The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the Smithfield Utah Temple will be dedicated next spring, following a public open house.
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The Smithfield Utah Temple will be dedicated next year on Sunday, April 18, by Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, per a church press release published Monday.
The temple’s scheduled dedication falls just over six months after the Ephraim Utah Temple is dedicated on Oct. 11. The scheduled dedication will also closely follow the start of the Salt Lake Temple’s six-month open house on April 1.
The doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ centers on the family, church President Dallin H. Oaks taught in a recent general conference. “Essential to our doctrine on the family is the temple. The ordinances received there enable us to return as eternal families to the presence of our Heavenly Father.”
Plans to construct the Smithfield Utah Temple were first announced in April 2021 general conference by then-church President Russell M. Nelson. Construction of the three-story temple then began June 2022.
Utah, home to more than 2.2 million Latter-day Saints, currently has 32 announced temples. Of these:
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- 23 are currently in operation.
- Two, including the Smithfield temple, are scheduled for dedication.
- One is under construction.
- Two are undergoing renovations.
- Four are in planning and design stages.
Guests of all faiths and ages will be welcome to tour the Smithfield Utah Temple during a free public open house that will run every day (excluding Sundays) from Feb. 25 through March 27.
Preceding the public open house, the Smithfield temple will open for media day tours on Feb. 22 and private tours for invited guests on Feb. 23–24.
Latter-day Saints in the Smithfield Utah Temple district will be able to join the temple’s dedicatory session via broadcast on April 18.
Learn more about the Smithfield Utah Temple and others worldwide on the Church News’ temple almanac.
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