In 1982, Spencer W. Kimball, then president of the LDS Church, announced a temple would be built in Ecuador.

Before the temple was dedicated, a public open house was held, which included attendance by government officials.

[citation needed] The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on August 1, 1999, by LDS Church president Gordon B.

[2] The temple is on a hill in Urdesa, a suburb of northern Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port and most populous city.

In 2020, like all others in the church, the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was closed temporarily in response to the coronavirus pandemic.