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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Reposted list of cities ripe for a temple announcement

I am reposting the list of temples that may be announced soon in light of new knowledge that has recently come to my attention. Here's the list:

Nicaragua (Managua; proposed in 2012 by Elder Russell M. Nelson; land has already been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it); Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby; land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it); Arkansas (Bentonville; land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it); Puerto Rico (San Juan); Kiribati (Tarawa); Sierra Leone (Freetown); Uganda (Kampala); Kenya (Nairobi; publicly proposed by President Gordon B. Hinckley in 1999); Montana (Missoula; temple was publicly proposed there in 2016 by Elder David A. Bednar); Utah (Tooele/Layton/Lehi/Kaysville); Hungary (Budapest); Nigeria (Lagos); Bolivia (La Paz); South Dakota (Rapid City); Mexico (Puebla); Chile (Valparaiso); Idaho (Pocatello); New Zealand (Auckland); Philippines (Davao); Scotland (Edinburgh); Virginia (Richmond); Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar); Spain (Barcelona); Wyoming (Cody); Brazil (Brasilia/Belo Horizonte); Argentina (Neuquen); Ghana (Kumasi).


Alternative locations: Ivory Coast (2nd and possibly 3rd temples; may be needed due to extreme growth in the area); Kasai or other DR Congo region (Kasai proposed in 2016 by Neil L. Andersen; may be needed due to extreme growth in the area); Vilnius Lithuania (proposed in 1993 by M. Russell Ballard); Maracaibo Venezuela (proposed in 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley); Singapore (proposed in 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley); 2nd Southwest Salt Lake Valley temple (proposed in 2005 by Gordon B. Hinckley; more than likely because land has already been purchased for it); alternate dark-horse locations: Orem/Heber Utah; Maputo Mozambique; Oslo Norway; Antananarivo Madagascar. 
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 9, 2016 at 3:49 PM

    Do you think other temples in Oregon, Washington, or California are likely soon? Or Brasilia Brazil?

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  2. James G. StokesAugust 9, 2016 at 4:07 PM

    Other temples for Oregon, Washington, and California are all likely possibilities. I just don't think they are as imminent as some of these others. But President Monson has caught me off guard with his last few temple announcements, so it's not out of the question. As for Brasilia, that temple is in my list above and may very well be the next Brazilian temple to be announced. As always, thanks for commenting.

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