Description

Hungary is home to 5,250 Latter-day Saints organized into one stake and two districts. Legal recognition for the Church came in 1988, though the Church has maintained a small presence in the country since the late 1800s. Members in Hungary currently travel many hours to the Freiberg Germany Temple to participate in temple worship.^[1]”Prophet Announces Eight New Temples at April 2019 General Conference,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 7 Apr. 2019.

History

Announcement

On April 7, 2019, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Budapest Hungary Temple. the 16th temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe.

The Budapest Hungary Temple will be the sixteenth temple built in Europe and the first built in Hungary.

Temple site

No site location has been officially announced for the Budapest Hungary Temple.

Temple Render

Renderings of the Budapest Hungary Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.

Groundbreaking

The Budapest Hungary Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.

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