8 New Temple Presidents Announced; Additional Temple Updates Reported

Hello again, everyone! The Church News has continued to share biographies of new temple presidents called by the First Presidency who will begin serving later this year, with a new article sharing biographies of 8 others called to so serve. All of the temples which received new presidents with this announcement were on my list.

Among the newest batch of those called are: 1 former area seventy, 1 current counselor in the presidency of the temple for which he will assume oversight, 1 former counselor in the presidency of the same temple for which he will assume oversight, 1 current mission president, and several who are currently ordinance workers and/or current or former stake presidents and bishops.

With these newly-called temple presidents, the total number of those called to serve this year thus far has gone up to 49. and in addition to the 4 new temples that will be dedicated within the next year, there are 19 other temples left on my personal list of those that are most likely to have a new president called this year. An updated copy of that list follows below.

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

34.  Idaho Falls Idaho

35.  Orlando Florida

36.  Halifax Nova Scotia

37.  Mexico City Mexico

38.  Santiago Chile

39.  Nashville Tennessee

40.  Merida Mexico

41.  Star Valley Wyoming

42.  Winter Quarters Nebraska

43.  Portland Oregon

44.  Montreal Quebec

45.  Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

46.  Seattle Washington

47.  Campinas Brazil

48.  Perth Australia

49.  Curitiba Brazil

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.      Chicago Illinois

4.      Cochabamba Bolivia

5.      Fresno California

6.      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)

7.      Hartford Connecticut

8.      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)

9.      Lima Peru

10.  Melbourne Australia

11.  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.)

12.  Nuku’alofa Tonga

13.  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.)

14.  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.)

15.  Reno Nevada

16.  Seoul Korea

17.  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)

18.  Veracruz Mexico

19.  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.)

I would have ended my post before including that list, but I have some temple updates to share as well. First, new information received today indicates that the completion of the Durban South Africa Temple is now anticipated to occur in either late 2019 or early 2020, and the completion of the Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple has now been pushed back to early 2020.  For the Yigo Guam, Praia Cabo Verde, San Juan Puerto Rico, and Quito Ecuador Temples, the temple sites have been officially cleared for their groundbreaking ceremonies.

And at the Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple site, the demolition of the institute building and meetinghouse is nearing completion as well. As for temples undergoing renovation, new information on the Raleigh North Carolina and Baton Rouge Louisiana Temples indicate that those processes are now anticipated to conclude in late 2019 rather than mid-to-late 2019.  Additionally, new information on the Washington DC Temple indicates that the completion of its' renovation process is anticipated in the latter half of 2020, which more or less confirms my previously-offered estimate of mid-to-late 2020.

Until further information indicates otherwise, I also stand by my previously-offered estimate of early-to-mid 2020 for the Tokyo Japan Temple, and mid-to-late 2020 for the Mesa Arizona Temple. And I still strongly suspect that the Mesa Arizona Temple's renovation will be completed prior to the completion of renovation work on the Washington DC Temple. I also continue to stand by my estimate of early-to-mid 2021 for the completion of the renovation of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple.

It appears that I will have to yet again revisit my estimates for known temple events very soon, and I will be sure to publish that here once that process is complete. I also have a half-dozen or so other projects still pending for this blog in the near future, but have had to defer work on those while I continue to recover from my procedure and deal with additional illness. I will be updating you all on my progress on those projects as I figure it all out.

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