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Vancouver Washington Temple
Groundbreaking ceremony held on 23 August 2025; full-scale construction pending
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Announcement:
1 October 2023Groundbreaking and Site Dedication:
23 August 2025 by Mark A. BraggSite:
15.11 acres | 6.1 hectaresArchitectural Features:
Single attached end spireOrdinance Rooms:
Four instruction rooms, three sealing rooms, and one baptistryTotal Floor Area:
43,000 square feet | 3,995 square metersHeight:
167 feet 3 inches | 51.0 metersElevation:
267 feet | 82 metersGroundbreaking Ceremony
Elder Mark A. Bragg, General Authority Seventy, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Vancouver Washington Temple on Saturday, August 23, 2025. He said, "A temple is truly the house of the Lord, a holy protection from the world where sacred ordinances of the gospel are performed by and for the living and in behalf of our ancestors, because we know that we live after this life and can return to live with our Heavenly Father."1
Temple Rendering
On September 3, 2024, the official exterior rendering for the Vancouver Washington Temple was released to the public.2
Temple Site
On February 26, 2024, the location of the Vancouver Washington Temple was announced as a 15.11-acre site located northwest of the intersection of SE 20th Street and SE Bybee Road in the Vancouver suburb of Camas. Plans call for a multistory temple of approximately 43,000 square feet.3
Temple Announcement
On October 1, 2023, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Vancouver Washington Temple at the October 2023 General Conference. It will be the sixth temple in Washington state and the second in the Portland metropolitan area. At the time of the announcement, dedicated temples in the state included the Columbia River Washington Temple, the Seattle Washington Temple, the Spokane Washington Temple, and the Moses Lake Washington Temple. The Tacoma Washington Temple had been announced in October 2022. Washington was home to more than 280,000 Latter-day Saints across 489 congregations.4
- "Ground Broken for Three Temples in Africa and the US," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 23 Aug. 2025.
- "News for Temples in the Philippines and US," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 3 Sept. 2024.
- "Renderings for Temples in England, Nevada and Texas," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 26 Feb. 2024.
- "The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023.
