Temple Construction Progress Report
(current as of 10/17/16)
Current Temple Status: 153 operating; 2 scheduled
for dedication; 11 under construction; 3 undergoing
renovation; 11 announced (As many as 3 groundbreaking announcements may be made soon).
Dedication scheduled:
154. Star Valley
Wyoming Temple: Preparing for dedication; scheduled
on Sunday October 30, 2016.
155. Hartford
Connecticut Temple: Public open house tours underway through Saturday October
22; dedication scheduled on Sunday November 20, 2016.
Under Construction:
156. Paris France
Temple: Interior work underway; open house committee assembled; completion
anticipated sometime during the first
half of 2017.
157. Meridian Idaho
Temple: Adding landscaping structures; installing fence posts and lamp posts; completion
anticipated sometime in late 2017.
158. Cedar City Utah
Temple: Installing art glass;
dropping posts for decorative fencing; completion anticipated
sometime in late 2017.
159. Tucson Arizona
Temple: Pouring concrete parking lot; interior work underway; completion
anticipated sometime in late 2017.
160. Rome Italy Temple:
Interior work progressing; completion
anticipated sometime in the first
half of 2018.
161. Concepcion Chile
Temple: Steeple framework going up; completion anticipated sometime in 2018.
162. Kinshasa Democratic
Republic of the Congo Temple: Main level floors poured; completion
anticipated sometime in 2018.
163.
Durban South Africa Temple: Preparing to pour foundation; laying aggregate for
parking; street entrance cut; hydroseeding sloped land;
completion anticipated sometime in 2018.
164. Barranquilla
Colombia Temple: Foundation walls going up; completion anticipated sometime in 2019.
165. Fortaleza Brazil Temple: Forms and rebar set in anticipation
of pouring foundation walls; completion anticipated sometime in 2019.
166. Lisbon Portugal Temple:
Site clearing phase; construction fence erected; concrete bleachers removed; completion anticipated sometime in 2019.
Undergoing Renovation:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho
Temple: Closed for renovation; finish work underway; resurfacing and restriping
parking lot; rededication anticipated sometime during early 2017.
20. Jordan River Utah
Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication anticipated sometime in late
2017.
41. Frankfurt Germany
Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication anticipated sometime in 2018.
Announced:
167. Arequipa Peru
Temple: General contractor selected; construction
anticipated to begin late 2016 or early 2017.
168. Winnipeg
Manitoba Temple: Permitting phase; temple
fireside held September 11, 2016; groundbreaking anticipated in either late 2016 or early 2017.
169. Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Temple: Construction preparation phase; plans
approved by local government; groundbreaking pending.
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.
