Alabang Philippines Temple


The Alabang Philippines Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under construction in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines.

History

In 1961, Gordon B. Hinckley and a small gathering of members at the Manila American Cemetery marked the beginning of the LDS Church in the Philippines. With more than 800,000 members in the country, the Philippines has the fourth largest membership in the world after the United States, Mexico and Brazil.
The Alabang Philippines Temple was announced by Thomas S. Monson in April 2017. The temple will be a two-story building with a tall, tapering spire over the main entrance, and a patron housing facility behind the building.
A groundbreaking was originally scheduled for May 2, 2020, under the direction of D. Todd Christofferson. However, the groundbreaking was delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The groundbreaking occurred on June 4, 2020, with the area president, Evan A. Schmutz, presiding. The groundbreaking for this temple marks the first time in the church's history that two temples are under construction at the same time in the Philippines..
The Alabang Philippines Temple will be the fourth LDS temple built in the Philippines, following the Manila, Cebu City, and Urdaneta temples. Three more temples were announced in 2018 and 2019, which are the Cagayan de Oro, Davao and Bacolod temples, but no dates have been set for groundbreaking. The Alabang temple and the Manila temple are 13 miles apart.