A groundbreaking is planned Jan. 24 for Jacksonville’s first Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple on Loretto Road in Mandarin.
The private groundbreaking service will be by invitation only. Elder Massimo De Feo, first counselor in the United States Southeast Area Presidency, will preside at the event.
The 29,000-square-foot temple was announced in April on the 6.6-acre site just east of San Jose Boulevard. The temple will join four other Florida temples built or planned in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tallahassee and Tampa, church officials said…