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The Edmonton Alberta Temple is the 67th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The temple was the second to be built in Alberta; the first was built in Cardston in 1923. The temple serves about 15,700 members in the area.
Since its organization in New York in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has had a presence in Canada.Several church-related items that were the first of their kind outside the United States include: missionaries preaching (Upper Canada), establishment of a stake (Alberta Stake), and construction of a temple (Cardston Alberta Temple).
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The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 others undergoing renovations [1]), 4 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 2 with groundbreakings scheduled, [2], and 111 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
Edmonton Alberta Temple: Alberta: Canada: North America: 1 acre (4,047 m 2) 10,700 sq ft (994 m 2) 71 ft (22 m) 1 2 2 68 Operating Raleigh North Carolina Temple: North Carolina: United States: North America: 3.17 acres (12,829 m 2) 12,864 sq ft (1,195 m 2) 71 ft (22 m) 1 2 2 69 Operating St. Paul Minnesota Temple: Minnesota: United States
The Edmonton Alberta Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was dedicated on December 11, 1999. The Hindu Community in Edmonton is served by the Hindu Society of Alberta [4] (North Indian Temple) and the Maha Ganapathy Society of Alberta (South Indian Temple). [5] The Sikh community in Edmonton is served by four Gurudawaras.
[4] [5] Initially, the church constructed temples in areas where there were large concentrations of members: Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Hawaii (all in the USA), and Alberta . In the mid-20th century, because of the importance of temples in the theology, the church tried to balance density with the travel requirements attending the temple imposed ...
The design of the Cardston Alberta Temple served as the basic pattern for the Laie Hawaii Temple (5), which was completed four years before the Cardston temple due to delays in Canada caused by World War I. Cardston was also the pattern for the third temple built after Salt Lake, the Mesa Arizona Temple (7). These three temples, the first built ...