Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 1/17/17)
Current
Temple Status: 155 operating; 1 scheduled for
dedication; 11 under construction; 1 groundbreaking scheduled; 1 scheduled
for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 9 announced. NOTE: With one groundbreaking
announced already this year, two more have the potential to be announced and
scheduled very soon, and there may be several more groundbreakings than that in
the year ahead.
Dedication
scheduled:
156. Paris France Temple: Gilding inscription over baptistry; finish work underway on
interior; dedication scheduled for Sunday
May 21, 2017.
Under Construction:
157. Meridian Idaho
Temple: Patron plazas and water feature added to temple grounds; interior
finish work underway; completion anticipated sometime during late
2017.
158. Cedar City Utah
Temple: Fencing progressing; entrance plaza created; landscaping
areas defined; hanging drywall; completion anticipated
sometime during late 2017.
159. Tucson Arizona
Temple: Pavers installed in parking lot and west patron plaza; trees and
landscaping rocks added to parking lot green spaces; completion anticipated
sometime during late 2017.
160. Rome Italy Temple:
Interior work progressing; completion anticipated
sometime between early and mid-2018.
161. Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Building the exterior
walls; completion anticipated sometime between early and
mid-2018.
162. Concepcion Chile
Temple: Attaching building wrap to exterior walls; adding landscaping
structures; completion anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
163. Durban South
Africa Temple: Pouring temple foundation; setting rebar for missionary housing
walls; palm trees planted along entrance road; completion anticipated
sometime during mid-2018.
164. Barranquilla
Colombia Temple: Pouring walls for steeple base; completion anticipated
sometime between late 2018 and early 2019.
165. Winnipeg Manitoba
Temple: Groundbreaking held Saturday December 3, 2016; completion anticipated
sometime between late 2018 and early 2019.
166. Fortaleza Brazil
Temple: Second floor exterior walls poured; completion anticipated
sometime during 2019.
167. Lisbon Portugal
Temple: Excavation underway for temple and utility building; structural
framing going up for meetinghouse; completion anticipated sometime during 2019.
Groundbreaking Scheduled:
168. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple: Preparing
for groundbreaking; environmental license issued in November 2016;
groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday
March 4, 2017.
Rededication Scheduled:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho Temple:
Closed for renovation; finish work underway; rededication scheduled for Sunday
June 4, 2017.
Undergoing Renovation:
20. Jordan River Utah
Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication anticipated sometime between late
2017 and early 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:
169. Arequipa Peru
Temple: Construction preparation
phase; awaiting groundbreaking announcement; groundbreaking
anticipated in early 2017.
170. Harare Zimbabwe
Temple: Approval and construction preparation phase; official site announcement
anticipated in early 2017, with the groundbreaking anticipated to take place
shortly following the site announcement.
171. Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple: Planning and approval
phase; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE: The LDS Church Temple
website indicates that a potential site has been announced and that the temple
itself is currently being designed. This indicates that
a site announcement is likely to happen sooner rather than later.
172. Bangkok Thailand Temple: Planning and approval phase;
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
reconstructed into a multi-purpose edifice that may in part function as the
temple. If that happens, it will be similar to the situation of the Hong Kong
China and Manhattan New York temples. This indicates
also that a site announcement is likely to happen sooner rather than later.
173. Urdaneta Philippines Temple: Stalled in planning
and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
174. Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
175. Quito Ecuador 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 report.