Also, 2 of the new temple presidents called to sere in Mexico temples currently live in Puebla, which I thought was an interesting coincidence. given that a temple for Puebla was announced last October in General Conference. There were 3 of those 16 new temple presidents whose calls I had not anticipated. The new Suva Fiji Temple president succeds a man who has only served for one year, and the new presidents of the Paris France and Calgary Alberta Temples succeed presidents who have only served for 2 years each.
The total number of new temple presidents which have been announced thus far this year is now 33. In addition to the 4 new temples for which the first presidents may be called later this year, there are 35 other operating temples whose current presidents have served for 3 or more years. The combined total on this year's list is thus now 72, which is roughly 34% of the total number of temples in any phase (209). That said, the latest copy of that list follows below.
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New presidents have been called for the following
temples:
1.
Copenhagen Denmark
2.
Manila Philippines (not anticipated; current
president has only served for two years)
3.
Tampico Mexico
4.
Philadelphia Pennsylvania
5.
Spokane Washington
6.
Manhattan New York
7.
Columbia River Washington
8.
St. Paul Minnesota
9.
Jordan River Utah
10. Medford
Oregon
11. Rexburg
Idaho
12. Provo
Utah
13. London
England
14. Tegucigalpa
Honduras (not anticipated; current president has only served for one year)
15. Johannesburg
South Africa
16. Fort
Collins Colorado
17. Panama
City Panama
18. Nauvoo
Illinois
19. Suva
Fiji (not anticipated; current president has only served for one year)
20. Paris
France (not anticipated; current president has only served for two years)
21. Dallas
Texas
22. Guadalajara
Mexico
23. Gilbert
Arizona
24. Detroit
Michigan
25. Anchorage
Alaska
26. Twin
Falls Idaho
27. Sapporo
Japan
28. Kyiv
Ukraine
29. Columbus
Ohio
30. Calgary
Alberta (not anticipated; current president has only served for two years)
31. Tuxtla
Gutierrez Mexico
32. Ciudad
Juarez Mexico
33. Monterrey
Mexico
The first presidents will likely be announced for the
following new temples:
1.
Arequipa Peru
2.
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
3.
Winnipeg Manitoba
4.
Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire
List of currently-operating temples which may be getting a new president in 2019:
1.
Aba Nigeria
2.
Birmingham Alabama
3.
Campinas Brazil
4.
Chicago Illinois
5.
Cochabamba Bolivia
6.
Curitiba Brazil
7.
Fresno California
8.
Halifax Nova Scotia
9.
Hamilton New Zealand (Note: It is possible that
the Church could hold off on calling a new president for this temple until its’
rededication is held in 2021)
10. Hartford
Connecticut
11. Hong
Kong China (Note: It is possible that the Church could hold off on calling a
new president for this temple until its’ rededication in 2021 or 2022)
12. Idaho
Falls Idaho (Note: Since the current president of this temple had his service
interrupted by its’ renovation, the Church could hold off another year or two
on replacing him.)
13. Lima
Peru
14. Melbourne
Australia
15. Memphis
Tennessee (Note: Since the current president of this temple had his service
interrupted by its’ renovation, the Church could hold off another year or two
on replacing him.)
16. Mexico
City Mexico
17. Montreal
Quebec
18. Merida
Mexico
19. Nashville
Tennessee
20. Nuku’alofa
Tonga
21. Oklahoma
City Oklahoma (Note: Since the current president of this temple had his service
interrupted by its’ renovation, the Church could hold off another year or two
on replacing him.)
22. Orlando
Florida
23. Perth
Australia
24. Portland
Oregon
25. Raleigh
North Carolina (Note: Since the current president of this temple had his
service interrupted by its’ renovation, the Church could hold off another year
or two on replacing him.)
26. Reno
Nevada
27. Santiago
Chile
28. Santo
Domingo Dominican Republic
29. Seattle
Washington
30. Seoul
Korea
31. St.
George Utah (Note: Since this temple is scheduled to close for renovation later
this year, the Church could hold off on calling a new president until the
renovation is complete)
32. Star
Valley Wyoming
33. Veracruz
Mexico
34. Washington
D.C. (Note: Since the current president of this temple had his service
interrupted by its’ renovation, the Church could hold off another year or two
on replacing him.)
