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[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] currently has 168 temples in operation around the world. | [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] currently has 168 temples in operation around the world. | ||
− | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 188th | + | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 188th annual [[General Conference|general conference]] of the Church, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that seven new temples will be built in the following locations: Salta, Argentina; Bengaluru, India; Managua Nicaragua; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; Layton, Utah; Richmond, Virginia; and a major city yet to be determined in Russia. |
− | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 189th | + | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 189th annual general conference of the Church, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that eight new temples will be built in the following locations: Pago Pago, American Samoa; Okinawa City, Okinawa; Neiafu, Tonga; Tooele Valley, Utah; Moses Lake, Washington; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; Antofagasta, Chile; and Budapest, Hungary. |
− | During the women’s session of the 189th | + | During the women’s session of the 189th semiannual general conference of the Church, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that eight new temples will be built in the following locations: Freetown, Sierra Leone; Orem, Utah; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Bentonville, Arkansas; Bacolod, Phillippines; McAllen, Texas; Cobán, Guatemala; and Taylorsville, Utah. |
− | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 190th | + | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 190th annual general conference of the Church, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that eight new temples will be built in the following locations: Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Tallahassee, Florida; Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Benin City, Nigeria; Syracuse, Utah; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Shanghai, People's Republic of China. |
− | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 190th | + | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 190th semiannual general conference of the Church, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that six new temples will be built in the following locations: Tarawa, Kiribati; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Lindon, Utah; Greater Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sao Paulo East, Brazil; and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. |
− | There are currently | + | During the Sunday afternoon session of the 191st annual general conference of the Church, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that 20 new temples will be built in the following locations: Beira, Mozambique; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Brussels, Belgium; Burley, Idaho; Cali, Colombia; Cape Town, South Africa; Casper, Wyoming; Elko, Nevada; Eugene, Oregon; Farmington, New Mexico; Grand Junction, Colorado; Helena, Montana; Kumasi, Ghana; Oslo, Norway; Querétaro, México; Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Smithfield, Utah; Torreón, México; Vienna, Austria; and Yorba Linda, California. |
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+ | On Saturday, 1 May 2021, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] announced that a new temple will be built in Ephraim, Utah. In a prerecorded message played at a press conference inside the Manti Tabernacle (seven miles, or 11 kilometers, south of Ephraim), the prophet said the new house of the Lord will be an important addition for the Church's growing membership in the area — including students at Snow College. [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/ephraim-utah-temple-manti-temple-renovation He said], "We care about their well-being and their future." The Ephraim Utah Temple will be the 252nd temple in the Church and the 27th in Utah. | ||
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+ | Elder [[Kevin R. Duncan]], Temple Department Executive Director, said the new temple in Ephraim will be similar in size to the [[Brigham City Utah Temple]], which is approximately 36,000 square feet. The new temple will serve some 30,000 Latter-day Saints and have four 30-seat [[Endowment Mormon|endowment]] rooms, three [[Sealings|sealing]] rooms and one [[Baptismal font|baptismal font]]. Endowment sessions with film presentations will occur every half hour. | ||
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+ | On Sunday, 3 October 2021, during the afternoon session of the 191st semiannual [[General Conference|general conference]] of the Church, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that 13 new temples will be built in the following locations: Antananarivo. Madagascar; Cody, Wyoming; Culiacán, México; Fort Worth, Texas; Heber Valley, Utah; Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; La Paz, Bolivia; Morovia, Liberia; Rexburgh North, Idaho; Santiago West, Chile; Tacloban City, Philippines; and Vitória, Brazil. | ||
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+ | There are currently 41 temples under construction and 56 temples that have been announced (not yet under construction). The following temples are currently undergoing renovations: [[Tokyo Japan Temple]], [[Washington D.C. Temple]], [[Mesa Arizona Temple]], [[Hamilton New Zealand Temple]], [[Salt Lake Temple]], [[St. George Utah Temple]], the [[Hong Kong China Temple]], and the [[Columbus Ohio Temple]]. | ||
