SALT LAKE CITY-The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has confirmed the groundbreaking dates for two temples in Utah, the Taylorsville and Red Cliffs Temples.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Taylorsville Temple is slated for October 2020. Presiding at this ceremony will be Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles.
This temple is to be constructed on a 7.5-acre site located at 2603 W. 4700 South. This structure is to be a three-story building of approximately 70,000 feet, featuring a central spire.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Red Cliffs Temple, to be located in eastern St. George, is scheduled for November 2020.
Presiding at this ceremony is St. George native, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles.
This temple is to be built on a 14-acre site northeast of 3000 East and 1580 South in St. George.
This is to be a three-story building consisting of approximately 90,000 square feet.
Attendance at these ceremonies is by invitation only because of local government social distancing guidelines.
Presently, Utah is home to 2,126,216 Latter-day Saints, or 68.55 percent of all Utahns.
