Phoenix Arizona Temple
A temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints completed in Phoenix in 2014, the church's 144th and the fifth in Arizona.
- Rank in Arizona
- #357of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 40.0 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Aprilby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Historic Site
The Phoenix Arizona Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Phoenix, Arizona. Its construction was announced on 24 May 2008, a month after the Gila Valley and Gilbert temples were announced for Arizona, and it is the fifth temple in the state. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 4 June 2011, conducted by Ronald A. Rasband, and the temple was completed in 2014 as the church's 144th. It was designed by the architectural firm CCBG Architects and has a single attached central spire carrying a statue of the angel Moroni.
Where it is
Phoenix Arizona Temple is a historic site near Peoria, in Maricopa County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Phoenix Arizona Temple, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/details/phoenix-arizona-temple(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Peoria
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 40.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 18.3
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- churchofjesuschrist.org(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.6984, -112.1720
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12