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Thursday, April 19, 2018

First Presidency Calls 16 New Temple Presidents; List of Temples That May Also Get a New President During 2018

Hello again, everyone! In a surprise move, the Church News reports that the First Presidency has called 16 new temple presidents that will begin their service later this year. The Church usually starts to announce new temple presidents at around this time every year, but 16 new presidents announced right off the bat is very unusual. And, in another surprising development, one of those 16 is assigned to the Provo City Center Temple. The reason I find that surprising is that the temple will only be marking its' two year anniversary next month, and the standard service length for temple presidents is 3 years.

I have taken time to look over the presidents of the 159 temples currently in operation and those that will likely be dedicated within the next 1.5 years, and I have assembled a list of the temples that may be getting a new president later this year. The full list follows below.

So as not to disturb its' flow, I will end now as I always do: That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.


New presidents have been called for the following temples:
1.      Manaus Brazil
2.      Boise Idaho
3.      Denver Colorado
4.      The Hague Netherlands
5.      Oquirrh Mountain Utah
6.      Helsinki Finland
7.      The Gila Valley Arizona
8.      Brigham City Utah
9.      Stockholm Sweden
10.  Palmyra New York
11.  Accra Ghana
12.  Papeete Tahiti
13.  Sao Paulo Brazil
14.  San Jose Costa Rica
15.  Albuquerque New Mexico
16.  Provo City Center

The first presidents will likely be announced for the following new temples:
1.      Concepcion Chile
2.      Barranquilla Colombia
3.      Rome Italy
4.      Kinshasa DR Congo
5.      Fortaleza Brazil
6.      Port-au-Prince Haiti

New presidents may also be announced for the following temples:
1.      Atlanta Georgia
2.      Billings Montana
3.      Boston Massachusetts
4.      Bountiful Utah
5.      Brisbane Australia
6.      Buenos Aires Argentina
7.      Cardston Alberta
8.      Cebu City Philippines
9.      Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico
10.  Cordoba Argentina
11.  Draper Utah
12.  Fukuoka Japan
13.  Guatemala City Guatemala
14.  Helsinki Finland
15.  Hermosillo Sonora Mexico
16.  Houston Texas
17.  Indianapolis Indiana
18.  Kansas City Missouri
19.  Laie Hawaii
20.  Las Vegas Nevada
21.  Manti Utah
22.  Montevideo Uruguay
23.  Monticello Utah
24.  Oaxaca Mexico
25.  Payson Utah
26.  Porto Alegre Brazil
27.  Recife Brazil
28.  Redlands California
29.  Regina Saskatchewan
30.  Sacramento California
31.  St. Louis Missouri
32.  Sydney Australia
33.  Taipei Taiwan
34.  Tegucigalpa Honduras
35.  Tijuana Mexico
36.  Trujillo Peru
37.  Vancouver British Columbia
38.  Veracruz Mexico
39.  Villahermosa Mexico
40.  Washington D. C. Temple (Note: The Church may opt to wait on calling a new president for this temple until 2020 when it is rededicated)


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