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Colorado gained its second Mormon temple Sunday.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the LDS Church's governing First Presidency, dedicated the Fort Collins Temple in three services.
"When you see those majestic mountains, the Rocky Mountains to the west and the Plains to the east — and here, right at this wonderful intersection of both, is the house of the Lord," Uchtdorf said, according to a news release from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "We thank all those that made this possible."
The 42,000-square-foot building is the 153rd Mormon temple in the world and the second in Colorado, joining the 30-year-old edifice in Denver.
Uchtdorf and his wife, Harriet, also participated in a ceremonial cornerstone sealing outside the newly dedicated temple. They were joined, the news release said, by other high-level Mormon officials, including apostle Dale G. Renlund, general authorities Ulisses Soares, C. Scott Grow and Wilford W. Andersen of the Seventy; and Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric.
The Utah-based faith is scheduled to dedicate the Star Valley Temple — Wyoming's first — in Afton on Oct. 30.
Mormons view temples as houses of God, where members perform their faith's highest religious rites, including eternal marriage.