez Coliseum.
• The Otavalo temple will be Ecuador’s third, joining temples in Guayaquil dedicated in 1999 and Quito dedicated in 2022.
• The church said details on the exact location and timing will follow, and the event was broadcast live to local congregations.
• Otavalo sits about 60 miles from Quito and has more than 125,000 residents, with four nearby Latter-day Saint stakes, in a country where the church reports about 279,000 members across 45 stakes and 338 congregations.