Stokes Sounds Off: BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: President Oaks Will Dedicate the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: President Oaks Will Dedicate the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple

Hello again, everyone! Thanks to Michael Worley's comment in the threads of the previous post, I am pleased to report that Church President Dallin H. Oaks will preside at the dedication of the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple this Sunday. This will be President Oaks' second temple dedication overall and his first international one since becoming President of the Church in October.

The news release doesn't indicate anything about any other stops, and the prophet continues to recover from a semi-recent hip replacement surgery, so a one-stop international visit makes a lot of sense. I am grateful he is well enough for this one stop. Hopefully he will also be well enough to preside at a few upcoming dedications and rededications as well. The prophet will celebrate his 94th birthday tomorrow, and I will have a tribute post in his honor published about 10 hours or so from now.

I am grateful for this morning's announcement, and for the chance I had to cover it. I am grateful to Michael Worley for first sharing this news here. I have added this information to my document showing current apostolic temple dedications and rededications during President Oaks' prophetic tenure.  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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  1. James G. StokesAugust 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM

    In addition to the news that Brazil's newest temple will be dedicated by President Oaks, the Newsroom reported today on the beginning of the open house for the Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple, which will be dedicated on August 30 by Elder Patrick Kearon. Additionally, the Church News has covered Peru's first religious symposium, the Belo Hoironzte Brazil Temple news, the latest episode of the Church News podcast, and the first message from the new Primary General Presidency. In addition, there have been more updates to the temple construction queue. Many of those updates also included status updates. My thanks once again to you all.

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