Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Construction Status

The Tacloban City Philippines Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.

Temple Rendering

Renderings of the Tacloban City Philippines Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.

Temple Site

On March 25, 2024, the location of the Tacloban City Philippines Temple was officially announced as a 6.99-acre property located at at Tacloban Bypass Road, Brgy. Utap-Caibaan in Tacloban City. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 21,407 square feet.¹

Temple Announcement

On October 3, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Tacloban City Philippines Temple at the October 2021 General Conference. There are more than 805,000 Latter-day Saints in over 1,225 congregations in the Philippines. Tacloban is in the Eastern Visayas region of the country. The city was hit by a deadly typhoon in 2013, but Latter-day Saints and their friends came together to rebuild homes and revitalize the area. This will be the eighth temple in the country. There are two operating temples in the Philippines and five others announced or under construction. The Manila Philippines Temple was dedicated in 1984, and the Cebu City Philippines Temple was dedicated in 2010. The other five temples are the Alabang Philippines Temple, Bacolod Philippines Temple, Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple, Davao Philippines Temple, and the Urdaneta Philippines Temple.²