The following is a list of all [[Inside Mormon temples|LDS Temples]] either completed, under construction or announced. The numbering for those under construction or announced is not fixed and is subject to change according to the order of dedication. See also [[Geographical List of Temples]]. | The following is a list of all [[Inside Mormon temples|LDS Temples]] either completed, under construction or announced. The numbering for those under construction or announced is not fixed and is subject to change according to the order of dedication. See also [[Geographical List of Temples]]. | ||
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|192 | |192 | ||
+ | |[[Salta Argentina Temple]] | ||
+ | |4 November 2020 | ||
+ | |[[Benjamin de Hoyos|Benjamín De Hoyos]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |193 | ||
|[[Red Cliffs Utah Temple]] | |[[Red Cliffs Utah Temple]] | ||
|7 November 2020 | |7 November 2020 | ||
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− | | | + | |194 |
|[[Bentonville Arkansas Temple]] | |[[Bentonville Arkansas Temple]] | ||
|7 November 2020 | |7 November 2020 | ||
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− | | | + | |195 |
|[[Davao Philippines Temple]] | |[[Davao Philippines Temple]] | ||
|14 November 2020 | |14 November 2020 | ||
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− | | | + | |196 |
|[[Antofagasta Chile Temple]] | |[[Antofagasta Chile Temple]] | ||
|27 November 2020 | |27 November 2020 | ||
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− | | | + | |197 |
|[[Bengaluru India Temple]] | |[[Bengaluru India Temple]] | ||
|2 December 2020 | |2 December 2020 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |198 |
|[[Okinawa Japan Temple]] | |[[Okinawa Japan Temple]] | ||
|5 December 2020 | |5 December 2020 | ||
|[[Takashi Wada]] | |[[Takashi Wada]] | ||
− | | | + | |- |
+ | |199 | ||
+ | |[[Harare Zimbabwe Temple]] | ||
+ | |12 December 2020 | ||
+ | |[[Edward Dube]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |200 | ||
+ | |[[Mendoza Argentina Temple]] | ||
+ | |17 December 2020 | ||
+ | |[[Allen D. Haynie]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |201 | ||
+ | |[[Deseret Peak Utah Temple]] | ||
+ | |15 May 2021 | ||
+ | |[[Brook P. Hales]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |202 | ||
+ | |[[Tallahassee Florida Temple]] | ||
+ | |5 June 2021 | ||
+ | |[[James B. Martino]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |203 | ||
+ | |[[Syracuse Utah Temple]] | ||
+ | |12 June 2021 | ||
+ | |[[Kevin R. Duncan]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |204 | ||
+ | |[[Helena Montana Temple]] | ||
+ | |26 June 2021 | ||
+ | |[[Vern P. Stanfill]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |205 | ||
+ | |[[Salvador Brazil Temple]] | ||
+ | |7 August 2021 | ||
+ | |[[Adilson de Paula Parrella]] | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |206 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple]] |
− | | | + | |21 August 2021 |
+ | |[[Randall K. Bennett]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |207 | ||
+ | |[[Nairobi Kenya Temple]] | ||
+ | |11 September 2021 | ||
+ | |[[Joseph W. Sitati]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |208 | ||
+ | |[[Neiafu Tonga Temple]] | ||
+ | |11 September 2021 | ||
+ | |[[Inoke Kupu]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |209 | ||
+ | |[[Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple]] | ||
+ | |18 September 2021 | ||
+ | |[[Veasna Kuonno Neang]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |210 | ||
+ | |[[Casper Wyoming Temple]] | ||
+ | |9 October 2021 | ||
+ | |S. [[Gifford Nielsen]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |'''Temples Announced''' | ||
+ | |'''Announcement Date''' | ||
+ | |'''Presiding''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |211 | ||
+ | |[[Managua Nicaragua Temple]] | ||
+ | |1 April 2018 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |212 | ||
+ | |[[Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple]] | ||
+ | |1 April 2018 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |213 | ||
+ | |[[Puebla México Temple]] | ||
+ | |7 October 2018 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |214 | ||
+ | |[[Lagos Nigeria Temple]] | ||
+ | |7 October 2018 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |215 | ||
+ | |[[Pago Pago American Samoa Temple]] | ||
+ | |7 April 2019 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |216 | ||
+ | |[[Budapest Hungary Temple]] | ||
+ | |7 April 2019 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |217 | ||
+ | |[[Freetown Sierra Leone Temple]] | ||
+ | |6 October 2019 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |218 | ||
+ | |[[Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple]] | ||
+ | |6 October 2019 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |219 | ||
+ | |[[Bacolod Philippines Temple]] | ||
+ | |6 October 2019 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |220 | ||
+ | |[[McAllen Texas Temple]] | ||
+ | |6 October 2019 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |221 | ||
+ | |[[Coban Guatemala Temple]] | ||
+ | |6 October 2019 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |222 | ||
+ | |[[Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple]] | ||
+ | |5 April 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |223 | ||
+ | |[[Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple]] | ||
+ | |5 April 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |224 | ||
+ | |[[Benin City Nigeria Temple]] | ||
+ | |5 April 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |225 | ||
+ | |[[Dubai United Arab Emirates Temple]] | ||
+ | |5 April 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |226 | ||
+ | |[[Shanghai People's Republic of China Temple]] | ||
