Over the past weeks, three new temple groundbreaking ceremonies have been announced—the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple, the Elko Nevada Temple, and the Grand Junction Colorado Temple.
The Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in the April 2020 general conference, and both the Elko Nevada and Grand Junction Colorado Temples were announced in April 2021. Attendance at all three groundbreaking ceremonies will be by invitation only.
Bahía Blanca Argentina
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2022. The single-story temple will be about 19,000 square feet in size and the grounds will also include a 25,000 square feet building on site with patron housing and a distribution center. This will be Argentina’s fifth temple, joining the list of temples in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Salta, and Mendoza. Argentina is home to more than 470,000 Latter-day Saints and roughly 735 congregations.
You can read more about the newest temple to be built in Argentina on Church Newsroom.
Elko Nevada Temple
Leaders will break ground for the Elko Nevada Temple on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The new temple will be built adjacent to the Ruby View Golf Course, and will include a 10,000 foot single-story building. This will be Nevada’s third temple, following the Las Vegas and Reno Temples. The state of Nevada includes around 185,000 Latter-day Saints and 350 congregations.
Grand Junction Colorado Temple
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Grand Junction Colorado Temple will be held on Saturday, April 16. Current plans estimate that the temple will be a 29,000 square foot single-story building. Once the Grand Junction Colorado Temple has been dedicated, the state of Colorado will have three temples, including the Denver and Fort Collins Temples. Colorado is home to more than 150,000 Latter-day Saints meeting in over 300 congregations.
You can find more information about the new temples in Colorado and Nevada here.
