Note on announced temples: During
2019, I again reevaluated the information I had available, and made further
adjustments to this section following the completion of the revision process
for the “Groundbreaking anticipated” section. I have felt that more information
is needed on each of these temples before I offer any kind of estimate for
their groundbreaking ceremonies. But as such information is made available, I
will be sure to make further alterations to this section as needed.
Announced Temples (for which more
information is needed before I provide a groundbreaking estimate):
187. Salta Argentina Temple: Planning and approval phase;
site location confirmed.
188.
Mendoza Argentina Temple: Planning and approval phase; site has been confirmed.
189. Managua
Nicaragua Temple: Planning and approval phase; potential site acquired;
awaiting official confirmation.
190. Auckland New Zealand Temple:
Planning and approval phase; potential site acquired; awaiting official confirmation.
191. Phnom
Penh Cambodia Temple: Planning and approval phase; potential site acquired;
awaiting official confirmation.
192. Yuba City California
Temple: Planning and approval phase; potential site identified; awaiting
official confirmation.
Note: A potential site has been identified (though
not yet confirmed) for this temple.
193. Layton
Utah Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement;
some prospective site locations identified.
Note: A potential site has been identified (though
not yet confirmed) for this temple.
194. Bengaluru
India Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
Note:
President Nelson toured potential locations for the temple on April 19, 2018.
195. Belem Brazil Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
196.
Washington County Utah Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official
city (and site) announcement.
197. Salvador
Brazil Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement.
198. Lagos
Nigeria Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement.
199. Cagayan
de Oro Philippines Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement.
200. Davao
Philippines Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site]p[opop-announcement.
201. Pago Pago
American Samoa Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement.
202. Okinawa
City Okinawa (Japan) Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official
site announcement.
203. Neiafu
Tonga Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
204. Tooele
Valley Utah Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement
205. Moses
Lake Washington Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement.
206. San Pedro
Sula Honduras Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement.
207. Antofagasta
Chile Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
208. Budapest
Hungary Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement.
209. Russia
Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official city (and site)
announcement.
Hello again, everyone! I was just reminded that tomorrow morning, President and Sister Nelson and Elder and Sister Gong will embark on the next leg of the prophet's ongoing Global Ministry Tour. This leg will bring them to the Pacific Area, with stops in Kona Hawaii, Apia Samoa, Sydney Australia, Auckland New Zealand, Suva Fiji, Nuku'alofa Tonga, and Papeete Tahiti. The Newsroom will track the highlights of that tour, and I will pass word of those along to you all as I can throughout the next 10-12 days.
ReplyDeleteIn the interim, there have been several other Church news stories reported, which are well worthy of mention, and you can catch up on those at the following websites:
http://thechurchnews.com (where highlights include inspiring stories of Latter-day Saints around the world, the ongoing ministry efforts of Church leaders, important information in conjunction with the rededication of the Memphis Tennessee Temple and the open house beginning of the open house for the Oakland California Temples, and biographical aritcles for Elders Jorge M. Alvarado and Hans T. Boom, who were sustained as General Authority Seventies in General Conference last month)
http://news.lds.org (where highlights include more details about the Hymnbook and Children's Songbook revisions, including the identification of the membership for the recommendation committees, and a few other inspirational stories which are well worthy of your attention)
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org (which has published, among other stories, coverage on the Church's "Fairness for All" recommendation regarding legislation under consideration in the United States Congress, President Nelson's participation in the sesquecentennial of the "wedding of the rails" at Promontory Point, and yet another edition of the "Latter-day Saints Around the World" Country Newsroom highlights).
I should perhaps mention that I wanted to highlight the significant stories from each website in a new post, but I am busy reworking my estimates for known temple events, so this will have to do for now. I will post those updated estimates hopefully later this week, if all goes well. Thanks again, everyone!
I live in Santa Rosa in the Oakland Temple District. The week before the public tours began, media tours were held with Elders Stevenson and Cook of the Quorum of the 12 as well as other leaders, etc of the Church. One of those attending a media tour was David Wilensky, a columnist for "The Jewish News of Northern California". On May 14, he wrote a column about his experience. https://www.jweekly.com/2019/05/14/a-journey-into-the-holy-of-holies-in-a-latter-day-saints-temple/. About halfway through the column he said, " There are just 200 temples, completed or in the works, worldwide. The church’s goal is for 90 percent of its 16 million members to live within two hours of a temple, according to Emily Utt, the church’s historic sites curator. To live within reach of a temple is essential to the faithful."
ReplyDeleteI have confirmed that Emily Utt, the church's historic sites curator was in attendance, but have not been able to independently confirm her statement, but if true, we can look forward to a lot more temples to get 90% of the membership within 2 hours of a temple.
Dianne
Hello, Dianne, and thank you for taking time to comment. A few sources I have available reported the initial tours being conducted by Elder Stevenson (who serves on the Temple and Family History Executive Council) and Elder Cook (who has connection to the Bay area), and I had been aware of the attendance of leaders of other faiths in the area. It was interesting to hear about the column written by that journalist. I will have to look over the article in question. In the meantime, with Sister Utt being the Historic Sites Curator, I am sure she would have information on some aspects of the temple expansion plan,, due to the nature of some elements that may be involved therein.
