Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Michael A. Dunn, Second Counselor in the North America Southwest Area Presidency, presided at the Austin Texas Temple groundbreaking on Saturday, August 17, 2024. In his site dedicatory prayer, Elder Dunn said: "Help us, as a people to continue to stand firmly on holy ground, to reach for heaven even as heaven reaches us in the form of this magnificent Austin Texas Temple." The 30,000-square-foot temple will be built on a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse.¹

Temple Rendering

On September 5, 2023, the official exterior rendering for the Austin Texas Temple was released to the public.

Temple Site

On December 19, 2022, the location of the Austin Texas Temple was announced as a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse located at 1801 East Park Street in Cedar Park. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.²

Temple Announcement

On April 3, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Austin Texas Temple at the April 2022 General Conference. The Austin Texas Temple will be the seventh temple for the Lone Star State. There are more than 362,000 Latter-day Saints in Texas. Austin is the Texas state capital. Other temples in Texas at the time of the announcement included the Dallas Texas Temple, Fort Worth Texas Temple, Houston Texas Temple, Lubbock Texas Temple, San Antonio Texas Temple, and McAllen Texas Temple. Missionary work began in Texas in 1843. In 1898, land was purchased that eventually became the East Texas colony of Kelsey, composed of 300 Church members.³