Hello again, everyone! With the Newsroom still being intermittently down, I wasn't sure there would be any temple news released today. But I accessed the repository page for temple news in 2026, which lead me to finding today's temple news: The First Presidency has announced the preliminary information for the Campo Grande Brazil, Goiânia Brazil, & Medellín Colombia Temples & also released the rendering for the Spanish Fork Utah Temple. There's a lot to get into, so let's get started!
We begin in Brazil. The Campo Grande Brazil Temple was announced in April 2025 by President Russell M. Nelson. The 11,300-square-foot, single-story edifice will rise on a 5.6-acre site at the intersection of Nelly Martins Avenue, Cigana Street, and Rio Negro Street, Carandá Bosque, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. As for the Goiânia Brazil Temple, it was announced in October 2023 by President Nelson. The 18,850-square-foot, single-story edifice will rise on a 5.54-acre site at the intersection of Rio Verde Avenue, Captain Breno Street, and Professor Hélio França Boulevard in Loteamento Faicalville, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil,
And for the Medellín Colombia Temple, it was originally announced by President Nelson in October 2024. The 10,471-square-foot edifice and an accompanying ancillary building.will rise on a 3.05-acre site located at Carrera 52#4-96, Guayabal, in Medellín, Colombia. The rendering of the Spanish Fork Utah Temple speaks for itself, but the release thereof marks an important step towards a groundbreaking. The Church Temples site notes that core soil samples & groundwater have been measured, and that design plans are well underway, so this temple's subsequent groundbreaking may be just a matter of time. That temple was also originally announced in April 2025, with the site location confirmed in mid-January of this year.
I have nothing much more to add as far as the rendering goes, but if any of you have any insights on that, please feel free to weigh in on that subject. I am grateful for the announcements about these 4 temples, though I was slightly surprised when, yet again, there were no dedications or groundbreakings announced. But I am pleased to report that 61 temples now have site locations announced (42 of those 61 have renderings published), which brings the queue of announced temples with no information officially confirmed down to 44.
I am very pleased by today's announcement, and hope my analysis thereof here is helpful to you all. I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest 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.
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The Church News has covered the three site maps and the exterior rendering released today. My thanks once again to you all.
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DeleteThe Newsroom also shared the latest edition of Latter-day Saints Around the World, which features stories from the following areas: Africa, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, England, Jamaica, Paraguay, Peru and South Korea And the Church News has shared the following additional updates: the latest edition of the Church News podcast, and how a new MTC mural is impacting the new influx of sister missionaries. The Church News also posted two new reports related to missionary work. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Wednesday, the Church News has shared a few new reports: a quilt made by Church members from all over the world is now on display at the Temple Square Visitor's Center. On the 97th anniversary of "Music & the Spoken Word", the Church News shared 7 articles about the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. And a Latter-day Saint surgeon has transformed surgery in Mongolia in the over two decades he has offered his services in that nation. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Thursday, the Church News has shared a couple new reports: an explanatory article addressing with the Church invests in preserving historic sites. and the announcement of the first leaders of the Fort Worth Texas Temple. This brings the number of new temple leader couples called this year to 58 and counting. Given the fact that the Church has the first leaders called for a total of 8 new temples, I am projecting that at least half of those (4) will be dedicated before the end of the year. The Pago Pago American Samoa and Torreon Mexico Temples are smaller, which will not require as much of a lengthy open house as would be the case for the larger Smithfield Utah and Fort Worth Texas Temples, by comparison. So hopefully, when the next dedications are announced, it will be for at least these 4 temples. The first leaders have also been identified for the Neiafu Tonga, Knoxville Tennessee, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea and Port Vila Vanuatu Temples. So those four are likely to have dedications set to occur after the New Year, unless something changes.
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Sorry. I meant the dedications for the latter 4 temples are likely to occur after the first of next year, not that those dedications wouldn't be announced until after the first of next year. Just wanted to clarify that point. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has shared one additional report that speaks for itself. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteOn this Friday, the Newsroom has shared a look at historic Nauvoo in pictures. Meanwhile, the Church News has shared one, two, three, four reports that speak for themselves, in addition to the latest edition of "This Week on Social", which featured content from the following general Church leaders:
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My thanks once again to you all.
There have been updates in the general completion order for temples under construction or undergoing renovation. Of particular note, the Tarawa Kiribati Temple moved down from being between the Cali Colombia and Natal Brazil Temples to now being between the Vancouver Washington and Budapest Hungary Temples, while the Bengalur India Temple moved down from being between the Vancouver Washington and Budapest Hungary Temples to now being between the Lone Mountain Nevada and Wellington New Zealand Temples. Any temple construction status updates will be shared later tonight as time and cirumcances allow. My thanks once again to you all.
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