Two new LDS temples announced at Oct. General Conference

By David Self Newlin

October 6th, 2012 @ 11:18am

SALT LAKE CITY — At the first Saturday session of the October General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the construction of two new temples was announced.

The future temples in Tucson , Ariz and Arequipa, Peru were the 28th and 29th temples either announced or under construction as of Saturday.

There are currently 3 temples in operation in Arizona, a state with some 400,000 members of the LDS Church. Two others in Phoenix and Gilbert are under way.

Peru is home to over half a million members of the LDS church, some of whom have had to travel approximately 500 miles to Lima in order to attend temple ceremonies which are central to the faith. Saturday's announcement brings the country's total to three.

Currently there are 139 temples operating worldwide.

David Self Newlin, ksl.com Content Manager

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