The First Presidency has released the open house and dedication dates for the Mendoza Argentina and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temples. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Cleveland Ohio Temple is scheduled. The location is available for the Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple.
Cleveland Ohio Temple
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the date of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cleveland Ohio Temple.
Groundbreaking services will be held on June 1, 2024. Elder Vaiangina Sikahema, First Counselor in the North America Northeast Area Presidency, will preside at the event.
The Cleveland Ohio Temple was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in April 2022.
Mendoza Argentina Temple
A public open house for the Mendoza Argentina Temple will run from Thursday, August 22, through Saturday, September 7, 2024, excluding Sundays. Before the public open house, a media day will be held on Monday, August 19, 2024. Invited guests will tour the temple on Tuesday, August 20, and Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple in two sessions on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The dedicatory sessions at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. UTC will be broadcast to all units in the Mendoza Argentina Temple district.
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple
The public is invited to tour the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple from Friday, August 16 through Saturday, August 31, 2024, excluding Sundays.
Before the public open house, a media day will occur on Monday, August 12, 2024. Invited guests will tour the temple from Tuesday, August 13, through Thursday, August 15.
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple in two sessions on Sunday, September 15, 2024. The dedicatory sessions at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. EDT will be broadcast to all units in the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple district.
Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
This house of the Lord will be built on a 1.6-acre site located at Avenue Ilunga and N1 in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plans call for a one-story temple of approximately 11,000 square feet, along with patron housing and arrival facilities. This will be the city’s first temple.
On October 3, 2021, President Nelson announced plans to construct the Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple. This new house of the Lord will be the Church’s fourth temple in the country after Kinshasa (dedicated in 2019), Lubumbashi (under construction), and Mbuji-Mayi (announced in October 2023).
You can read more about each of these new temples on Church Newsroom here.
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