Announcement of the San Jose California Temple
President Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced the San Jose California Temple on April 2, 2023, during a Sunday afternoon session of general conference.
Elder Keahi Tu’itavuki, a missionary from Northern California, said the temple will help local members do the small and simple things, such as daily repentance, prayer and scripture study. Because of the new edifice, he said, “a light will be burned brightly.”
Timeline of the San Jose California Temple
The San Jose California Temple was announced by President Nelson on April 2, 2023. Details about the temple’s groundbreaking have not yet been released.
Architecture and Design of the San Jose California Temple
According to site plans released by the Church on Aug. 28, 2023, the San Jose California Temple will be a single-story building of approximately 30,000 square feet. The edifice will stand on a 4.73-acre site at 771 W. Fremont Ave. in Sunnyvale, California, a Bay Area suburb west of San Jose. An adjacent distribution center is also planned for the site.
Architectural renderings of the house of the Lord show an off-white exterior surrounded by rectangular windows, with an arched entryway. A four-tiered tower with tall windows stands above the center of the building. Shrubs and flower gardens adorn the grounds.