BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Opening Arrangements Announced for the Antofagasta Chile and Bahia Blanca Argentina Temples; Rendering Released for West Jordan Utah Temple

Hello again, everyone! This afternoon, the First Presidency announced the opening arrangements for the Antofagasta Chile and Bahia Blanca Argentina Temples, and also released a rendering for the West Jordan Utah Temple. The rendering speaks for itself. So let's get down to the details:

The media day for Chile's newest finished temple will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025, with VIP tours following the next day. The public is invited to tour the temple during its' public open house from Wednesday, May 14-Saturday, May 24, 2025. The single-session dedication for this temple will be held on Sunday, June 15, 2024, under the direction of Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I was quite pleasantly surprised by the timing of this temple's dedication, after the latest temple dedications were more spread out.

Meanwhile, for the Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple, the media day will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, with VIP tours that day and the next day. The public open house will be held from Thursday, October 16-Saturday, November 1, 2025. The single-session dedication will occur on Sunday, November 23, 2025, under the direction of Elder Ulisses Soares, also of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. That dedication was further out than I thought it would be.

So one temple dedication is much sooner than I thought, while one dedication is occurring far later than I thought. Elder Stevenson will actually dedicate the Antofagasta Chile Temple before he dedicates the Elko Nevada Temple. And Elder Soares will oversee the Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple dedication just six months after he dedicates the Nairobi Kenya Temple. For more insight on apostolic temple dedications during President Nelson's prophetic administration, please see this document.

Just another quick word on the rendering of the West Jordan Utah Temple. The release of that rendering comes just under two months after the release of the rendering for the Lehi Utah Temple. Given that the two temples both had site confirmations on the same day, I had thought the two might be twin temples. But each of the two similiarly-sized edifices have very different looks.

So lots of surprises with today's announcements. Nonetheless I am grateful for the advancing progress on each of these 3 temples. 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. 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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BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Opening Arrangements Announced for the Elko Nevada and Grand Junction Colorado Temples

Hello again, everyone! Since no major temple construction updates were reported yesterday, something might be shared today during the 2:00 PM hour here in Utah. And I was right. Opening arrangements have been set for the Elko Nevada and Grand Junction Colorado Temples. Let's get right into the details: 

First up is the Elko Nevada Temple. A media day will be held on Wednesday, August 27, with VIP tours the following two days. The Newsroom release mistakenly notes that the VIP tours will be held Thursday, August 28, and Wednesday, August 29. Not sure how that happened. 

The public is invited to tour the temple between Saturday, August 30, through Saturday, September 13, with the temple dedication following on Sunday, October 12, 2025, with Elder Gary E. Stevenson presiding over the single-session dedication. 

Not sure why there is more than a month from the end of the open house to the dedication in question. As for the Grand Junction Colorado Temple, its media day will be held on Monday, September 8, with VIP tours following the next two days. 

The public is invited to tour the temple from Thursday, September 11, through Saturday, September 27. The temple will be dedicated in a single session on Sunday, October 19, with President Jeffrey R. Holland, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, presiding. These timelines were further out than I thought they would be. 

But I'm glad we got the news of these two temple dedications. I am grateful to have been able to report on these two important developments. 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. 

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BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: President Nelson Announces 15 New Temples

Hello again, everyone! A short time ago, during his concluding remarks in the Sunday Afternoon Session of General Conference, Church President Russell M. Nelson announced 15 new temples, just as I had predicted. This post has been preset to publish at 4 and will be updated with more particular analysis within the next couple of hours. While those updates are in progress, the ability to comment on this post may be unavailable. With my thanks to you all for your understanding and patience on this, the rest of my complete analysis follows.

A temple was announced for each of the following locations: Reynoso Mexico; Chorillos Peru, Rivera Uruguay, Campo Grande Brazil, Porto Portugal, Uyo Nigeria, San Jose Del Monte Philippines, Noumea New Caledonia, Liverpool Australia, Caldwell Idaho, Flagstaff Arizona, Rapid City South Dakota, Greenville South Carolina, Norfolk Virginia, and Spanish Fork Utah.

Of those 15, I correctly predicted the following 6, down to the exact location: Campo Grande Brazil, Porto Portugal, Uyo Nigeria, Flagstaff Arizona, Rapid City South Dakota, & Spanish Fork Utah.

I had the right general location but the wrong specific city for the following 5 temples: Reynoso Mexico, Chorillos Peru, San Jose Del Monte Philippines, Liverpool Australia, & Caldwell Idaho,

And I wasn't anticipating the following 4 temples at all: Rivera Uruguay, Noumea New Caledonia, Greenville South Carolina, & Norfolk Virginia.

Truly, the Lord's wisdom is superior to mine. I am grateful for each of these newly announced temples. Because of this announcement today, I don't know whether or not to expect any other major temple construction updates tomorrow, or if this will be it for the next week. 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. I am grateful for the veritable spiritual feast we have enjoyed this weekend, and for the opportunity I have to share such news as this. 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. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe for the applicable updates. 

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April 2025 General Conference Predictions (Final Version)

Hello again, everyone! 36 hours before the April 2025 General Conference weekend starts, I wanted to post the final version of my predictions for it. Here is the speaker lineup, the potential changes in general Church leadership (which also includes estimates for the 2024 statistical report), and my list of potential new temple locations. The predictions speak for themselves.

