Modesto California Temple
On April 3, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Modesto California Temple.
Modesto (Spanish for modest) is known for its rich agricultural history. This will be the 10th temple in California. This city in the Central Valley is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County. California has about 735,000 Latter-day Saints in over 1,100 congregations. Other temples in the state are the Feather River, Fresno, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Oakland, Redlands, Sacramento, San Diego, and Yorba Linda temples.[1] Temples were announced for Bakersfield and San Jose by President Nelson in the April 2023 general conference.
Location
On October 10, 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that the temple will be located at 4300 Dale Road in Modesto, on a 17.63-acre site next to an existing meetinghouse.
Groundbreaking
Ground was broken for the Modesto California Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Gary B. Sabin, a General Authority Seventy and First Counselor in the North America West Area Presidency, presided at the event on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
In the dedicatory prayer offered at the end of his remarks, Elder Sabin said this new house of the Lord “will stand as a beacon of light and hope and a witness of the reality and divinity of Thy Beloved Son and of the eternal nature of the soul and the divine potential of thy children.”
Local faith, government and civic leaders attended Saturday’s groundbreaking, including Modesto Mayor Sue Zwahlen.
“[To] our friends, coworkers and neighbors: Please come often to the temple grounds and feel the peaceful surroundings,” said Zwahlen, who is a Latter-day Saint. “The same guiding peaceful principles we feel in our homes and the temple will improve our communities.”[2]
Temples in California
- Bakersfield California Temple
- Feather River California Temple
- Fresno California Temple
- Los Angeles California Temple
- Modesto California Temple
- Newport Beach California Temple
- Oakland California Temple
- Redlands California Temple
- Sacramento California Temple
- San Diego California Temple
- San Jose California Temple
- Yorba Linda California Temple
