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The Cardston Alberta Temple (formerly the Alberta Temple) is the eighth constructed and sixth of the still-operating
temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called church (building), churches), Hindui ...
s of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ...
. Located in Cardston,
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, it is the church's oldest temple outside the
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. It is one of eight temples that does not have an
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statue, and one of six without spires, similar to
Solomon's Temple Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple (, , ), was the Temple in Jerusalem between the 10th century BC and . According to the Hebrew Bible, it was commissioned by Solomon in the United Kingdom of Israel before being inherited by th ...
. It is also one of only two temples the church built in the shape of a cross, the other being the
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.


History

The temple was announced on June 27, 1913, and was built on Temple Hill, an eight-acre plot given to the church by Charles Ora Card. The site expanded to more than in the mid-1950s. The granite used in building the temple was hand-hewn from quarries in
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,
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. Originally dedicated on August 26, 1923, by church
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Heber J. Grant, an addition was rededicated on July 2, 1962 by Hugh B. Brown. The first
temple president Temple president is a priesthood leadership position in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A temple president's primary responsibility is to supervise the affairs of an LDS temple in both an administrative and spiritual ...
was
Edward J. Wood Edward James Wood (October 27, 1866 – April 24, 1956) was a prominent local leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Alberta, Canada and was the founder of Glenwood, and Hill Spring, Alberta. Wood was born to Mo ...
, who served from 1923 to 1948. The temple was renovated in the 1990s, and Gordon B. Hinckley rededicated it on June 22, 1991. The temple has four ordinance rooms, five sealing rooms, and a floor area of . In 1992, the temple was declared a National Historic Site, and a plaque was dedicated in 1995. In 2020, like all the church's other temples, the Cardston Alberta Temple was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Stack, Peggy Fletcher
"All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus"
'' The Salt Lake Tribune'', 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.


Presidents or matrons

Other than Wood, other notable temple presidents, or
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, include
Merlin R. Lybbert Merlin Rex Lybbert (31 January 1926 – 6 July 2001) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1989 to 1994. From 1992 to 1994, Lybbert was the thirteenth general president of the LDS Church's Sund ...
(1994–97);
Elaine L. Jack Elaine Jack ( Low; born March 22, 1928) was the twelfth Relief Society general president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1990 to 1997. She also served in the general presidency of the church's Young Women Orga ...
(1997–2000); and
Ardeth G. Kapp Ardeth Greene Kapp (born March 19, 1931) was the ninth Young Women general president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1984 to 1992. Early life Ardeth Greene was born on March 19, 1931, in Cardston, Alberta, t ...
(2000–03). As of 2018, D. Wesley Balderson is the president.


See also

* Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *
Torleif S. Knaphus Torleif Severin Knaphus (14 December 1881 – 14 June 1965) was a Norwegian-born artist and sculptor in Utah, primarily known for sculptures for and about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Early life Knaphus was ...
— sculpted the large
bas relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...
titled ''Christ the Fountainhead'' on the exterior of the building and also the life-size oxen holding the baptism font *
LeConte Stewart __NOTOC__ LeConte Stewart (April 15, 1891 – June 6, 1990) was a Latter-day Saint artist primarily known for his landscapes of rural Utah. His media included oils, watercolors, pastel and charcoal, as well as etchings, linocuts, and lithograp ...
- painted murals and other art work in the temple * List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Alberta * List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region * Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints) * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada


References


Further reading

* * * * * (Has accompanying color photographs of interior of Cardston Alberta Temple) *


External links


Cardston Alberta Temple Official siteCardston Alberta Temple
at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org * {{Authority control 1923 establishments in Alberta 20th-century Latter Day Saint temples Buildings designed to replicate Solomon's Temple Cardston National Historic Sites in Alberta Religious buildings and structures on the National Historic Sites of Canada register Churches completed in 1923 Temples (LDS Church) in Alberta Buildings and structures in Cardston County