Durban South Africa Temple |
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Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement; groundbreaking not announced |
The Durban South Africa Temple is currently in the planning and approval phase. No groundbreaking date has been announced.
Renderings of the Durban South Africa Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.
No site location has been officially announced for the Durban South Africa Temple.
On October 1, 2011, President Thomas S. Monson announced the construction of a temple in Durban, South Africa, in the opening session of the 181st Semiannual General Conference.1
The nation of South Africa has 12 stakes, 4 districts, and 1 operating temple in the city of Johannesburg, over 350 miles (570 kilometers) northwest of Durban. The city of Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. With a metropolitan population of almost 4.5 million people, it is the country's third largest city, behind Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The Durban South Africa Temple will be the fourth temple built in Africa and the second built in South Africa, following the Johannesburg South Africa Temple (1985).
1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "New Temples Announced for France, Africa, Colombia, Utah and Wyoming," 1 Oct. 2011.