+ | |5 April 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |227 | ||
+ | |[[Tarawa Kiribati Temple]] | ||
+ | |4 October 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |228 | ||
+ | |[[Port Vila Vanuatu Temple]] | ||
+ | |4 October 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |229 | ||
+ | |[[Lindon Utah Temple]] | ||
+ | |4 October 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |230 | ||
+ | |[[Greater Guatemala City Guatemala Temple]] | ||
+ | |4 October 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |231 | ||
+ | |[[Sao Paulo East Brazil Temple]] | ||
+ | |4 October 2020 | ||
+ | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |232 | ||
+ | |[[Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple]] | ||
+ | |4 October 2020 | ||
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |233 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Beira Mozambique Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |234 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |235 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Brussels Belgium Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |236 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Burley Idaho Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |237 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Cali Colombia Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |238 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Cape Town South Africa Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |239 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Elko Nevada Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |240 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Willamette Valley Oregon Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |241 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Farmington New Mexico Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |242 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Grand Junction Colorado Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |243 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Kumasi Ghana Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |244 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Oslo Norway Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |245 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Querétaro México Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |246 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Singapore Republic of Singapore Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |247 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Smithfield Utah Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |248 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Torreón México Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |249 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Vienna Austria Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |250 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Yorba Linda California Temple]] |
− | | | + | |4 April 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |251 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Ephraim Utah Temple]] |
− | | | + | |1 May 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |252 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Antananarivo Madagascar Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |253 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Cody Wyoming Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |254 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Culiacán México Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |255 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Fort Worth Texas Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |256 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Heber Valley Utah Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |257 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |258 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |259 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[La Paz Bolivia Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |260 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Monrovia Liberia Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |261 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Rexburgh North Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |262 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Santiago West Chile Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |263 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Tacloban City Philippines Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |264 |
− | |[[ | + | |[[Vitória Brazil Temple]] |
− | | | + | |3 October 2021 |
|[[First Presidency]] | |[[First Presidency]] | ||
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Revision as of 08:12, 12 October 2021
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints currently has 168 temples in operation around the world.
During the Sunday afternoon session of the 188th annual general conference of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson announced that seven new temples will be built in the following locations: Salta, Argentina; Bengaluru, India; Managua Nicaragua; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; Layton, Utah; Richmond, Virginia; and a major city yet to be determined in Russia.
During the Sunday afternoon session of the 189th annual general conference of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson announced that eight new temples will be built in the following locations: Pago Pago, American Samoa; Okinawa City, Okinawa; Neiafu, Tonga; Tooele Valley, Utah; Moses Lake, Washington; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; Antofagasta, Chile; and Budapest, Hungary.
