Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 8/29/16)
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: Open house tickets available beginning September 1, 2016; 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 early-to-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 late 2018.
162. Kinshasa Democratic Republic
of the Congo Temple: Foundation
poured; waterproofing applied to basement walls;
completion estimated sometime between late 2018 and early 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: Sinking piles for
foundation and terracing soil; 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 in late
2016.
168. Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Temple: Construction preparation phase; plans approved by local government;
groundbreaking pending.
169. Winnipeg
Manitoba Temple: Approval and permitting phase; community open house held
August 25, 2016; groundbreaking anticipated 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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