SACRAMENTO, California — The Sacramento California temple is the latest to be dedicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Gordon B. Hinckley traveled to Sacramento last weekend to dedicate the new edifice.
Approximately 27,000 Latter-day Saints gathered on 3 September to hear from President Hinckley and other Church leaders. Four dedicatory sessions were held to accommodate the demand.
Other Church leaders attending the dedication included President Thomas S. Monson, first counselor in the First Presidency, Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve, Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Presidency of the Seventy, and Elder Richard G. Hinckley of the Seventy.
Elder Richard Hinckley, President Hinckley’s son, remarked on the importance of providing a temple for members in the area. “President Hinckley is a big believer in bringing temples to the people, instead of bringing the people to the temples," he said.
The new temple is the 123rd temple worldwide and the seventh in California.