Hello again, everyone! I have breaking temple news to report today. According to information shared in another thread of this blog from my Church member contact in Mexico, the groundbreaking for the Puebla Mexico Temple is set to be held in November. This information was confirmed to the Saints in Puebla by their local leaders earlier today. The report did not specific a date, although I imgaine one has been set. I want to be very clear here, however: there has been no offical announcement from the Church at this point to confirm the information, though that should be coming within the next couple of weeks or less.
This means that the Puebla Mexico Temple will be one of the next (if not the very next) to have a groundbreaking following the recently-announced October groundbreaking for the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple. And the Peubla Temple will thus become the fourth temple announced in October 2018 to have a groundbreaking. Construction will reportedly take around 3 years to construct, and the temple is anticipated to be fairly large, though not as big as the Mexico City Mexico Temple. This information replaces any previous information I have offered on that temple here.
Again, to clarify, there has been no official confirmation from Church headquarters or on the Mexico Newsroom of the Church as of yet, and this information is subject to such official confirmation. But I wanted to share what is known here thus far, and I am sure that confirmation of the specifics will be provided at some point before General Conference. Stay tuned for more information on that. In the meantime, to reiterate, the Nairobi Kenya Temple has had a construction contract awarded, so I anticipate a groundbreaking being held for that temple either before General Conference or not long after it.
The same may prove true for the Brasilia Brazil Temple, if the Church at any point confirms that the concept designs for the temple which have reportedly been floating around social media are offical.. I am similarly hoping for more information on the Greater Manila Philippines, Harare Zimbabwe, and Bengauluru India Temples, at very minimum, although I wouldn't rule out any other temples, due to the unexpected nature of recently-announced groundbreakings. I continue to monitor all temple updates and official Church news to the best of my ability, and will pass word of such developments along to you all as I receive it.
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Sunday, September 8, 2019
BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Puebla Mexico Temple Groundbreaking to Be Held in November
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Exciting news! Looking forward to seeing the design. I really like the designs of some of the other Mexico temples, especially Mexico City and Tijuana.
ReplyDeleteI am anxious to see what other temples may have a groundbreaking before the end of the year. Brasilia, Harare, and Nairobi do seem very likely, or at least within the first few months of next year. Greater Manila is more of an unknown, but I hope to see some more progress soon, at least an official name.
Excited to hear what new locations are announced next month.
Hello, Eric! Thanks for taking time to share your thoughts. I apologize for my delayed response. I have not been feeling well today, so I have been keeping somewhat of a low profile after posting the news here about Puebla. As I observed in other threads, the precedents set by the announcements for the Belem Brazil and Winnipeg Manitoba Temple groundbreakings were instructive. With the former, news of a letter from the Brazil Area Presidency identified the arrangmenets, with the Church confirming those just about 2 weeks before the groundbreaking happened. And with Winnipeg, regardless of when members were notified about it, the official announcement came only around 2.5 weeks before the groundbreaking actually occurred.
DeleteMy contact also mentioned in the other thread that Puebla was anticipated to take roughly 3 years to complete, and that it would be similar in size to (though slightly smaller than) the Mexico City Temple. In previous comments to me about the temple, he compared the general features for the temple to that of the Tijuana Mexico Temple. I will also be excited to see what is done with the designs for it.
As for other temples, with the construction contract being awarded for the Nairobi Kenya Temple, and the images floating around social media for the Brasilia Brazil Temple, those are two options to watch. Based on what Elder Andersen told Zimbabwe's Vice President last November, news could be coming soon about the Harare temple as well, which would take care of all the temples originally announced in April 2016 by President Monson. Since the groundbreaking for the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple has been set, and since word may be released soon on Brasilia and Nairobi, Greater Manila would be the only one left of those originally announced by President Monson in April 2017. Information on that temple is sparse at the moment, but I am hopeful that might change soon. It seems the biggest thing the church is waiting on is a more official name for it. Hopefully action will be taken on it with in the next 6 months or less.
3 of the 7 temples announced by President Nelson in April 2018 have had sites officially confirmed (Salta Argentina, Richmond Virgnia, and Layton Utah), and a couple of prospective locations have been identified for the Bengaluru India Temple as well. Based on Bishop Davies' statement in May of this year, more information may be released and a groundbreaking may occur for the Bengaluru India Temple prior to the end of this year.
DeleteAnd with 9 temples remaining of the 12 President Nelson announced last October, 6 of them have had a site positively confirmed or at least identified based on member speculation about Church-owned properties. And 2 of the 8 temples announced in April of this year have also had potential locations identified. I would not in any way be shocked if all temples announced before President Nelson became prophet were to have a groundbreaking before the end of this year, and I'd anticipate the Church clearing more of the queue than that before the end of this year.
As for new temples being announced in October, if my theory is correct, the number of temples announced next month will build on the 12 which were announced last October, which is why I have suggested 14-16 as a good target number. And I would not be shocked, based on recent statements from President Nelson, if most of those temples announced from April of this year and onward were on the smaller side, thus gaining more rapid government approval and able to have construction begin within 10 months or less of their announcements. That would be an easy way for the Church to again increase the number of operating temples very quickly in a very short period of time.
And I'd anticipate as well that the Church will be using more unconventional or out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to the locations in which temples are announced going foerward. We have seen President Nelson announce an unprecedented 27 new temples in his first 3 General Conferences as Church President, and I can't wait to see how the October General Conference temple announcements change the game as well. In the meantime, Eric, thank you, as always, for taking time to comment.
The Frankfurt Germany Temple will begin open house tours this week:
ReplyDeletehttps://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/public-invited-to-tour-the-frankfurt-germany-temple
As I have said before, I would be shocked if Elder Uchtdorf does not preside at that temple's rededication next month. Also, the open house for the Raleigh North Carolina Temple will begin on the 21st of this month. My thanks once again to you all.