The Praia Cape Verde Temple becomes the Church’s 173rd temple, dedicated just five weeks after the Yigo Guam Temple on an island in the Pacific Ocean on the other side of the globe. The two share a number of commonalities, besides their isle-of-the-sea locations. Both temples were announced by President Russell M. Nelson in October 2018 general conference. Both had groundbreaking ceremonies and site dedications on May 4, 2019 — Praia’s by Elder Paul V. Johnson, a General Authority Seventy. And both temples have one instruction room, one sealing room and one baptistry, with the flexibility to interchange instruction and sealing rooms or have two of one or another at any time as needed. The Praia temple is 8,759 square feet, built on 4.46-acre site that includes a new stake center. The temple features a dome and spire above its entrance, reflective of local architecture and design. Although the Praia temple is the sixth associated with the African continent, Cabo Verde pertains to the Church’s Europe North Area.