( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Uchtdorf and his wife, Harriet, greet youths before the celebration marking the completion of the Tucson Temple.
( Photo courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) The Tucson, Arizona, Temple.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) .Uchtdorf helps LDS children place mortar around the cornerstone.
( Photo courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) "The temple is such a wonderful sign of light and of purpose," President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, during the cornerstone ceremony for the Tucson Temple.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Mormons are ushered in to the new temple.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Thousands attended a cultural celebration for the completion of the Tucson Temple as some 2,100 young Latter-day Saints presented the history of the church in Arizona through son and dance at the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Thousands attended a cultural celebration for the completion of the Tucson Temple as some 2,100 young Latter-day Saints presented the history of the church in Arizona through son and dance at the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Thousands attended a cultural celebration for the completion of the Tucson Temple as some 2,100 young Latter-day Saints presented the history of the church in Arizona through son and dance at the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Thousands attended a cultural celebration for the completion of the Tucson Temple as some 2,100 young Latter-day Saints presented the history of the church in Arizona through son and dance at the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Thousands attended a cultural celebration for the completion of the Tucson Temple as some 2,100 young Latter-day Saints presented the history of the church in Arizona through son and dance at the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Thousands attended a cultural celebration for the completion of the Tucson Temple as some 2,100 young Latter-day Saints presented the history of the church in Arizona through son and dance at the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
( Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Thousands attended a cultural celebration for the completion of the Tucson Temple as some 2,100 young Latter-day Saints presented the history of the church in Arizona through son and dance at the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
Mormons on Sunday dedicated the Tucson Temple, making it the sixth in Arizona and 157th worldwide.
Weekend events included a cultural celebration, a dedicatory prayer and the traditional cornerstone ceremony led by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the governing First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to a release from the Utah-based faith.
“The temple is such a wonderful sign of light and of purpose, which is the purpose, which is heavenly, even the gospel of Jesus Christ,” Uchtdorf said. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the place to find harmony between heaven and earth.”
More than 423,000 Mormons live in Arizona, according to the LDS Church.
Latter-day Saints view temples as Houses of God, places where members can participate in their faith’s highest ordinances, including eternal marriage.
