Installation of new Angel Moroni Statue for Latter-day Saint Temple in Star Valley is complete

UPDATE

The caller Angel Moroni Statue for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Temple successful Afton, Wyoming was installed Tuesday.

The task was expected to hap connected Monday, but was delayed owed to weather, according to aggregate group successful nan area.

The aged statue was damaged successful a lightning large wind respective months ago, which is why it was replaced.

“(It) blackened portion of nan backside of (it),” Temple President Kirk Hathaway told SVI News. “You tin hardly show wherever it is unless you’re looking for it. Our Temple Facilities Manager … noticed location was blackening connected it, and truthful it was wished … that we should switch it.”

See nan statue successful a video here.

The Star Valley Temple became nan church’s first temple successful nan Cowboy authorities erstwhile it was completed successful 2016.

A nationalist unfastened location and circuit of nan Casper, Wyoming Temple is scheduled to statesman connected August 29. It will beryllium dedicated connected Oct. 13 by LDS Apostle Quentin L. Cook, according to SVI News.

The Cody, Wyoming Temple, which was announced successful 2021, is awaiting construction, pending a tribunal proceeding.

ORIGINAL STORY

AFTON, Wyoming (SVI News) – The Angel Moroni statue that sits atop The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Star Valley, Wyoming Temple successful Afton was replaced Monday.

Replacement activity sewage underway astatine noon and took astir 4 hours to complete.

The logic for nan replacement was owed to a lightning onslaught respective months ago.

“(It) blackened portion of nan backside of (it),” said Temple President Kirk Hathaway. “You tin hardly show wherever it is unless you’re looking for it. Our Temple Facilities Manager … noticed location was blackening connected it, and truthful it was wished … that we should switch it.”

Two ample cranes were utilized connected nan project. One crane removed nan damaged statue and replaced it pinch nan caller one. The 2nd crane lifted a accommodation unit personnel to nan statue, and secured it successful place.

The temple grounds were closed Monday during nan project. Many group watched from a region while it was successful progress.

“I’m hoping that group will usage communal consciousness and beryllium safe astir location while it’s going on,” Hathaway said up of nan statue’s replacement. “There will beryllium a batch of group driving backmost and distant connected nan highway, and I would dislike for anyone to person an mishap while watching nan Angel Moroni being replaced.”