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Presidency: Gerald Mortimer, president, Linda Mortimer, matron
Reynaldo L. Cuyong, first counselor, Virginia Cuyong, assistant to the matron
Jesse Lee Byram, second counselor, Debra Byram, assistant to the matron
Announced: April 18, 2006.
Location: Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines.
Site: 11.6 acres.
Exterior finish: Mountain grey granite from China.
Architects: Architectural Nexus, Salt Lake City, Utah. Recio & Casa Architects, Makati City, Philippines.
Project manager: Knut Klavenes
Contractor: DDT Konstract, Inc., Philippines.
Rooms: Two ordinance rooms, two sealing rooms, celestial room, baptistry.
Total floor area: 29,556 square feet
District: More than 200,000 members living in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
Groundbreaking, site dedication: Nov. 14, 2007,by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Dedication: June 13, 2010, by President Thomas S. Monson, 3 sessions.
Dedicatory prayer excerpt: "We are in a nation of many islands, whose people love truth and whose hearts are responsive to the message of the eternal gospel. We thank Thee for their faith. We thank Thee for their spirit of sacrifice. Bless them that neither they nor the generations which follow them will go hungry or be without shelter from the storms that beat about them."
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