DeleteWhat she reportedly said very much aligns with what we have heard in recent months from apostles regarding President Nelson's plans. Having noted that, I did have a couple of additional thoughts about the temple expansion plans. I know that the nature of some of the statements we have heard recently seemed to imply that a substantial increase in the number of temples worldwide was imminently likely in the near future. But what if these statements, as given by prophets, seers, and revelators, are taking the long view in terms of those plans? What if the goals we have heard are the ultimate destination to which the temple construction program is heading, rather than something that will be implemented immediately?
Let me be clear: The fact that 37 new temples have been announced in the first three General Conferences of President Nelson's prophetic administration is surely unprecedented, and I fully anticipate more temples contiuing to be announced for the foreseeable future. But tese quenstions have been on my mind primarily because the Lord reminds us that we should not run faster or labor harder than we have strength to do so, and that all things should be done in wisdom and order.
And with the knowledge of how vibrant and vigorous President Nelson is, that his Brethren anticipate he will be with us for at least another decade or two, and that General Conference last month represented an effort to provide constancy in the midst of the changes which had occurtred and would yet occur. So I am convinced that the temple expansion will be done in a very methodical way.
And that belief goes back to what President Nelson said in January 2018 from the Salt Lake Temple annex: "We want to begin with the end in mind." While President Nelson has been ahead of the curve in a lot of ways, and is more vigourous and healthy now than are most men 20-30 years younger than he is, these statements may be a long view of what is to come throughout President Nelson's presidency, rather than an immediate and significant increase in the number of temples.
There also needs to be a focus on clearing the queue as additional temples continue to be announced. With all of that in mind, while I hope and believe that we will see a significant increase in the total number of temples over the next several years, perhaps more needs to be done before that can happen. That said, I fully believe that what is coming for temple construction will be unprecedented, as it has been so far.
Sorry for that lengthy reply, but I hope it is helpful to all who read it. In the meantime, Dianne, I do have a question for you: Have the people in your temple district been advised as to who might rededicate the Oakland Temple roughly a month from now? My theory is it will either be Elder Bednar, who was born in Oakland, or Elder Cook, who, as already noted, has connections to the Bay Area. If you don't know, that's not a problem, but I thought I would ask. Thank you, Dianne, for taking time to comment.
Thanks for your reply. To answer your question, We have not been advised who will dedicate the Temple. In fact, very little has been said about the dedication. Most of the effort so far has been recruiting enough members to help with the tours, etc. It takes a lot of people to assist during the tours with a temple this size.
ReplyDeleteNo problem, Dianne, and thanks in turn for your answer. The reason I asked is that the First Presidency announced in advance who would rededicate the temples in Memphis Tennessee, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Raleigh North Carolina, and Baton Rouge Louisiana Temples, but I assume that is because of the plans for their one-session private rededications.
DeleteI also know that generally, the Church has kept details about who will preside at temple dedications or public rededications more under wraps until just prior to when they take place. Why that is, I don't know exactly, but i thought I'd ask anyways. Either way, we may find out within the next couple of weeks or so, to which I am ;ooking forward. Thanks again, Dianne, for taking time to comment.
Maybe we will find out soon, since I noticed that Ulisses Soares is listed at churchofjesuschristtemples.org as dedicating the Fortaleza Brazil Temple on June 2. I must have missed that announcement.
ReplyDeleteWell-spotted, Dianne! I had not been aware of that, but it makes sense. Elder Soares is not only a native Brazilian: he has several connections to numerous Brazilian cities, and I imagine (but have not been able to clarify) that applies to Fortaleza as well. This will be the second temple in a row to have a more junior apostle dedicate it than the one who broke ground for it (the other, of course, being the Kinshasa DR Congo Temple, for which ground was broken by Elder Neil L. Andersen but the dedication was presided over by Elder Dale G. Renlund).
DeleteThis also increases the odds that any apostles who have any personal connections to new temples will preside over their subsequent dedications. But I imagine that the more senior apostles will retain the assignments to rededicate temples which have concluded renovation processes. And based on the fact that Elder Soares will be dedicating this temple, it seems more likely than not that either Elder Bednar or Elder Cook will rededicate the Oakland California Temple. If i had to narrow that down, I'd say it will be Elder Bednar, since Elder Cook has already been asked to preside over the one-session private rededication for the Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple in November, and since the First Presidency seems to want to spread such opportunities around. Thanks again, Dianne.
We have a temple for cities beginning with every letter of the alphabet but X and Z. What major cities with a church presence begins with those letters? I think most likely they may be Mexico or Philippines. China has some, but that will have to wait until laws change.
ReplyDeleteHey, Chris! Thanks for commenting. I am sure the Church will have temples beginning with all letters of the alphabet at some point, but the first letters of city city names is beyond my personal expertise and focus. Anyone else who has insights on that is welcome to weigh in and reply here. Meanwhile, as I have recently noted elsewhere, I am anticipating that 12-16 new temples may be announced in the October 2019 General Conference, based on what I've heard. Thanks for stopping by to comment.
DeleteIn Mexico there is Xalapa, Zamora, and Zacatecas. All currently have at least one stake. Xalapa has two. Xalapa and Zamora are relatively close to their assigned temples, Veracruz and Guadalajara, respectively. Zacatecas is further from Guadalajara.
DeleteOn the northern part of the Philippine island of Mindanao, there is the city of Zamboanga which has one stake that will most likely be assigned to the Cagayan de Oro Temple when it is built.
Those are some of the cities that I found during a quick search.
Awesome. Thank you, Eric!
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