Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 2/7/17)
Current
Temple Status: 155 operating; 4 scheduled for
dedication; 8 under construction; 2 groundbreakings scheduled; 1 scheduled for
rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 8 announced. NOTE: In addition to
the two groundbreakings already scheduled this year, the chances are very good
that we will see several others also have a groundbreaking in 2017.
Dedication
scheduled:
156. Paris France Temple: Interior artwork being
shipped for hanging inside the temple; dedication scheduled for Sunday May 21, 2017.
157. Tucson
Arizona Temple: Exterior architectural details gilded; installation
of interior art glass and millwork nearing completion; president’s home
undergoing renovation; dedication scheduled for Sunday August 13, 2017.
158. Meridian
Idaho Temple: Interior painting and millwork underway; dedication
scheduled for Sunday November 19, 2017.
159. Cedar
City Utah Temple: Installing art glass windows; hanging drywall on interior;
dedication scheduled for Sunday December
10, 2017.
Under Construction:
160. Rome Italy Temple:
Interior work progressing; completion anticipated
sometime between early and mid-2018.
161. Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Applying waterproofing membrane
to exterior walls; setting rebar; roughing in plumbing; completion
anticipated sometime between early and mid-2018.
162.
Barranquilla Colombia Temple: Concrete walls poured for steeple;
attaching waterproofing membrane to exterior walls; completion anticipated sometime
during mid-2018.
163. Concepcion
Chile Temple: Exterior cladding going up on north wall; framing the interior
walls; completion anticipated sometime during mid-to-late 2018.
164.
Durban South Africa Temple: Applying waterproof mastic to temple
foundation; pouring exterior walls for missionary housing building; staking site for ancillary buildings; completion
anticipated sometime during mid-to-late 2018.
165. Fortaleza
Brazil Temple: Setting concrete forms for parapet walls; completion
anticipated sometime during 2019.
166.
Lisbon Portugal Temple: Excavation underway for temple;
structural framing going up for meetinghouse; completion anticipated
sometime during 2019.
Construction pending:
167. Winnipeg
Manitoba Temple: Groundbreaking held Saturday December 3, 2016; completion
anticipated sometime between 2018 and 2019 (assuming
the delays that may be preventing construction are sufficiently resolved.)
Groundbreaking Scheduled:
168. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple:
Preparing for groundbreaking; environmental license issued in November 2016;
groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday
March 4, 2017.
169. Arequipa Peru Temple: Preparing for groundbreaking; Erecting construction barrier; clearing and
leveling site; groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday March 4, 2017.
Rededication Scheduled:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho
Temple: Closed for renovation; finish work underway; rededicatiemon scheduled
for Sunday June 4, 2017.
Undergoing Renovation:
20. Jordan River Utah
Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication anticipated sometime between early-and-mid
2018.
41. Frankfurt Germany
Temple: Closed for renovation; some exterior stone removed; foundation exposed;
old meetinghouse razed; rededication anticipated sometime between early-and
mid-2018.
Announced:
170. Harare Zimbabwe
Temple: Planning and approval; official site announcement
anticipated in 2017, with the groundbreaking anticipated to take place shortly
following the site announcement.
171. Port-au-Prince
Haiti Temple: Planning and approval; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE:
The LDS Church Temple website indicates that a potential site has been identified,
though it has yet to be officially verified.
172. Bangkok Thailand
Temple: Planning and approval; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE: As
the above-mentioned website indicates for this temple, while no official temple
site has been announced, there may be a possibility that a Church office
building may be repurposed to function as a temple, meetinghouse, and office
building under one roof, in a similar fashion to those temples in Hong Kong
China and Manhattan New York. This is most likely to be confirmed sooner rather
than later.
173. Abidjan Ivory Coast
Temple: Planning and approval; awaiting official site announcement.
174. Quito Ecuador Temple: Planning and approval; awaiting
official site announcement.
175. Belem Brazil Temple:
Planning and approval; awaiting official site announcement.
176. Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple: Planning and approval; awaiting
official site announcement. 177. Urdaneta Philippines
Temple: Stalled in planning and approval; 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 report.
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