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Cardston Alberta Temple

Coordinates: 49°11′52.23840″N 113°18′32.50800″W / 49.1978440000°N 113.3090300000°W / 49.1978440000; -113.3090300000
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Cardston Alberta Temple
Map
Number6
DedicationAugust 26, 1923, by Heber J. Grant
Site10 acres (4.0 ha)
Floor area88,562 sq ft (8,227.7 m2)
Height85 ft (26 m)
Official websiteNews & images
Church chronology

Laie Hawaii Temple

Cardston Alberta Temple

Mesa Arizona Temple
Additional information
AnnouncedJune 27, 1913, by Joseph F. Smith
GroundbreakingNovember 13, 1913, by Daniel Kent Greene
Open houseTours offered, 1920–23
June 6–15, 1991 (after renovation)
RededicatedJuly 2, 1962, by Hugh B. Brown
June 22, 1991, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Current presidentF. Brent Thomas[1]
Designed byHyrum Pope and Harold W. Burton
LocationCardston, Alberta, Canada
Geographic coordinates49°11′52.23840″N 113°18′32.50800″W / 49.1978440000°N 113.3090300000°W / 49.1978440000; -113.3090300000
Exterior finishWhite granite
Baptistries1
Ordinance rooms4 (four-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms5
Clothing rentalYes
Visitors' centerYes
NotesAn addition was completed in 1962 and was dedicated on July 2, 1962 by Hugh B. Brown.
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Cardston Alberta Temple
LocationCardston, Southern Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Area10 acres (40,000 m2)
FoundedJune 27, 1913
Built1913–1923
Architectural style(s)LDS temple
Governing bodyThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
WebsiteOfficial LDS Cardston Alberta Temple page
Designated1992

The Cardston Alberta Temple (formerly the Alberta Temple) is the eighth constructed and sixth of the still-operating temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Cardston, Alberta, it is the church's oldest temple outside the United States. It is one of eight temples that does not have an angel Moroni statue, and one of six without spires, similar to Solomon's Temple.[2] It is also one of only two temples the church built in the shape of a cross, the other being the Laie Hawaii Temple.

The Cardston Alberta Temple looking from the northeast, outside the baptistry.

History

The temple was announced on June 27, 1913, and was built on Temple Hill, an eight-acre plot given to the church by Charles Ora Card. The site expanded to more than 10 acres (4.0 ha) in the mid-1950s. The granite used in building the temple was hand-hewn from quarries in Nelson, British Columbia.

Originally dedicated on August 26, 1923, by church president Heber J. Grant,[3] an addition was rededicated on July 2, 1962, by Hugh B. Brown. The first temple president was Edward J. Wood, who served from 1923 to 1948. The temple was renovated in the 1990s, and Gordon B. Hinckley rededicated it on June 22, 1991.

The temple has four ordinance rooms, five sealing rooms, and a floor area of 88,562 square feet (8,227.7 m2).

In 1992, the temple was declared a National Historic Site, and a plaque was dedicated in 1995.[4]

In 2020, like all the church's other temples, the Cardston Alberta Temple was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[5]

Presidents or matrons

Other than Wood, other notable temple presidents, or matrons, include Merlin R. Lybbert (1994–97); Elaine L. Jack (1997–2000); and Ardeth G. Kapp (2000–03).

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A view of the Cardston Temple, circa the 1920s.

See also

Temples in Alberta (edit)

= Operating
= Under construction
= Announced
= Temporarily Closed

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References

  1. ^ "New Temple Leaders Called to Serve in 2022", Newsroom, LDS Church, 24 October 2022 [26 May 2022], retrieved 24 October 2022
  2. ^ The other five are the Laie Hawaii, Mesa Arizona, Paris France, Meridian Idaho, and Lima Peru Los Olivos temples.
  3. ^ Grant, Heber J. (October 1923), "Prayer offered at the Dedication of the Alberta Temple, at Cardston, Canada, August 26, 1923", Improvement Era, 26 (12): 1075–1081
  4. ^ "Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints National Historic Site of Canada", Canadian Register of Historic Places
  5. ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus", The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.

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