SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the groundbreaking date for the Jacksonville Florida Temple, as well as the sites of the Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple and the Calabar Nigeria Temple.

Groundbreaking services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. Elder Massimo De Feo, First Counselor in the United States Southeast Area Presidency, will preside at the event.

Attendance at the site will reportedly be by invitation.

The 29,000-square-foot temple, announced in Oct. 2023, will be built on a 6.6-acre site located at 3323 Loretto Road, Jacksonville.

Florida is home to almost 180,000 Latter-day Saints in around 280 congregations.

"This will be the fifth house of the Lord in the state," the Church said in a press release. "Dedicated temples

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