35. Winter
Quarters Nebraska
Hello again, everyone! I wanted to post a comment here to share some additional Church news and temple developments which have crossed my radar within the 9 hours or so since I returned home following my procedure. Let's get right into all of that. I previously noted the Church's official Newsroom reporting on President Nelsons letter of sympathy to Pope Francis followimng the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedra. The Church News has since provided additional context relating to that development"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2019-04-18/notre-dame-fire-president-nelson-pope-francis-comfort-49547
And the Church News also reported on the safety of missionaries in Taiwan in the aftermath of the magnitude 6.1 earthquake which recently struck that nation:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2019-04-18/heres-the-missionary-report-after-61-magnitude-taiwan-earthquake-49567
In other news, the First Presidency released the following Easter message, which was published on both the Newsroom's website and on that of the Church News:
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/first-presidency-easter-message-april-2019
And the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday) present a selection of sacred music in honor of the upcoming Easter Sunday:
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/tabernacle-choir-2019-easter-concert-streamed-live
I have a couple of temple updates to pass along as well. At the Pocatello Idaho Temple, the excavation area is being dewatered, while dirt continues to be hauled from the temple site. There has still not been an update indicating that full-scale construction has begun on the Bangkok Thailand Temple., but I hope that changes soon, given that the groundbreaking for that temple will have been 3 months ago just one week from today.
In the meantime, it has been confirmed that demolition is finally underway on the Yigo chapel in order to prepare that property for its' groundbreaking two weeks from tomorrow (Saturday). The one other temple update I have relates to the Tokyo Japan Temple, where the statue of the angel Moroni was reinstalled on Wednesday April 17.. It is worth noting that I hope that, once the Salt Lake Temple renovation plans are announced in 7.5 hours, other temple-related announcements may be made for at least a few milestones that will take place following the annual July recess for the General Authorities.
news
In the meantime, you can count on my coverage of the news conference which will be held to detail the plans for the full-scale renovation of the Salt Lake Temple as soon as such information is available to me around 8 hours from now. With that said, my thanks once again to you all for your ongoing interest and support.
I am glad surgery went well. You take care yourself and recovery.
ReplyDeleteCuz I said before I am excited for the press conference on the renovation. This must be a big deal because they've never done a press conference on a renovation of any Temple before that I recall.
DeleteHey, Chris! I read both of your comments earlier, but was unab;e to respnd before now. I have given myself some time today to recover a bit more fully. That process is slow-going, but hopefully steady. I will continue to do my best to recover. It was somewhat unprecedented for the plans of a temple renovation to be announced via press conference. At the same time, the Salt Lake Temple is a culturally-significant icon of the Church, so making a public announcement makes sense in that respect. But above and beyond that, President Nelson, being technologically savvy as he is, is clearly embracing more opportunities to make major announcements on a wider scale outside of General Conference than we have previously seen. With all of that in mind, it is no surprise that the press conference was broadcast in relation to this project. I found it interesting that the renovation process is anticipated to take roughly 4 years, which is 10% of the length of time it took to originally build the temple I also do not think it is coincidental that the anticipated completion of that process for this temple will be wrapped up during the same year in which President Nelson will become the first centenarian prophet.
DeleteAnd with what has been said about President Nelson's health, vigor, and vitality, I have no doubt that he will not only be around to rededicate the temple himself, but may also be around another decade or two at minimum. Either way, given the 40-year delay between the groundbreaking for the Salt Lake Temple and its' subsequent dedication, it will be interesting to see how all the necessary work will wrap up by 2024. I have set my initial general estimate for the completion of that process as early-to-mid 2024, but I am sure that could either be pushed forward or back depending on how well the work progresses.
I have more I want to share in terms of my thoughts on today's announcement, but will do so in a brand new post I intend to publish later today. In the meantime, Chris, thank you, as always, for taking time to comment.