Gilbert Arizona Temple

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Gilbert Arizona Temple
Number TBD edit data
Announcement 2008-04-26
Location Southeast corner of Pecos and Greenfield Roads
Total floor area TBD
Official websiteNews & Images

The Gilbert Arizona Temple is a planned temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to be constructed in the town of Gilbert, Arizona. The announcement of the temple on April 26, 2008 came concurrently with the Gila Valley Arizona Temple, and together were the first new temples announced since Thomas S. Monson assumed responsibilities as the President of the LDS church.[1]

According to regional church spokesman Don Evans, the new temple in Gilbert will be constructed near the intersection of Pecos and Greenfield roads in a rapidly growing part of the southeast Phoenix metropolitan area. The announcement came in part as a response to the high concentration of church members in the area, and will help ease the load on the nearby Mesa Arizona Temple.[2] The 10 acre site is currently showing as owned by LeSueur Investments in the Maricopa County Assessor's Office records. Church officials have said that construction of the temple at this site is a few years off.[3]

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