{"id":327595,"date":"2026-05-22T09:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327595\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:14:17","slug":"president-christofferson-to-dedicate-yorba-linda-california-temple-church-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327595\/","title":{"rendered":"President Christofferson to dedicate Yorba Linda California Temple \u2013 Church News"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, June 7, President D. Todd Christofferson<\/a> will dedicate the Yorba Linda California Temple<\/a> of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It will be the second house of the Lord in Orange County, California, following the Newport Beach California Temple<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The public is currently invited to tour Yorba Linda\u2019s sacred edifice during its open house<\/a>, which began April 30 and will conclude May 23.<\/p>\n

President Christofferson \u2014 the second counselor in the First Presidency \u2014 will be accompanied at next month\u2019s dedication by Elder Steven R. Bangerter<\/a>, executive director of the Temple Department, and his wife, Sister Susan Bangerter; Elder I. Raymond Egbo<\/a> and his wife, Sister Comfort Egbo; and Elder Takashi Wada<\/a> and his wife, Sister Naomi Wada.<\/p>\n

The 10 a.m. session will be broadcast to all units in the temple district and rebroadcast at 2 p.m., according to a May 21 news release<\/a> on ChurchofJesusChrist.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe celestial room of the Yorba Linda California Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints <\/p>\n

After its June 7 dedication, the new temple will serve more than 21,500 Latter-day Saints in the Anaheim, Brea, Chino, Hacienda Heights, Orange, Santa Ana, Whittier and Yorba Linda areas.<\/p>\n

The Yorba Linda temple is scheduled to be dedicated on the same day and at the same time<\/a> as the <\/a>Willamette Valley Oregon Temple<\/a>\u2019s dedication, with the two becoming the Church\u2019s 218th and 219th dedicated temples worldwide.<\/p>\n

These two houses of the Lord were also announced<\/a> on the same day, April 4, 2021 \u2014 meaning they\u2019ll have the same timing from announcement to dedication, down to the very hour.<\/p>\n

\""Holiness“Holiness to the Lord: The house of the Lord” is inscribed above the entrance to the Yorba Linda California Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints About the Yorba Linda temple<\/p>\n

On April 4, 2021, then-Church President Russell M. Nelson<\/a> announced<\/a> this temple for Yorba Linda. It\u2019s planned to be California\u2019s ninth dedicated house of the Lord.<\/p>\n

To start the construction phase of the Yorba Linda temple, a groundbreaking ceremony<\/a> was held June 18, 2022. Elder Mark A. Bragg<\/a> \u2014 a General Authority Seventy and then the president of the North America West Area \u2014 presided over the ceremony and offered the dedicatory prayer on the site.<\/p>\n

Referencing Yorba Linda\u2019s motto \u2014 \u201cLand of gracious living\u201d \u2014 Elder Bragg said<\/a> that \u201cthis house of the Lord will represent the highest in gracious living, and those who enter will leave with a higher commitment to gracious living. \u2026 We commit to being neighbors of gracious living.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA sealing room inside the Yorba Linda California Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church in California<\/p>\n

California \u2014 one of the western U.S. states and located along the Pacific Ocean coast \u2014 currently has 12 houses of the Lord operating, under construction or renovation, and announced.<\/p>\n

Eight have already been dedicated: Los Angeles<\/a> (in 1956), Oakland<\/a> (1964), San Diego<\/a> (1993), Fresno<\/a> (2000), Redlands<\/a> (2003), Newport Beach<\/a> (2005), Sacramento<\/a> (2006) and Feather River<\/a> (2023).<\/p>\n

Of note, the San Diego temple was closed in July 2023 for extensive renovations<\/a> and will soon be rededicated<\/a> on Aug. 23.<\/p>\n

The Modesto California Temple<\/a> is currently under construction, since its October 2023 groundbreaking. A final two houses of the Lord are in planning stages: the Sunnyvale<\/a> and Bakersfield<\/a> temples, both announced in April 2023.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe baptistry of the Yorba Linda California Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints <\/p>\n

Latter-day Saints first arrived in California on July 31, 1846, in what was then Yerba Buena. The company of around 230 people tripled the population of Yerba Buena and helped build it into the prosperous city of San Francisco.<\/p>\n

On July 6, 1851, the San Bernardino Stake was organized as California\u2019s first. Eight California stakes were created in the 1930s, five in the 1940s, and 30 in the 1950s.<\/p>\n

Today, California is home to more than 725,000 Church members in almost 1,100 wards and branches. This makes it the second U.S. state with the most Latter-day Saints, after Utah.<\/p>\n

California currently has 16 missions. On July 1, three more missions will be created<\/a> in the state \u2014 headquartered in Oceanside, Ontario and Victorville. These three cities are within a 60-mile radius of Yorba Linda.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Yorba Linda California Temple at dusk. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Yorba Linda California Temple<\/p>\n

Address: 17130 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, California 92886<\/p>\n

Announced: April 4, 2021, by President Russell M. Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n

Groundbreaking: June 18, 2022, presided over by Elder Mark A. Bragg<\/a>, a General Authority Seventy<\/p>\n

Public open house: April 30 through May 23, 2026, excluding Sundays<\/p>\n

To be dedicated: June 7, 2026<\/p>\n

Property size: 5.46 acres<\/p>\n

Building size: 30,872 square feet<\/p>\n

Building height: 70 feet (including the spire)<\/p>\n

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