In the meantime, I thought about things and decided I was not happy with the way I was tracking temple progress. I have therefore reorganized my temple progress report. To me, it makes more sense to list the temples in this order: scheduled for dedication; scheduled for rededication; undergoing renovation (not including those scheduled for rededication); and announced, with those closer to a groundbreaking listed ahead of those that are still in the planning (and, if applicable, approval) stage. I like this version better than any other way I've done it in the past. I include a copy of the newly ordered report for your review. Let me know what you think. As always, thanks for reading these posts.
Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 8/26/16)
Current
Temple Status: 151 operating; 4 scheduled for dedication;
1 rededication scheduled; 3 others undergoing renovation; 11 under
construction; 11 announced (As many as 3 groundbreaking
announcements may be made soon).
Dedication
scheduled:
152. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple: Public open house
tours underway through September 9; dedication scheduled on Sunday September 18, 2016.
153. Fort Collins
Colorado Temple: Public
open house underway through September 10; dedication scheduled on Sunday
October 16, 2016.
154. Star Valley
Wyoming Temple: Accepting reservations for public open house, scheduled
September 23-October 8; dedication scheduled on Sunday October 30,
2016.
155. Hartford Connecticut Temple: Decorative granite urn added to temple; three-tiered fountain
installed at temple entrance; dedication
scheduled on Sunday November 20, 2016.
Rededication
scheduled:
33. Freiberg Germany Temple: Closed for renovation; open
house tours underway through August 27; rededication
scheduled on Sunday September 4, 2016.
Undergoing
Renovation:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication
estimated sometime during the first quarter of 2017.
41. Frankfurt Germany Temple: Closed for renovation;
rededication estimated sometime in late 2017.
20. Jordan River Utah Temple: Closed for renovation;
rededication estimated sometime in late 2017.
Under
Construction:
156. Paris France Temple: Exterior cladding of
visitor’s center nearing completion; stained glass installation underway;
courtyard pavers laid; completion estimated sometime in mid-2017.
157. Meridian Idaho Temple: Angel Moroni placed on
July 20, 2016; completion estimated sometime in late
2017.
158. Cedar City Utah Temple: Laying zinc shingles on tower roof; completion
estimated sometime in late 2017.
159. Tucson Arizona Temple: Retaining
walls in place; pouring parking lot curbing; completion estimated sometime
in late 2017.
160. Rome Italy Temple: Interior work underway including
some material replacement and rework; completion estimated sometime in the
first half of 2018.
161. Concepcion Chile Temple: Pouring walls for base of
tower; preparing to attach exterior panels; completion
estimated sometime in 2018.
162. Kinshasa Democratic
Republic of the Congo Temple: Foundation
poured; waterproofing applied to basement walls;
completion estimated sometime between 2018 and 2019.
163. Barranquilla Colombia Temple: Foundation walls going
up; Elder Renlund visits temple site in August; completion
estimated sometime in 2019.
164. Fortaleza Brazil Temple: Forms in place for pouring
foundation walls; completion estimated sometime in 2019.
165.
Durban South Africa Temple: Site grading and clearing underway; completion
estimated sometime in 2019.
166. Lisbon Portugal Temple: Ground broken on Saturday
December 5, 2015; completion estimated sometime in 2019.
Announced:
167. Arequipa Peru Temple: General
contractor selected; construction anticipated beginning
sometime in October 2016, groundbreaking announcement
anticipated soon.
168. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple: Construction preparation
phase; plans approved by local government; groundbreaking
announcement anticipated soon.
169. Winnipeg
Manitoba Temple: Approval and permitting phase;
community open house held August 25, 2016; groundbreaking announcement
anticipated soon and to be set for early in 2017.
170. Urdaneta Philippines Temple: Planning and approval
phase; awaiting official site announcement.
171. Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple: Planning and approval
phase; awaiting official site announcement.
172. Bangkok Thailand Temple: Planning and approval phase;
awaiting official site announcement.
173. Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
174. Quito Ecuador Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
175. Harare Zimbabwe Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
176. Belem Brazil Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
177. Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
Key:
Bolded
numbers and text denote temples whose
numbers already exists (for renovations), or is certain due to a scheduled
dedication, as well as information that is certain, such as dedication or groundbreaking
dates.
Italicized
numbers and text denote
temples whose numbers may change based on the order in which future dedications
and groundbreakings are scheduled.
Underlined
numbers and text denote temples whose
numbers may change based on progress towards
planning, approval, and groundbreaking.
Red text denotes changes from the last posted temple progress
update.
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