The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that three temples — two in the United States and one in South America — are making progress toward their eventual completion and dedication.
The Colorado Springs Colorado Temple officially broke ground for construction with a ceremony held Saturday, Sept. 12. Construction of both the Cincinnati Ohio and La Paz Bolivia temples is scheduled to begin this November, per a church press release published Monday.
Temples are places of “spiritual guidance, peace, hope and revelation,” Elder Karl D. Hirst of the church’s United States Central Area Presidency said at the Colorado Springs temple ceremony.
For Latter-day Saints, they “are literally the house of the Lord,” he said. “The Lord visits his temples, and they are the most precious and sacred of all our places of worship.”
Elder Hirst presided over the Colorado Springs temple groundbreaking ceremony and dedicated the temple site to carry a spirit of sacredness that may be felt “by those who work or pass by (it).”
The Colorado Springs temple was first announced in October 2023 and is planned to be a single-story structure of approximately 45,000 square feet.
Plans to construct the Cincinnati Ohio and La Paz Bolivia temples were first announced in 2024 and 2021, respectively. Both temples will be the third operating temples in their respective states and countries.
The Cincinnati Ohio Temple will break ground for construction with a ceremony held Saturday, Nov. 7. The La Paz Bolivia Temple will follow with a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Both ceremonies will be presided over by church area leaders serving in the future temples’ respective areas.
Plans for the Cincinnati temple call for a single-story structure of approximately 29,630 square feet. The Cincinnati temple will be situated on a 35-acre site in Mason, Ohio, north of Cincinnati proper.
The La Paz temple is planned to be a structure of approximately 18,850 square feet located in Calacoto, a neighborhood in southern La Paz, Bolivia.
More information regarding these and other temples worldwide is available on the Church News’ temple almanac. Information about worship in Latter-day Saint temples is available here.
