The other major development is that the Church has once again announced the first president for a new temple anticipated to be completed next year. This week, the Church announced the identity of the first president of the Lisbon Portugal Temple, a man born and raised in the country. This brings the total number of temples which have had a new president called this year to 65, and the only temples remaining on my personal list are Fortaleza Brazil (for which a first president will likely be called in the near future) and Washington D. C. (although that temple is currently closed for renovation, the Church announced earlier this year a new president for the Asuncion Paraguay Temple, which is also closed for renovation, and which, as far as I know, has not had that process begin yet).
Given the number of new presidents that have been called over the last 4-6 weeks or so, I wanted to again share my full list of those temples which have had a new president announced. Before doing so, I did want to note one thing: Although it is fantastic that the Church has announced the first presidents of all temples anticipated to be dedicated next year (except for the Fortaleza Brazil Temple), unless something is occurring for each which no one knows about, it is more likely than not that none of those temples will be dedicated any sooner than previously indicated. As a refresher, I include a list of the latest general estimates I have available for the time-frames within which temples anticipated to be completed next year will be dedicated (or rededicated, for those that have been closed for renovation):
Kinshasa DR Congo, Fortaleza Brazil, Frankfurt Germany (rededication): Early-to-mid 2019
Port-au-Prince Haiti, Lisbon Portugal, Oklahoma City (rededication), Memphis Tennessee (rededication): Mid-2019
Durban South Africa, Baton Rouge Louisiana (rededication), Raleigh North Carolina (rededication): Mid-to-late 2019.
Oakland California (rededication): Late 2019-early 2020
I would anticipate that, at least for the Kinshasa and Fortaleza Temples, their dedications may be announced within the next 4-6 months, with the same being true for the likely rededication of the Frankfurt Germany Temple. I continue to monitor all of this and will pass along any updates to previously-offered estimates, whether general or more specific, as that becomes necessary.
In the meantime, my updated list of temples that have or may yet have a new president announced follows below. So as not to disturb the flow of that information, I will end here 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. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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
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)
62. Durban
South Africa (first president; not anticipated)
63. Port-au-Prince
Haiti (first president)
64. Veracruz
Mexico
65. Lisbon
Portugal (first president)
The first presidents will likely be announced for the
following new temples:
1.
Fortaleza Brazil
New presidents may also be announced for the following
temples:
1.
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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