Hello again, everyone! A few minutes ago, the First Presidency officially confirmed the site location and preliminary details for the Vitoria Brazil Temple, which was announced during the October 2021 General Conference by Church President Russell M. Nelson. The one-story temple of approximately 10,600 square feet will rise in Vitoria at Avenida Leitão da Silva #2055, Iteraré.
Given this temple's indicated size, I am anticipating that the Church may use a slightly larger variation on the standard 10,000-square-foot modular design for this temple. Of the 13 temples originally announced in October 2021, 7 temples have not yet had any information officially confirmed. And of the 68 total announced temples currently, 39 are lacking the announcement of any official details.
I was slightly surprised that we only got an update on a single temple today, and also that the Newsroom release doesn't say anything about project managers working on approvals for the temple. From that, I'm assuming that the Church is taking a slower approach to getting approvals to ensure they get everything squared away right off the bat, which lessens the amount of time a temple has to sit in a construction pending status following its' groundbreaking.
So if taking more time to begin and progress through the approvals process can accomplish that, I'm personally of the opinion it will be worth it. I was similarly somewhat surprised that today's announcement only pertained to one temple, and that the confirmation of these details came before the announcement of any other temple groundbreakings, dedications, or rededications.
But again, if the Church is taking more time with all of that to ensure that no subsequent delays or adjustments are necessary, I have no problem with that at all. I stated over the weekend that the dedications of the Feather River California, Okinawa Japan, and Bangkok Thailand Temples, along with a rededication for the St. George Temple, could be announced soon, and I stand by that assessment.
In the meantime, I also stand by my assessment that we could soon see groundbreakings announced for the Montpelier and Teton River Idaho and Modesto California Temples. So, with today's announcement having been made, I am certain that the 4 Mondays in March will see most of those announcements officially made. I look forward to covering all of that. I also monitor all other Church news updates and temple construction developments and will be sure to pass those along to you all here as I receive word thereof.
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