14 September, 2011
Groundbreaking for a new temple in Trujillo, Peru took place on Wednesday, 14 September presided over by Elder Rafael E. Pino of the Seventy. The Trujillo Peru Temple will serve more than 88,000 Latter-day Saints in the region.

The Trujillo Peru Temple becomes the third temple in South America now in the planning and construction phases, along with temples planned for Manaus, Brazil, and Córdoba, Argentina, bringing the total number of temples in South America to 17.






