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The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the locations of the Culiacán Mexico Temple and Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple. An exterior rendering of the house of the Lord in Tuguegarao City has also been released, and the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lethbridge Alberta Temple has been announced.
Culiacán Mexico Temple
The Culiacán Mexico Temple will be built on an approximately 5-acre site located off of Avenida Milenium in the Colonia Country Tres Rios, between the cross streets of Miguel Tamayo Espinoza de los Monteros and Boulevard José María Figueroa Díaz. Plans call for a one-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet, with an adjacent patron housing building.
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced this house of the Lord during the October 2021 general conference.
“Please make time for the Lord in His holy house,” he said then. “Nothing will strengthen your spiritual foundation like temple service and temple worship.”
The Culiacán Mexico Temple will be the 26th house of the Lord in the country. Dedicated temples in Mexico are found in Ciudad Juárez, Colonia Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tampico, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz and Villahermosa. There are also temples under construction or announced in Cancún, Chihuahua, Cuernavaca, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico City Benemérito, Pachuca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Toluca, Torreón and Tula.
Mexico is home to more than 1.5 million Latter-day Saints in nearly 1,900 congregations. Missionary work began in Mexico in 1875.
Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple
The Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple will be built on a 6.3-acre site south of Enrile Avenue, Cariq Regional Centre, Tuguegarao, Philippines. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 18,850 square feet. Patron housing and a distribution center will also be constructed.
An exterior rendering has also been released for the temple.
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Church Dedicates Global Education Center in Lagos, Nigeria
Educational opportunities for Nigerians increased significantly on 15 February, 2025 as Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the world’s fourth Global Education Center (GEC) in Lagos, Nigeria. Operating under the banner of the BYU Pathway Worldwide program, the GEC was commissioned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help build future leaders in both the home and the community.
The GEC, a large building that can accommodate up to 500 students, is not a school per se, as there are no teachers employed to teach there. Rather it is a place for students to come further their individual studies through the BYU Pathway Worldwide education program by using the resources available there, which include electricity, internet access, computers, and other facilities that are often difficult for students in Nigeria to access if they wish to pursue advanced education online. The opportunity to earn an accredited Bachelor’s degree at a significantly reduced price is available to members and non-members alike through BYU Pathway. Focused students can earn a degree in just three years at a cost of NGN 379,579. Additionally, the GEC’s, through the Pathway program, can provide students with internship opportunities and scholarships to aid in their pursuit of education.
Elder Christofferson, in his remarks prior to his dedicatory prayer, noted that globally the Church spends over $1 billion USD annually to support educational opportunities for the rising generation. Acknowledging that building brick and mortar institutions can’t satisfy the increasing demand for providing those opportunities, the Church is moving in the direction of online education and providing those opportunities through the BYU Pathway program. Global Education Centers provide support for the BYU Pathway program.
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