Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
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The Albuquerque New Mexico Temple is the 73rd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Local members of the Mormon Church rejoiced when ground for the Albuquerque New Mexico Temple was broken in a special ceremony on 20 June 1998. About 6,500 members attended the event which had a 600-voice youth choir provide the music.
During the 10-day open house about 70,000 people toured the Albuquerque New Mexico Temple. Church President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the temple on 5 March 2000. During the dedicatory prayer President Hinckley expressed his hope that the new temple would turn the hearts of the Mormon members to their families.
The Albuquerque New Mexico Temple serves about 55,000 members in New Mexico and bordering parts of Arizona and Colorado. It sits on 8.5 acres northeast of Albuquerque. The exterior is finished with desert rose pre-cast concrete and trimmed with Texas pearl granite. A gold statue of the angel Moroni tops the single-spire. The temple has a total of 34,245 square feet, two ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.
[edit] Latter-day Saint temples in the Western United States
This list excludes temples in Utah and California.
- Anchorage Alaska Temple
- Mesa Arizona Temple
- Snowflake Arizona Temple
- Denver Colorado Temple
- Kona Hawaii Temple
- Laie Hawaii Temple
- Boise Idaho Temple
- Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
- Rexburg Idaho Temple (under construction)
- Twin Falls Idaho Temple (under construction)
- Billings Montana Temple
- Reno Nevada Temple
- Las Vegas Nevada Temple
- Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
- Portland Oregon Temple
- Medford Oregon Temple
- Dallas Texas Temple
- Lubbock Texas Temple
- San Antonio Texas Temple
- Houston Texas Temple
- Seattle Washington Temple
- Columbia River Washington Temple
- Spokane Washington Temple
[edit] See also
- Temple (Mormonism)
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
