Dedicatory services set for temple in San Diego
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Open house and dedication dates for the nearly completed San Diego Temple have been announced by the First Presidency.
The temple will be dedicated in 23 dedicatory services April 25-30, 1993, preceded by an open house for the public.Following a preview by the news media and other specially invited guests, the open house for the general public will run from Feb. 20 through April 3. After the open house, the temple will be closed and prepared for dedicatory services.
The San Diego Temple will be the 45th operating temple worldwide, the 23rd in the United States and the third in California, the other two in the state being in Los Angeles and Oakland.
Located on approximately seven acres near Interstate 5 in the suburban community of La Jolla, the temple will serve some 70,000 members of the Church in 20 southern California stakes, and another 12,000 in five northern Mexico stakes.
Plans to build the San Diego temple were announced in 1984 and ground was broken by President Ezra Taft Benson Feb. 27, 1988. The building has a white marble-chips exterior and features art glass windows. Two major spires rise some 190 feet and the eastern spire is topped with a 10-foot gold-leafed statue of the Angel Moroni.
The temple has some 59,000 square feet of floor space, including four ordinance rooms, eight sealing rooms for marriages, a baptistry and a celestial room.
