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| − | Om 6 October 2012, during the semiannual [[General Conference]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced plans for a temple to be built in Tucson, Arizona.
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| − | The Tucson Arizona Temple will be the sixth Mormon temple in Arizona, the home of over 395,000 Latter-day Saints, meeting in over 800 congregations. The other temples in Arizona are the [[Mesa Arizona Temple]], [[Snowflake Arizona Temple]], [[Gila Valley Arizona Temple]], [[Phoenix Arizona Temple]], and the [[Gilbert Arizona temple]]. The Mesa, Arizona, temple presents an Easter pageant every year that attracts tens of thousands of visitors.
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| − | 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.
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| − | The Tucson Temple site is located on N Skyline Drive.
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| − | ==Groundbreaking Announced for Tucson Arizona Temple==
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| − | [[Image:Tucson_Arizona_Temple_Rendering.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Tucson Arizona Temple rendering|none|frame|Tucson Arizona Temple rendering via [http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/groundbreakings-announced-for-tucson-and-concepcion-temples?cid=social_20150807_50460846&adbid=10153349692952013&adbpl=fb&adbpr=53305042012 Mormon Newsroom.org]]]
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| − | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that the groundbreaking for the Tucson Arizona Temple will take place on 17 October 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Attendance at the ceremonies is by invitation only, however, the general public is invited to view the proceedings live from local meetinghouses.
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| − | The Tucson Arizona Temple will be the Church’s sixth temple in the state, joining those in Mesa, Snowflake, The Gila Valley, Gilbert and Phoenix. The Tucson Arizona Temple site is located on North Skyline Drive.
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| − | <embedvideo service="vimeo" urlargs="rel=0" dimensions="400" alignment="inline">https://vimeo.com/181697649&rel=0</embedvideo>
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| − | ==Additional Resources==
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| − | *[http://www.mormontemples.com Mormon Temples]
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| − | *[http://www.mormonendowment.com Mormon Temple ritual]
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| − | *[http://www.aboutmormons.org About Mormons]
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| − | [[Category:Temples]]
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| − | [[es:Templo mormón de Tucson Arizona]]
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