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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Temple Progress Update

Hello, all. Once again, it has been a busy couple of weeks. I will attempt to catch you up on all that has happened since I last wrote. There's a lot to get through, so let's get started!

On Friday, the Church announced the opening of two more temples before the end of the year.

The Mexico City Mexico Temple, which has been closed for renovation, will have its open house from Friday August 14-Saturday September 5. The cultural celebration will take place on Saturday September 12 and the temple will be rededicated in three sessions the next day. As with other temples that will be dedicated this year, the dedicatory services will only be broadcasted to Saints residing within the Mexico City Mexico Temple district.

The new Tijuana Mexico Temple will have its open house from Friday November 13-Saturday November 28. The cultural celebration will take place on Saturday December 12, and the temple will be dedicated in three sessions the next day. These dedicatory services will also only be broadcasted within the temple district. The dedication of the Tijuana temple will bring the number of operating temples to 149 by the end of the year.

It is unlikely that any other temples will be dedicated the remainder of the year, but time will tell. More dedications could happen this year. We'll have to see.

Additionally, the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple closes for renovation tomorrow, though ldschurchtemples.com lists it as already closed. While we are waiting for further progress on temples, here's an updated status report on temple progress. The number by each temple refers to the order in which it was dedicated (for temples closed for renovation), the order in which it will be dedicated (for temples scheduled for dedication), the order in which ground was broken (for under construction temples) or announcement date (for those that have been announced). I based my list on information available from ldschurchtemples.com. Here's the list:

Temples Undergoing Renovation:
26. Mexico City Mexico Temple: Scheduled to be rededicated Sunday September 13, 2015.
86. Montreal Quebec Temple: Anticipated to be completed in late 2015.
91. Suva Fiji Temple: Anticipated to be completed in late 2015-early 2016.
33. Freiberg Germany Temple: Anticipated to be completed in mid-2016.
8. Idaho Falls Idaho Temple: Anticipated to be completed in late 2016.

Under Construction:
145. Cordoba Argentina Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday May 17, 2015.
146. Payson Utah Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday June 7, 2015.
147. Trujillo Peru Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday June 21, 2015.
148. Indianapolis Indiana Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday August 23, 2015.
149. Tijuana Mexico Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday December 13, 2015.
154. Provo City Center Temple: Projected to be completed in late 2015-early 2016.
150. Rome Italy Temple: Projected to be completed in early 2016.
151. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple: Projected to be completed in early-to-mid 2016.
155. Hartford Connecticut Temple: Projected to be completed in mid-2016.
156. Fort Collins Colorado Temple: Projected to be completed in mid-2016.
152. Sapporo Japan Temple: Projected to be completed in late 2016.
157. Paris France Temple: Projected to be completed in late 2016.
158. Meridian Idaho Temple: Projected to be completed in mid-2017.
153. Fortaleza Brazil Temple: Projected to be completed in 2018.

Announced:
166. Star Valley Wyoming Temple: Building permit approved; groundbreaking scheduled for April 25, 2015.
167. Tucson Arizona Temple: Construction approval phase; general contractor selected; groundbreaking pending.
169. Cedar City Utah Temple: Local government approval phase; site plan presented at January 2015 meeting; groundbreaking pending.
159. Concepcion Chile Temple: Approval phase; temple and site design plans complete; groundbreaking pending.
160. Lisbon Portugal Temple: Planning and approval phase; land purchase finalized; groundbreaking pending.
168. Arequipa Peru Temple: Planning and approval phase; final piece of land for temple site acquired; groundbreaking pending.
163. Barranquilla Colombia Temple: Planning and approval phase; temple and site designs complete; groundbreaking pending.
162. Winnipeg Manitoba Temple: Planning and approval phase; groundbreaking pending.
165. Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Planning and approval phase; groundbreaking pending.
170. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple: Planning and approval phase; groundbreaking pending.
161. Urdaneta Philippines Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
164. Durban South Africa Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.

 Hope you enjoyed this post. I will be posting two other important updates in just a few minutes.

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