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The groundbreaking of the Red Cliffs Utah Temple was presided over by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, on Nov. 7, 2020. Government, educational and religious representatives were in attendance, including mayors of six cities.
In his dedicatory prayer on the site, Elder Holland said, “May the breaking of this soil and the development of this site not only be evidence of the dedication of a parcel of land, but may it also mark a rededication of our personal lives.”
President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, will dedicate the Red Cliffs Utah Temple on March 24, 2024.
President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Washington County, Utah, on Oct. 7, 2018, during October 2018 general conference.
The temple, previously referred to as the Washington County Utah Temple, had its name changed to the current name on June 19, 2020.
The Red Cliffs Utah Temple’s groundbreaking ceremony was held on Nov. 7, 2020, with Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presiding. Attendance to the event was limited to comply with local COVID-19 safety restrictions, and around 70 people were invited.
A public open house for the Red Cliffs Utah Temple will be held from Jan. 30 to March 2, 2024. A media day will also be held Jan. 29, and invited guests will tour the building Jan. 30-31, 2024.
President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, will dedicate the temple on March 24, 2024, during two sessions.
The Red Cliffs Utah Temple was announced Oct. 7, 2018, by Church President Russell M. Nelson. The groundbreaking and site dedication were held on Nov. 7, 2020, and presided over by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
After a public open house from Jan. 30 to March 2, 2024, the Red Cliffs Utah Temple will be dedicated on March 24, 2024, by President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency.
The Red Cliffs Utah Temple will have an area of approximately 90,000 square feet. Exterior renderings show the temple will have many rectangular windows on the front facade, with a large, arched window in the middle. Atop the center of the building is a multilevel spire, with arched windows around the bottom portion and arched openings around the top portion.
The temple will sit on a 14-acre site, with palm trees and green, yellow and purple bushes adorning the grounds. Due to a high water table, the temple site used to be unable to support the future temple’s foundation. Workers transported 30,000 cubic yards of red dirt from the foundation of the St. George Utah Temple, a temple in the same city, onto the Red Cliffs temple grounds to make them more stable.
7 October 2018
7 November 2020
24 March 2024
1580 S. St.
St. George, Utah 84790
United States
This will be the second Latter-day Saint temple in the city of St. George, Utah, and the fourth temple in southern Utah.
Its groundbreaking ceremony happened just two days before the 149th anniversary of the groundbreaking of the St. George Utah Temple, a temple in the same city.
The Red Cliffs temple used to be called the Washington County Utah Temple until the name was changed on June 19, 2020. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and Sister Patricia T. Holland came up with this name after driving past the red cliffs of the Petticoat Mountain.
Ground was broken for the Bentonville Arkansas Temple the same day as the groundbreaking for the Red Cliffs temple.
This will be the second Latter-day Saint temple in the city of St. George, Utah, and the fourth temple in southern Utah.
Its groundbreaking ceremony happened just two days before the 149th anniversary of the groundbreaking of the St. George Utah Temple, a temple in the same city.
The Red Cliffs temple used to be called the Washington County Utah Temple until the name was changed on June 19, 2020. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and Sister Patricia T. Holland came up with this name after driving past the red cliffs of the Petticoat Mountain.
Ground was broken for the Bentonville Arkansas Temple the same day as the groundbreaking for the Red Cliffs temple.
