It is also worth noting that, although the temple named for the U. S. capital city is currently closed for renovation, and may therefore not have a new president announced until it is closer to completion at some point in 2020, the Church did announce a new president earlier this year for the Asuncion Paraguay Temple, which, as I have previously mentioned, is currently closed for renovation but stalled in that process, so anything is possible.
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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
17. Recife Brazil
18. Cardston Alberta
19. Payson Utah
20. Porto Alegre Brazil
21. Brisbane Australia
22. Kansas City Missouri
23. Oaxaca Mexico
24. Regina Saskatchewan
25. Cebu City Philippines
26. Boston Massachusetts
27. Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico
28. Billings Montana
29. Houston Texas
30. Sydney Australia
31. Guatemala City Guatemala
32. Hermosillo Sonora Mexico
33. Montevideo Uruguay
34. Indianapolis Indiana
35. Laie Hawaii Temple (the new president of this temple is the older brother of General Authority Seventy Elder Donald L. Hallstrom)
36. Las Vegas Nevada
37. Atlanta Georgia
38. Buenos Aires Argentina
39. Redlands California
40. Draper Utah
41. Tijuana Mexico
42. Sacramento California
43. Monticello Utah
44. Bountiful Utah
45. Freiberg Germany
46. Oakland California
47. Villahermosa Mexico
48. Manti Utah
49. Suva Fiji
50. Vancouver British Columbia
51. Tegucigalpa Honduras
52. Fukuoka Japan
53. St. Louis Missouri
54. Trujillo Peru
55. Asuncion Paraguay (not anticipated)
56. Cordoba Argentina
57. Taipei Taiwan
58. Kinshasa DR Congo (first president)
59. Concepcion Chile (first president)
60. Barranquilla Colombia (first president)
61. Rome Italy (first president)
The first presidents will likely be announced for the following new temples:
1. Fortaleza Brazil
2. Port-au-Prince Haiti
New presidents may also be announced for the following temples:
1. Veracruz Mexico
2. 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)
In the case of Rome Italy, the timing of the announcement is very similar to the timing of the announcement of the Provo City Center Temple's first president. But the time for the announcement of Concepcion in relation to Concepcion may not have been,
ReplyDeleteThey need to and tend to announce a few weeks or months before official dedication dates, but bcause Rome was announced further out in advance than usual, the announcement of a temple president came after the fact.
Most of this is so the temple president can get some staffing done, particularly in the recorder's office, before the contractor gives the building to the church. They record how many people came in each day during the period of open house planning where various committees associated with that go through it and plan things relative to it. They also, as closely as humanly possible, count how many went through each day and record those figures during the open house, in essence, although it is not a dedicated temple, it is considered an active one even then before the dedication.
Thank you, James Anderson, for stopping by to comment. Having served six years in the Mount Timpanogos Temple, I was vaguely aware of what the process is for a change in temple presidents was. But I don't think I made the connection between the timing of a call for the first president of a temple, nor what was involved in getting the office staff established. It makes sense that the Church would need to give the first presidents of new temples time to get that set up. I know that the Church does have a unique record system to track how busy each temple is, and that this has been used at times to determine how soon and in what manner to split existing temple districts. The more I learn about the administration of the Church, the more amazed I am at how far such preparations are made in advance. It is a very amazing process to watch. Thanks again for taking time to comment.
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