Adelaide Australia Temple

Number

Dedication

15 June 2000, by Gordon B. Hinckley

Site

6.94 acres (2.81 ha)

Floor area

10,700 sq ft (990 m²)

Height

71 ft (22 m)

Official website • News & images

Church chronology

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Additional information

Announced

17 March 1999, by Gordon B. Hinckley

Groundbreaking

29 May 1999, by Vaughn J. Featherstone

Open house

3–10 June 2000

Current president

Michael William McIlwaine

Simon Drew

Location

Marden, South Australia, Australia

Geographic coordinates

34°53′32.90280″S 138°38′6.007199″E / 34.8924730000°S 138.63500199972°E

Exterior finish

Snow-white granite of Campolonghi, Italy

Temple design

Classic modern, single-spire design

Baptistries

Ordinance rooms

2 (two-stage progressive)

Sealing rooms

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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).

History

Plans to build an LDS Church temple in Adelaide were announced on 17 March 1999.^[2] Up until this time, LDS Church members had to travel between fifteen and twenty hours one-way to visit the closest temple in Sydney. Growth in the LDS Church in Australia prompted church leaders to announce new temples across Australia; one in Melbourne, one in Brisbane, one in Perth, and the one in Adelaide.

A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication were held on 29 May 1999. Vaughn J. Featherstone, a member of the seventy, led the ceremony and gave the site dedication prayer. Despite heavy rains, more than 500 people gathered to witness the groundbreaking and site dedication. Many were involved in the groundbreaking including the Mayor of Adelaide, other government officials, and children.^[3]

The temple sits on 2.81 hectares (6.94 acres) a few miles from the centre of the city of Adelaide. The Adelaide Australia Temple was open to the public from 3–10 June 2000.^{[citation needed]}

The temple was dedicated on 15 June 2000 by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley.^[4] 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 dedicated on the trip.^[5] 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.^[6]

In 2020, like all the church's other temples, the Adelaide Australia Temple was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.^[7]

References

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

Additional reading

"Temple dates announced, postponed", Church News, 11 March 2000
"Temple dedications planned", Church News, 8 April 2000
"'Spiritual sanctuaries' for faithful Adelaide, Melbourne members", Church News, 24 June 2000

External links

Adelaide Australia Temple Official site
Adelaide Australia Temple at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oceania

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