SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 9, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — The Barranquilla Colombia Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formally dedicated Sunday.
According to a Church news release, the temple was dedicated in three sessions by President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church.
Prior to the first session, President Oaks, Elder Ulisses Soares, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and local Church leaders took part in a cornerstone ceremony, symbolizing the completion of the temple.
This is the Church’s 161st temple worldwide and its second temple in Colombia. It will serve approximately 35,000 Latter-day Saints, the news release said.
The first temple was completed in Bogota in 1999.
