The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced it will soon begin preparing grounds for the construction of the Yuma Arizona Temple.
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Preparations, including grading and installing underground utility infrastructure to support the temple, will begin at the future temple’s nearly seven-acre site following city approvals.
Design work on the Yuma temple continues, according to a church press release, while a date for official groundbreaking services is yet to be announced.
The Yuma Arizona Temple “will bless the Saints in the whole region,” local church member Jennifer Wilhelm told the Church News soon after the temple’s announcement in April 2024.
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The Yuma temple is planned to be a single-story temple of approximately 18,500 square feet located about 6 miles from the California border and 17 miles from Mexico, according to a Church News report.
The Yuma Arizona Temple was the state’s seventh announced temple and will help serve the nearly 450,000 Latter-day Saints who call Arizona home.
See a status update of the church’s 163 temples in progress here, and learn more about the Yuma Arizona Temple here.
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