Cincinnati temple groundbreaking marks construction start Saturday
November 8, 2026 at 1:02 AM MT · via ABC4 Utah · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cincinnati Ohio Temple on Saturday, ABC4 Utah reports. Elder Alan T. Phillips of the General Authority Seventy conducted the event.
The planned temple will be a single-story structure of 29,630 square feet. The groundbreaking marks the formal beginning of construction on the church's first temple in the Cincinnati area.
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- Church Newsroom →November 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM MT
- WVXU →November 6, 2026 at 2:48 AM MT
- newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org →November 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM MT
- Church News →November 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM MT
- ABC4 Utah →November 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM MT
- Church News →November 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM MT
- Yahoo →November 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM MT
- AOL.com →November 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM MT
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