Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple

During his remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple, President Gordon B. Hinckley announced that a temple would be built in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.¹

Quetzaltenango is Guatemala's second largest city located 128 miles northwest of Guatemala City (largest city) in a large valley surrounded by mist-covered mountains and two volcanoes. The Quetzaltenango temple and recently announced Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple and San Salvador El Salvador Temple will help relieve demands on the Guatemala City Guatemala Temple, which currently serves nearly 130 stakes and districts from Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.