Revised time-frame for future temple-related events:
Sunday November 19, 2017: Dedication of the Meridian
Idaho Temple (158th operating temple; already confirmed)
Sunday December 10, 2017: Dedication of the Cedar City
Utah Temple (159th operating temple; already confirmed)
2018:
January: Raleigh North Carolina Temple Renovation Closure
(already confirmed; exact date may not be as set in stone as I once believed)
February: Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple Renovation Closure
(already confirmed; exact date may not be as set in stone as I once believed)
Sunday March 4: Washington DC Temple Renovation Closure
(already confirmed)
April or May: Full-scale construction anticipated to
begin on the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
May: Mesa Arizona Temple Renovation Closure (already
confirmed; exact date not yet released)
Sunday May 20: Jordan River Utah Temple Rededication
(already confirmed)
Sunday August 5 or 12: Frankfurt Germany Temple Rededication
Sunday August 19 or 26: Kinshasa DR Congo Temple
Dedication (160th operating temple)
Sunday September 16 or 23: Concepcion Chile Temple
Dedication (161st operating temple)
Sunday November 11 or 18: Barranquilla Colombia Temple
Dedication (162nd operating temple)
2019:
Mid-April: Memphis Tennessee Temple Rededication
Mid-to-late April: Rome Italy Temple Dedication (163rd
operating temple)
Early-to-mid May: Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple
Rededication
Mid-May: Asuncion Paraguay Temple Rededication
Late May-early June: Durban South Africa Temple
Dedication (164th operating temple)
Mid-June: Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple Dedication (165th
operating temple)
Early-to-mid August: Fortaleza Brazil Temple Dedication
(166th operating temple)
Mid-to-late August: Rio de Janeiro Temple Dedication (167th
operating temple)
Mid-September: Raleigh North Carolina Temple Rededication
Mid-October: Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple Rededication
Mid-to-late October: Lisbon Portugal Temple Dedication
(168th operating temple)
Mid-November: Arequipa Peru Temple Dedication (169th
operating temple)
Mid-December: Oakland California Temple Rededication
NOTE: The Church indicated when announcing the renovation
of this temple that it would reopen in 2019. That said, it is an older temple,
and as such, may take longer than anticipated. I could see it being rededicated
in 2020, if the process is delayed for any reason.
2020:
Mid-to-late April: Winnipeg Manitoba Temple Dedication
(170th operating temple)
Mid-May: Tokyo Japan Temple Rededication
Early-to-mid September: Mesa Arizona Temple Rededication
Mid-November: Washington DC Temple Rededication
NOTE: If, as I expect, almost all of the temples that are
currently announced have a groundbreaking in either 2018 or 2019, then it is more
likely than not that many of them could be dedicated during 2020. For now, the
only events that are anticipated to happen in 2020 are listed here. As the next
two years unfold, I will be adding future events to this list.
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