18/02/2025
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the location of the Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple. An exterior rendering of the house of the Lord in Tuguegarao City has also been released.
The Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple will be built on a 2.6 hectare site south of Enrile Avenue, Cariq Regional Centre, Tuguegarao, Philippines. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 1,750 square meters. Patron housing and a distribution center will also be constructed.
The Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple will be the 13th in the country. The other 12 temples that have been announced, are under construction or are in operation in the country include those in Alabang, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Davao, Iloilo, Laoag, Manila, Naga, Santiago, Tacloban City and Urdaneta.
There are nearly 900,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 1,300 congregations in the Philippines. Since the country officially opened for missionary work in 1961, Church growth there has been among the fastest in the world.