Adelaide Australia Temple

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Adelaide Australia Temple
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Adelaide Australia Temple
Number89
Dedication15 June 2000, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site6.94 acres (2.81 ha)
Floor area10,700 sq ft (990 m2)
Height71 ft (22 m)
Official website • News & images
Church chronology
←
Fukuoka Japan Temple
Adelaide Australia Temple		 →
Melbourne Australia Temple
Additional information
Announced17 March 1999, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Groundbreaking29 May 1999, by Vaughn J. Featherstone
Open house3–10 June 2000
Current presidentMichael William McIlwaine
Designed bySimon Drew
Location Marden, South Australia, Australia
Geographic coordinates 34°53′32.90280″S138°38′6.007199″E / 34.8924730000°S 138.63500199972°E / -34.8924730000; 138.63500199972
Exterior finishSnow-white granite of Campolonghi, Italy
Temple designClassic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries1
Ordinance rooms2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms2
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The Adelaide Australia Temple is the 89th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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History

Plans to build the temple in Adelaide were announced on 17 March 1999. [1] LDS Church members previously had to travel between fifteen and twenty hours one-way to visit the church's closest temple in Sydney. Membership growth in Australia prompted LDS Church leaders to announce new temples across Australia in the late 1990s. In addition to Adelaide, temples were constructed in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth. An additional temple for Brisbane south was announced in 2024.

A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication were held on 29 May 1999. Vaughn J. Featherstone, a church general authority, led the ceremony and gave the site dedication prayer. Despite heavy rains, more than 500 people gathered to witness the event, with the Mayor of Adelaide, other government officials, and children participating. [2]

When construction was completed, a public open house was held 3–10 June 2000.[ citation needed ] The temple was dedicated on 15 June 2000 by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley. [3] Hinckley dedicated four different temples in the same trip—the first time this had occurred in church history—with the temple in Adelaide being the third of the four. [4] Four dedicatory sessions were held, which allowed for more than 2,500 members to be present at the temple's dedication.

The Adelaide Australia Temple has a total of 990 square metres (10,700 sq ft), with two ordinance rooms and two sealing rooms. [5] The temple sits on 2.81 hectares (6.94 acres) a few miles from the centre of the city of Adelaide.

In 2020, like all others in the church, the Adelaide Australia Temple was closed for a time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Six more temples announced; total now 108", Church News , 27 March 1999
  2. ↑ Howes, Phillip (5 June 1999), "Rain, clouds in Adelaide do not dampen spirits during groundbreaking", Church News
  3. ↑ "Adelaide Australia: 'Rejoicing on both sides of the veil'", Church News, 24 June 2000
  4. ↑ Hunter, Richard; Wakeley, Alan (24 June 2000), "Four temples dedicated in one overseas tour", Church News
  5. ↑ "Facts and figures: Adelaide Australia Temple", Church News, 24 June 2000
  6. ↑ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus", The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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