Tucson Arizona Mormon Temple
During the October 2012 Mormon General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President and Prophet of the LDS Church, Thomas S. Monson announced the construction of a new Mormon temple in Tucson, Arizona. This will be the sixth Mormon temple to be built in Arizona, the home of over 395,000 Latter-day Saints, meeting in over 800 congregations. The other Arizona temples, either dedicated or under construction, are in Mesa, Snowflake, Gila Valley, Phoenix and Gilbert. The Mesa, Arizona, temple presents an Easter pageant every year that attracts tens of thousands of visitors.
The Mormon or LDS church has 139 operating temples worldwide and 29 more announced or under construction (2012). 83% of church members live within 200 miles of a temple – 71 of those are outside the US, and 68 are inside the US.
Groundbreaking Announced for Tucson Arizona Temple
