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President Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced the Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple on Oct. 3, 2021, during the Sunday afternoon session of October 2021 general conference. A house of the Lord in this southern Taiwan city was among 13 sacred edifices announced worldwide by the Church President — and the second for this East Asia island nation.
Because of the difference in time zones from the Far East to Salt Lake City, Taiwan Taichung Mission President Karl J. Fields was able to share the “glorious news” of a temple for Kaohsiung with his missionaries as they were awaking. Learning there was to be a house of the Lord in southern Taiwan was, President Fields related, “the answer to many, many prayers of the faithful Saints” of the region.
More than 40 years previous to the announcement of the Kaohsiung temple, President Fields had been a young missionary serving on the island when the Church was relatively young in Taiwan. When he and his wife, Sister Melanie Fields, arrived as mission leaders, they found second-, third- and fourth-generation Latter-day Saints raising “amazing young men and young women” to serve as missionaries.
President Fields called the announcement of the Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple “fulfillment of the prophecy that temples will dot the lands of the world.”
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Oct. 3, 2021, during October 2021 general conference. It was one of 13 temples announced at the conference — and the second sacred edifice for this East Asia island nation.
Ground will be broken for the Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple on Nov. 25, 2023. Elder Benjamin M. Z. Tai — a General Authority Seventy and president of the Asia Area — will preside over the ceremony.
The Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple was announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson on Oct. 3, 2021. The Church released a site location for a sacred edifice in the Niaosong District of Kaohsiung City on Nov. 28, 2022.
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Nov. 25, 2023, with Elder Benjamin M. Z. Tai, Asia Area president, presiding.
According to site plans released by the Church on Nov. 28, 2022, the Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple will be a single-story building of approximately 10,900 square feet. The edifice will stand on a 1.26-acre site in the Niaosong District of Kaohsiung City.
Architectural renderings of the house of the Lord show an off-white exterior surrounded by rectangular windows. A five-tiered tower topped with a steeple extending upward from a small orb stands above the center of the building. Trees, shrubs and flower gardens adorn the grounds.
3 October 2021
25 November 2023
Dachang Road and Dehua Street
Niaosong District
Kaohsiung City
Taiwan
This will be the second Latter-day Saint temple in Taiwan. The Taipei Taiwan Temple, in the capital city on the northern end of this island nation, was dedicated in 1984.
When a house of the Lord for Kaohsiung was announced, Taiwan had approximately 61,000 Latter-day Saints among some 110 congregations.
The closest temple to Kaohsiung is currently the Taipei Taiwan Temple, a distance of approximately 177 miles away to the northeast.
The country’s main island is named Taiwan, also known as “Formosa,” which dates to Portuguese sailors noting the island on their map as “Formosa insula” — or “beautiful island.”
This will be the second Latter-day Saint temple in Taiwan. The Taipei Taiwan Temple, in the capital city on the northern end of this island nation, was dedicated in 1984.
When a house of the Lord for Kaohsiung was announced, Taiwan had approximately 61,000 Latter-day Saints among some 110 congregations.
The closest temple to Kaohsiung is currently the Taipei Taiwan Temple, a distance of approximately 177 miles away to the northeast.
The country’s main island is named Taiwan, also known as “Formosa,” which dates to Portuguese sailors noting the island on their map as “Formosa insula” — or “beautiful island.”