Hello again, everyone! Breaking temple news was just reported, as the First Presidency has confirmed the arrangements for the Puebla Mexico Temple groundbreaking, including a release of the artist's rendering. Contrary to what I had theorized, that groundbreaking will be held on Saturday November 30. Mexico Area President Elder Arnulfo Valenzuela will preside over the groundbreaking for this temple. Based on what I can gather from the artist's rendering, the temple will take between 3-4 years to complete. As I previously noted, this will be the fourth temple announced in October 2018 to have a groundbreaking ceremony this year. And I would imagine the exterior and interior look of this temple pays homage to Mexican architectural trends, especially around the area where the temple will be built.
The one thing I don't yet know is whether any other temple groundbreakings will be held between now and that of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple (which will take place on Saturday October 19) and this announced groundbreaking for the Puebla Mexico Temple, or whether any groundbreakings will be subsequently held after that of the Puebla temple before the end of this year. I hope we will find out either way, as there are at least 3 other temples that could soon have a groundbreaking.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Church Confirms Puebla Mexico Temple Groundbreaking
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Puebla is known as the City of Angels in Mexico (Spanish Angelópolis), and ironically its original name was Puebla de los Angeles (the area where Los Angeles California sits today was Pueblo de los Angeles). There are sixty some odd churches in the city center, and the architecture will have lots of Spanish colonial influence given that Puebla was and still is an important city, ever since the Conquest 500 years ago this year.
ReplyDeleteBryan, thank you for taking time to comment. I had been reasonable certain that the design of the Puebla temple drew on local architecture for inspiration. It is nice to have that confirmed. In the meantime, do you think a 3 year period or so sounds about right for the construction process on this temple? Or would it be closer to 2-3 years? I have set early-to-mid 2023 as a general initial completion estimate, so I wanted to make sure I had that right. In the meantime, thanks again for taking time to comment, Bryan! I always appreciate hearing from you.
DeleteHello again, everyone! The following additional Church news stories have been reported:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2019-09-24/groundbreaking-for-puebla-mexico-temple-announced-161482
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2019-09-24/tropical-storm-imelda-texas-houston-lds-161441
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2019-09-24/idaho-state-university-lds-business-college-devotional-161504
My thanks once again to you all for your continued interest and ongoing support.
And the following additional temple updates have also been reported: Construction on the Arequipa Peru Temple is now nearing completion. At the Durban South Africa Temple, the monument sign has been installed, trees and shrubs are being planted, work continues on the plaza and the wainscot stone settings, and more art glass has been installed while draperies continue to be hung.
ReplyDeleteAt the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple, asphalt is being installed, soft landscaping is being planted, the temple is being enclosed in preparation for winter striking that part of Canada, and meetinghouse brick is being laid. Meanwhile, clarification has been provided on the status of the Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire Temple, where pouring continues for the temple's main floor exterior walls.
And at the Pocatello Idaho Temple, the latest update shows that asphalt is being installed for the driveways and temple parking lots, and the work of building the retaining wall structures has been completed. It may still be too early to tell whether that temple may be dedicated before or after the dedication of the Quito Ecuador Temple, but until that is clarified, I stand by my previously-offered opinion as someone who is not an expert on matters relating to temple construction that that might possibly be the case. And the final temple construction update I have is on the renovation process for the Mesa Arizona Temple. That latest information indicates that stairs and walkways are being poured between the grounds of the temple and those of the Mesa Arizona Temple pageant and footings have been poured for the pageant stage.
I continue to monitor all Church news and temple updates and will do my level best to bring word of those to you all as I receive it. In the meantime, I am also working on a major overhaul of the "Groundbreaking anticipated" section of my temple construction progress report, which I hope to publish on this blog within the next couple of hours. I will also, as promised, be bringing a comparative look at temple construction progress during this third quarter of 2019 on the night when September 30 changes over to October 1, so be on the lookout for those projects at those times. In the meantime, my thanks once again to you all.