One of the temples for which a new president was announced this go-round was not on my list and came as a complete surprise to me, since it appears that the current president of that temple (Tegucigalpa Honduras) has only served in that capacity for a year. As mentioned previously, in recent years, the general length of service for a new temple president has been around 3 years.
It used to be (particularly in the earlier days of Church history) that temple presidents served for an indefinite period at the discretion of the First Presidency, and there have also been cases in the past where current or former general authorities (including apostles and prophets) have served in temple presidencies. Getting back to this year, so far, 17 new temple presidents have been called, and that has occurred a few days earlier than in 2017, when 16 new temple presidents became the first group to be announced that year.
The announcement thus far of 17 temple presidents leaves me with 4 new temples on my list which may be completed within the next year (including and especially the Arequipa Peru Temple, which is now anticipated to be dedicated prior to the dedication of the Durban South Africa Temple, for which its' first president was announced las year). Almost all of thoe 4 are more likely than not to have their first presidents called in order to enable them to attend the necessary training before their service as such begins.
There are also a remaining 48 currenlty-operating temples (including some currently undergoing renovation) for which a new president may yet be called, unless there are any other surprise announcements for which I am unable to account, due to not being privy to any special information regarding newly-called temple presidents. Assuming all of these temples see a new president called, the total number of new temple presidents beginning service this year will be around 69.
As an additional note, those 69 temples constitute roughly 40% of the total number of temples that will be operating next year (which will be 171 in total once the Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire Temple is dedicated). With all of that noted, I wanted to share an updated copy of my compiled list of temples that have gotten or may yet get a new president in 2019. That updated list follows below. In order to not disrupt the flow of that information, I will end here and now as I always do:
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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
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.
Anchorage Alaska
3.
Birmingham Alabama
4.
Campinas Brazil
5.
Chicago Illinois
6.
Ciudad Juarez Mexico
7.
Cochabamba Bolivia
8.
Columbus Ohio
9.
Curitiba Brazil
10. Dallas
Texas
11. Detroit
Michigan
12. Fresno
California
13. Gilbert
Arizona
14. Guadalajara
Mexico
15. Halifax
Nova Scotia
16. 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)
17. Hartford
Connecticut
18. 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)
19. 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.)
20. Kyiv
Ukraine
21. Lima
Peru
22. Melbourne
Australia
23. 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.)
24. Mexico
City Mexico
25. Monterrey
Mexico
26. Montreal
Quebec
27. Merida
Mexico
28. Nashville
Tennessee
29. Nauvoo
Illinois
30. Nuku’alofa
Tonga
31. 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.)
32. Orlando
Florida
33. Perth
Australia
34. Portland
Oregon
35. 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.)
36. Reno
Nevada
37. Santiago
Chile
38. Santo
Domingo Dominican Republic
39. Sapporo
Japan
40. Seattle
Washington
41. Seoul
Korea
42. 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)
43. Star
Valley Wyoming
44. Tuxtla
Gutierrez Mexico
45. Twin
Falls Idaho
46. Veracruz
Mexico
47. 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.)
48. Winter
Quarters Nebraska
The president of the Tegucigalpa Honduras temple died suddenly from cancer and therefore a replacement was called.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the fact that the current president had passed away. Based on what you said, I did some research on my end, and found this official release that appears to be from the Honduran Newsroom of the Church:
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I am not sure where exactly you got the idea that President Diaz's death was due to cancer, but the news release says it was natural causes, and I assume if it had been due to cancer, that would have been mentioned specifically in the article.
If you have another source indicating it was cancer, I'd appreciate the chance to read it. In the meantime, I prefer to assume until such a source is provided that the news release is correct in identifying this as a death from natural causes. I do find it somewhat difficult to believe that if the Church knew someone had cancer that could be terminal in a matter of months, a call to serve as president of a temple for an anticipated 3-year period would have been issued. But I say that as one who has observed temple service first-hand over a period of six years or so.
So if you have a source indicating it was cancer, I'd be intrigued to learn why the Church would have termed his death as being from natural causes. In the meantime, thank you for taking time to comment. Good to have that question resolved.
He died of Throat cancer that neither he nor the Brethren knew about at the time of his call. It was very fast moving and his death came suddenly and unexpected.
DeleteSince that information is not in any source I have come across (including the official Newsroom release I cited), I am going to need you to list the source for your information. Why would the Church term it "natural causes" if it was "sudden throat cancer"? Unless you have a source to back you up on this, I'm more inclined to believe that the Church wouldn't sugar-coat or deliberately mislead the general public on this matter. Thanks for dialoging about this.
DeleteAlso, when Elder Von G. Keetch died unexpectedly last year, the official release from the Church cited a sudden or brief illness as the cause thereof. The lack of a similar wording here leads me to believe it was natural causes as noted. But if you have a source citing cancer as the cause, I'd welcome the chance to review it. Thanks again.
DeleteIt came to me from the newly called Temple President who lives in Tegucigalpa and was close friends with the deceased. I don´t believe the official release knew all of the background as the death came as a surprise.
DeleteIf that is what you heard first-hand, I have no reason on a personal level to doubt it. That said, as this blog is an unofficial source for some official Church information that is supported mostly by officiall Church sources, I need to remind my readers that anything not verified by such sources should be taken with a grain of salt. My purpose in saying that is to ensure my bases are covered. I mean no offense or disrespect, and hope none is taken. Thank you.
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