Groundbreaking Date Set for the Fort Worth Texas Temple
Exterior rendering of the Fort Worth Texas Temple. Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder Alonso will preside at the Fort Worth Texas Temple groundbreaking Oct. 28
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released October 2023 groundbreaking dates for the Fort Worth Texas Temple.
The announcement of the dates was published Monday, July 17, on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
The groundbreaking service for the temple will be invitation-only events but broadcast live to members living within the temple district.
Elder Jose L. Alonso, General Authority Seventy and first counselor in the North America Southwest Area presidency, will preside and offer the dedicatory prayer at the Oct. 28, 2023, groundbreaking ceremony for the Fort Worth Texas Temple.
President Nelson announced a temple for Fort Worth, Texas, in October 2021 general conference.
Site location map for the Fort Worth Texas Temple. Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The site location and exterior rendering for the Fort Worth Texas Temple were both released on Oct. 31, 2022. Plans calling for a single-story building of approximately 30,000 square feet on a 9.37-acre site southeast of SW Hulen Street and Greenridge Drive in Burleson, Texas. Burleson is a suburb just south of the Fort Worth city limits.
More than 378,000 Latter-day Saints comprising nearly 750 congregations reside in Texas. The state has dedicated and operating temples in Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and Lubbock, with the McAllen Texas Temple scheduled for dedication by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Oct. 8, 2023.
Two other temples have been announced and are still in planning—one for Austin and one for Prosper, in the northern part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.
This announcement was originally published on thechurchnews.com by Scott Taylor.