During the women’s session of the 189th semiannual general conference of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson announced that eight new temples will be built in the following locations: Freetown, Sierra Leone; Orem, Utah; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Bentonville, Arkansas; Bacolod, Phillippines; McAllen, Texas; Cobán, Guatemala; and Taylorsville, Utah.
During the Sunday afternoon session of the 190th annual general conference of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson announced that eight new temples will be built in the following locations: Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Tallahassee, Florida; Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Benin City, Nigeria; Syracuse, Utah; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
During the Sunday afternoon session of the 190th semiannual general conference of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson announced that six new temples will be built in the following locations: Tarawa, Kiribati; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Lindon, Utah; Greater Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sao Paulo East, Brazil; and Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
During the Sunday afternoon session of the 191st annual general conference of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson announced that 20 new temples will be built in the following locations: Beira, Mozambique; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Brussels, Belgium; Burley, Idaho; Cali, Colombia; Cape Town, South Africa; Casper, Wyoming; Elko, Nevada; Eugene, Oregon; Farmington, New Mexico; Grand Junction, Colorado; Helena, Montana; Kumasi, Ghana; Oslo, Norway; Querétaro, México; Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Smithfield, Utah; Torreón, México; Vienna, Austria; and Yorba Linda, California.
On Saturday, 1 May 2021, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that a new temple will be built in Ephraim, Utah. In a prerecorded message played at a press conference inside the Manti Tabernacle (seven miles, or 11 kilometers, south of Ephraim), the prophet said the new house of the Lord will be an important addition for the Church's growing membership in the area — including students at Snow College. He said, "We care about their well-being and their future." The Ephraim Utah Temple will be the 252nd temple in the Church and the 27th in Utah.
Elder Kevin R. Duncan, Temple Department Executive Director, said the new temple in Ephraim will be similar in size to the Brigham City Utah Temple, which is approximately 36,000 square feet. The new temple will serve some 30,000 Latter-day Saints and have four 30-seat endowment rooms, three sealing rooms and one baptismal font. Endowment sessions with film presentations will occur every half hour.
On Sunday, 3 October 2021, during the afternoon session of the 191st semiannual general conference of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson announced that 13 new temples will be built in the following locations: Antananarivo. Madagascar; Cody, Wyoming; Culiacán, México; Fort Worth, Texas; Heber Valley, Utah; Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; La Paz, Bolivia; Morovia, Liberia; Rexburgh North, Idaho; Santiago West, Chile; Tacloban City, Philippines; and Vitória, Brazil.
There are currently 41 temples under construction and 56 temples that have been announced (not yet under construction). The following temples are currently undergoing renovations: Tokyo Japan Temple, Washington D.C. Temple, Mesa Arizona Temple, Hamilton New Zealand Temple, Salt Lake Temple, St. George Utah Temple, the Hong Kong China Temple, and the Columbus Ohio Temple.
The following is a list of all LDS Temples either completed, under construction or announced. The numbering for those under construction or announced is not fixed and is subject to change according to the order of dedication. See also Geographical List of Temples.
Temples of the Restoration | Dedication Date | Dedicated By |
Kirtland Temple* | 27 March 1836 | Joseph Smith |
Nauvoo Temple** | 1 May 1846 | Orson Hyde |
- * No longer owned by the Church
- ** Destroyed by fire; rebuilt in 2002, see No. 113
Sources
- Mormon Temples
- Official LDS Temples site
- Unofficial LDS Temples site
- Wikipedia - List of LDS Temples
See Also
- Inside Mormon Temples
- Mormon Temples
- The Temple Endowment
- Mormon Undergarments
- Ordinances
- LDS Weddings
References
External Temple Links
- The Temple - BBC Religion & Ethics
- Mormon Temple Ordinances - ReligionFacts
- Mormon Temples - Lightplanet
- Temples and Mormon Temples - Answers.com
- Mormon Temples and Secrecy
- Early Christianity and Mormonism: The LDS Temple Endowment: An Introduction