Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
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The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple is the 49th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In April 1993 the leadership of the Mormon Church announced plans to build a temple in American Fork, Utah. This temple was to be the ninth Mormon temple built in Utah. The site for the temple included 17 acres of farmland already owned by the Church and had once been a part of a Church Welfare farm. The Mount Timpanogos Temple overlooks the city of American Fork as well as Utah Lake. Mount Timpanogos and the Wasatch Mountains serve as a backdrop.
Twenty thousand people attended a ceremony as the angel Moroni statue was lifted to its resting place on the 190-foot spire of the temple in July of 1995. The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple was dedicated on October 13, 1996 by President Gordon B. Hinckley. Prior to the dedication, tens of thousands of people attended the open house.
The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple has a total of 107,240 square feet, four ordinance rooms, and eight sealing rooms.
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[edit] Latter-day Saint temples in Utah
- Bluffdale Utah Temple (land acquisition announced)
- Bountiful Utah Temple
- Draper Utah Temple
- Jordan River Utah Temple
- Logan Utah Temple
- Manti Utah Temple
- Monticello Utah Temple
- Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
- Ogden Utah Temple
- Provo Utah Temple
- St. George Utah Temple
- Salt Lake Temple
- South Jordan Temple (announced)
- Vernal Utah 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
[edit] External links
- Official LDS Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple page
- Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple page
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Official Site
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Visitors Site
- Mormon Temples - Lightplanet
- Resources about the History and Symbolism of Mormon Temples
- Mormon Temples and Secrecy
