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The groundbreaking of the McAllen Texas Temple was presided over by Elder Art Rascon, an Area Seventy, on Nov. 21, 2020. Due to COVID-19 health restrictions at the time, fewer than 30 people attended the groundbreaking.
In his address to those in attendance, Elder Rascon said, “As the central spire rises heavenward to this beautiful house of the Lord, might we as God’s children ever increase our faith and look to the heavens for wisdom and not to the ever-shifting values of the world. This temple will bring us closer to God.”
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the McAllen Texas Temple on Oct. 8, 2023.
President Russell M. Nelson announced a house of the Lord for McAllen, Texas, on Oct. 5, 2019, during the women’s session of October 2019 general conference.
The temple’s groundbreaking ceremony was held Nov. 21, 2020, with Elder Art Rascon, an Area Seventy, presiding.
The temple held a public open house from Aug. 25 to Sept. 9, 2023. A media day was also held Aug. 21, and invited guests toured the building from Aug. 22 to Aug. 24, 2023.
The McAllen Texas Temple will be dedicated in two sessions on Oct. 8, 2023, by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Both sessions will be broadcast to all units within the McAllen temple district.
The McAllen Texas Temple was announced Oct. 5, 2019, by President Russell M. Nelson. The groundbreaking and site dedication were held on Nov. 21, 2020, and presided over by Elder Art Rascon, an Area Seventy.
After a public open house from Aug. 25 to Sept. 9, 2023, the McAllen Texas Temple will be dedicated by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Oct. 8, 2023.
The McAllen temple, built of steel with a precast exterior, covers an area of 27,897 square feet and is built on a site of 10.61 acres. The exterior was inspired by Spanish colonial architecture in the area and citrus crops grown in and around McAllen. Such patterns include designs of scrolls, ribbons, citrus blossoms and barbed quatrefoils.
Inside the house of the Lord, general areas use soft-gold broadloom carpet. Some rooms feature an area rug with blues, golds and greens. Doors are made of mahogany, with bronze handles that have an antique bronze finish.
Shrubs and dozens of palm trees adorn the temple grounds. The site also includes a new meetinghouse constructed with the temple.
5 October 2019
8 October 2023
300 W. Trenton Road
McAllen, Texas 78504
United States
This was the fifth Latter-day Saint temple announced in Texas.
It is the first Latter-day Saint temple in the Rio Grande Valley, which had Spanish-speaking missionaries of the Church as early as the 1920s.
The city of McAllen touches the border between the United States and Mexico. The distance from the McAllen temple to the U.S.-Mexico border is less than 15 miles.
The McAllen temple district includes stakes in both southern Texas and northern Mexico. Because of this, the name of the Church is engraved in both English and Spanish on the temple monument sign.
This was the fifth Latter-day Saint temple announced in Texas.
It is the first Latter-day Saint temple in the Rio Grande Valley, which had Spanish-speaking missionaries of the Church as early as the 1920s.
The city of McAllen touches the border between the United States and Mexico. The distance from the McAllen temple to the U.S.-Mexico border is less than 15 miles.
The McAllen temple district includes stakes in both southern Texas and northern Mexico. Because of this, the name of the Church is engraved in both English and Spanish on the temple monument sign.
