Announcement of the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple
President Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple on Oct. 1, 2023, during the Sunday afternoon session of October 2023 general conference. A second temple for the Sooner State was one of 20 sacred edifices announced worldwide by the Church during the general conference.
“I’m in shock,” was Catherine Hickman’s response to the announcement of a house of the Lord in Tulsa, where she resides. “We work in the Oklahoma City [Oklahoma] Temple. I’m excited to work in Tulsa, where I live.”
Ground will be broken for the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple on Aug. 22, 2026, with Elder Pedro X. Larreal — a General Authority Seventy — presiding.
Timeline of the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple
The Tulsa Oklahoma Temple was announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson on Oct. 1, 2023. Ground will be broken for the temple on Aug. 22, 2026, with Elder Pedro X. Larreal presiding.
Architecture and Design of the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple
According to site plans released by the Church on Aug. 12, 2024, the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple will be a single-story building of approximately 29,600 square feet. The edifice will stand on a 25.7-acre site at the northwest corner of 51st Street and 136th East Avenue in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.