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    Manti Utah Temple

    Manti Utah Temple

    Temple Hill
    Manti, Utah

    Plans to construct the temple were announced June 25, 1875, Brigham Young, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, broke ground April 25, 1877, and Wilford Woodruff, then president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, dedicated the Manti Utah Temple May 21, 1888. In June 1985, President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a member of the Church's First Presidency, rededicated the temple following renovation. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in central Utah.

       
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      The 74,792-square-foot temple’s exterior is cream-colored oolite limestone from quarries on which the temple is built.

      Currently, there are 30 temples in various stages of construction or have been announced throughout the world.

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