Montréal Québec Temple |
86th operating temple |
Phone Number: 450-646-5775.
Site: 2.4 acres.
Exterior Finish: Bethel white granite from northern Vermont.
Temple Design: Classic modern, single-spire design.
Number of Rooms: Two ordinance rooms and two sealing.
Total Floor Area: 10,700 square feet.
Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 9 April 1999 by Gary J. Coleman
Public Open House: 20–27 May 2000
Dedication: 4 June 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley
11,842 members benefit from the blessings of the Montréal Québec Temple district to which they belong. These members are broken into four stakes and one district — the Montreal Quebec Stake, Montreal Mount Royal Quebec Stake, the Ottawa Ontario Stake, and the Montpelier Vermont Stake.
In his comments at the groundbreaking ceremony held in the empty garage of a vacated automobile dealership which will be removed before construction begins, Elder Coleman of the Seventy and second counselor in the North America Northeast Area presidency encouraged members to "come often…come with the family…come with the family names…in establishing the Lord's temple in Montreal."
President Benoit Duquette of the Montreal stake remarked that when he joined the Church in 1975, members from the area drove 45 hours to attend the Alberta Temple in Cardston or would fly to the Swiss Temple. Since 1990, members have traveled for six hours to attend the Toronto Ontario Temple.
"As we stand here this morning," said President Walter Svenson of the Mount Royal stake, "although the spot is still without form, with our spiritual eyes we can see a…fountain of potential blessings, a hill of personal challenge and the mountain of the Lord's house, foreseen by Isaiah."
Gerard Pelchat, the first stake president in the Montreal stake, remembers telling friends in the Toronto temple a year ago of his desire for a temple in Montreal. "I never dreamed it would happen, let alone this soon," he said (Church News, 17 April 1999).
