Temple Predictions:
3+ temples announced in any of the following locations
(first in alphabetical order of the Church’s geographical areas under which
they fall, then by city and country):
Africa Southeast: Nairobi Kenya
Africa West: Freetown Sierra Leone; Lagos Nigeria; Kumasi
Ghana
Asia: Phnom Penh Cambodia; Jakarta Indonesia
Central America: Managua Nicaragua
Europe: Budapest Hungary; Vienna Austria
Idaho: Pocatello Idaho
Mexico: Puebla Mexico
North America Central: Missoula Montana; Green Bay
Wisconsin
North America Northeast: Richmond Virginia
North America Northwest: Salem Oregon
North America Southeast: Bentonville Arkansas
North America Southwest: Fort Worth Texas
Pacific: Auckland New Zealand; Port Moresby Papua New
Guinea
Philippines: Davao Philippines
South America Northwest: Santa Cruz Bolivia
South America South: Neuquen Argentina; Valparaiso Chile
Utah North: Layton Utah
Utah South: Lehi Utah
NOTE: Temples in Brazil are usually a great possibility,
given the ongoing, extensive rate of growth there. However, with one currently
under construction (Fortaleza); one with construction pending (Rio de Janeiro);
and one announced (Belem Brazil), a new Brazilian temple doesn’t seem likely
for at least a couple of years. I won’t rule it out, but it seems others might
take precedence. When new Brazilian temples are next announced, the most likely
order for the next four or five temples are: Brasilia, Belo Horizonte,
Salvador; and/or a second for Sao Paulo, which is the fastest growing Brazilian
city with the strongest Church presence. Additionally, a temple in Kampala
Uganda seems warranted at some point in the near future, but the temple in
Nairobi Kenya would serve the Saints in both countries for at least a few years.
I wouldn’t rule out a Ugandan temple by 2030 if not before, and I will keep an
eye out on things and make a determination on that later. I anticipate at least
one temple announcement in the United States, because we have one under
renovation in Utah, and two more US temples scheduled for renovation, but the
dedications that will happen later this year mean that we will have no US
temples in any stage of construction after the Cedar City Utah temple is
dedicated in December. And that would be a first in a very long time, assuming
it has happened at all previously.
