BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Groundbreaking Set for Antananarivo Madagascar Temple; Site Location and Preliminary Details Relesed for the Frorianpolois Brazil Temple

Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency is back to Monday major temple construction announcements. A few minutes ago, they officially announced the groundbreaking arrangements for the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple and released the initial official details for the Florianopolis Brazil Temple. Let's get right into the details: 

Ground will be broken for the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple on Saturday, March 15, 2025, with Elder Denelson Silva, Second Counselor in the Africa South Area Presidency, presiding at that ceremony. Interestingly enough, the announcement did not include an exterior rendering for that temple, which has not yet been released. 

But given its' announced size and how materials for the construction of that temple will have to be shipped in (due to Madagascar being separated from the rest of the African continent), I am assuming this temple will be modular, with a rendering released in the next week or two. This temple groundbreaking will occur 1 week before the previously announced groundbreaking for the Birmingham England Temple.

The total number of temple groundbreakings set for this year thus far has now risen to 4. Last year, the fourth temple groundbreaking was set for June 1, so we are several weeks ahead with temple groundbreakings this year as compared to last year. And the Church could very easily double the current number (4) by the end of this quarter.

That said, let's move on to the details about the Florianopolis Brazil Temple. That temple was announced in April of last year. With no estimated square footage announced, what we do know is that a 5.5-acre site at Rua Cassol, 1120, Kobrasol, São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil will serve as the temple's location. Whenever more details are announced, I will be sure to pass them along here.

Stay tuned here for updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

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UPDATED: Current Apostolic Data

Hello again, everyone! It has been a tradition on this blog for me to provide updates on apostolic data every 7 weeks. Having last done so on Sunday, December 15, it is time to publish the newest such data, marking also the first time I do so in 2025. As with every two-part update, the first part contains updated data about the age and tenure length records for all 17 Church Presidents, in addition to updated information on the tenure lengths for each of the 28 Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.The first document likewise notes information on the tenure length rankings for three sets of apostolic groups: the longest-serving First Presidencies (with the current First Presidency now moving up on that list), the longest-serving groups of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and groups of all ordained apostles (the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles), and an overview of when each of those current groups will move up on the list. As previously noted, the current Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and apostolic group will not join that list until 2027, assuming no other apostles pass away between now and then.

Meanwhile, the second part of today's update shows the long-form and decimal ages for the members of the current First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the same data for the combined First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in addition to the average ages of each group and apostolic nonagenarians (with 3 of the current 15 apostles being on that list), and a final table showing the remaining time between today and when each of the other 12 apostles will become nonagenarians and join that list.

With these apostolic data updates coming every 7 weeks, the next update will be posted here on the morning of Sunday, February 2, 2025 (which will be the first such update in 2025).

Hopefully, this post is of interest to you all. Again, I offer an open invitation to ask anyone who has any questions about those documents to ask them here. I continue to monitor any and all Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples updates and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as they cross my radar. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below.

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