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The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Brazzaville Republic of the Congo Temple will take place on August 23, 2025. Elder Thierry K. Mutombo, Africa Central Area President, is scheduled to preside over the event.
The temple will be constructed on a 1.5-acre site at Avenue de la Republique (T-Ville), ex rue de Lamonthe 103 et 109, Bacongo, Brazzaville. Plans detail a single-story building covering about 10,000 square feet, along with patron housing and arrival facilities. This will be the first temple built in Brazzaville.
Church President Russell M. Nelson first announced plans for this temple during the April 2022 general conference. At that time he said, “I plead with you to counter worldly ways by focusing on the eternal blessings of the temple,” and added, “Your time there brings blessings for eternity.”
This project marks the first house of worship of its kind for Latter-day Saints in the Republic of the Congo. In neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, a temple was dedicated in Kinshasa in 2019 and another is under construction in Lubumbashi. Additional temples have been announced for Kananga and Mbuji-Mayi.
The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Republic of the Congo dates back to members who returned from abroad in the 1980s and gathered in Brazzaville to establish church activities locally. By 1992, when then-Elder Russell M. Nelson and Richard G. Scott visited to dedicate the country for gospel preaching, a church district had already been formed.
Currently, there are nearly 14,000 members across about 40 congregations throughout the country.
Latter-day Saint temples are considered by members as sacred places distinct from regular meetinghouses or chapels. While all are welcome at Sunday services held at meetinghouses, temples are reserved for faithful members participating in ceremonies such as marriages intended to unite families forever and proxy baptisms conducted on behalf of deceased ancestors.
