The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the open house and dedication dates for the Alabang Philippines Temple.
A media day will be held for the Alabang Philippines Temple on Monday, November 17, 2025. Invited guests will tour the temple Tuesday, November 18, through Thursday, November 20, 2025, and a public open house will be held from Friday, November 21, through Saturday, December 13, 2025, excluding Sundays.
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple on Sunday, January 18, 2026. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all congregations in the Alabang Philippines Temple district.
Manila Alabang Philippines Temple
An artist's rendering for the exterior of the Alabang Philippines Temple.2020 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.Then-Church President Thomas S. Monson announced this temple during the April 2017 general conference.
Once dedicated, the Alabang Philippines Temple will be the fourth house of the Lord in operation in the Philippines and second in the Manila metropolitan area. Other dedicated temples in the country include those in Cebu City, Manila and Urdaneta. Temples that are announced or under construction in the country include those in Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iloilo, Laoag, Naga, San Jose del Monte, Santiago, Tacloban City and Tuguegarao City.
There are more than 880,000 Latter-day Saints in over 1,300 local congregations in the Philippines. Since the country officially opened for missionary work in 1961, its Church growth rate has been among the fastest in the world.
Latter-day Saints worship in temples for several reasons: to feel God’s love and peace, to learn more about God’s plan for His children and the gospel of Jesus Christ, to make promises with God and with one’s husband or wife, and to unite families in this life and the next through sacred ordinances.