For my part, I continue to monitor updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. And I am also keeping an eye out for any other major news up to and during General Conference and I will provide those updates here ASAP after I learn of 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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Temple Construction Progress During the First Quarter of 2025

Hello again, everyone! As March draws to a close and April begins, I wanted to provide a look back at temple construction progress during this first quarter of 2025. As a reminder, this is where things stood on the first day of this year, while this is where things stand as we close out this first quarter of 2025. Of course, this update will actually be outdated by this upcoming General Conference weekend, within which additional new temples will be announced.

Stay tuned here for updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites, in addition to any major updates coming during General Conference weekend. 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. 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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Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: First Presidency Announces the Location of and Releases the Exterior Rendering for the Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple

 Hello again, everyone! Just when I personally had given up hope that a new major temple construction announcement would be made today, an announcement was slipped in under the proverbial wire. The First Presidency has confirmed the location and released a rendering for the Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple. That temple was announced during the April 2023 General Conference. Since the rendering speaks for itself, let's get right into the location and size details:

According to the release: "The temple will be built on a 5.51-acre site located at Km. 182.5 RN-9, Caserío Puca I, Municipio de San Sebastian, Retalhuleu, Guatemala." Interestingly enough, though it looks to be a two-story temple (at least to me), the exact size of the temple was not officially given. The rendering appears to show a temple with the same general exterior look as the Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple. I assume the size will be detailed either when the groundbreaking is announced or when the groundbreaking is reported.

With that being the only update today, and it being released at the end of the 2:00 PM hour, this means that, of the Church's current 110 announced temples, 5 of which have groundbreakings, only 53 have not yet had any information officially released. I am grateful for this late-breaking announcement. As always, I continue to watch 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. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe for the applicable updates. If you would like to support the work done on this blog, donations in any amount are always welcome and appreciated, but never required. 

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BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Groundbreaking Confirmed for Birmingham England Temple; Opening Arrangements (Open House and Dedication) Announced for the Farmington New Mexico Temple; Groundbreakings Announced for the Lagos Nigeria, Benin City Nigeria, Budapest Hungary, and Natal Brazil Temples

Hello again, everyone! The report of the Birmingham England Temple groundbreaking has now been shared on the main Newsroom, but above and beyond that, the First Presidency just made the next major temple construction announcement, and it is a doozy. 

Opening arrangements (an open house and dedication) have been announced for the Farmington New Mexico Temple, with groundbreakings set and renderings released for the temples in Lagos Nigeria, Benin City Nigeria, Budapest Hungary, and Natal BrazilTemples. There's a lot to get to, so let's dive right in!

A media day will be held for the Farmington New Mexico Temple on Monday, July 14,followed by VIP tours the next two days. The public will be able to tour that temple between Thursday, July 17 and Saturday, August 2, with the exception of the Sundays of July 20 and 27. The single-session dedication will follow on Sunday, August 17, with Elder Neil L. Andersen presiding thereat. 

I am glad we got the dedication news for this temple, and the dedication is actually about when I thought it would be. I was a little surprised that we only got one dedication announced, but I hope for subsequent dedication announcements in the next few weeks. Having covered the first update, we move on to the four groundbreakings announced today.

The groundbreaking for the Lagos Nigeria Temple will take place on Saturday, May 10. with Elder Alfred Kyungu, Africa West Area President, presiding. There was an exterior rendering released with the temple, which speaks for itself. The groundbreaking for the Benin City Nigeria Temple will occur on Saturday, May 24, with Elder Adeyinka A. Ojediran, First Counselor in the aforementioned Africa West Area presidency, presiding. An exterior rendering was also released for that temple as part of the announcement, and it speaks for itself.

The groundbreaking for the Budapest Hungary Temple will occur on Saturday, June 21, 2025, under the direction of Elder Ruben V. Alliaud, Europe Central Area President. An exterior rendering and site announcement were previously released. The groundbreaking for the Natal Brazil Temple will occur on Saturday, May 17, with Elder Mark D. Eddy, Second Counselor in the Brazil Area presidency, presiding. The site announcement and exterior rendering of that temple were also released earlier.

As you can see from these announcements, the calendar of temple events this year is filling up. I have updated my document comparing groundbreakings in 2024 vs. 2025. By the time the Budapest Hungary Temple groundbreaking occurs, that will be the ninth to occur this year. As the document shows, the ninth groundbreaking last year occurred on August 17, while the ninth for this year will occur on June 21, which puts us ahead of 2024 by about 6 weeks.

I am grateful for this mammoth announcement. I think there's much more to come. I will admit that the four groundbreakings we got today weren't even on my radar for the near term, but I am glad we got this significant announcement, as I always rejoice over any new major temple news. I hope you join with me in rejoicing. My thanks to you all for tuning in for this report.

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, February 2, it is time to publish the newest such data. 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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BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Pre-Construction Work Underway for the Vancouver Washington Temple

Hello again, everyone! This afternoon, the Church reported that preliminary site work is underway on the Vancouver Washington Temple, which is the next step towards a groundbreaking. So that temple may now move to the top of my list of temples that could have groundbreakings announced soon. It appears this update may be all she wrote for today.

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.

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe for the applicable updates.

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UPDATED: April 2025 General Conference Predictions

Hello again, everyone! I wanted to post an updated version of my predictions for the upcoming April 2025 General Conference. Here is the revised speaker lineup, my revised potential changes in general Church leadership (which also includes my revised estimates for the 2024 statistical report), and my list of potential new temple locations. The information speaks for itself.  The final version of these predictions will be posted at 10:00 PM on Thursday, April 3, 2025, until which time a commenting period remains open.

For my part, I continue to monitor updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites and will 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. 

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe for the applicable updates. 

If you would like to support the work done on this blog, donations in any amount are always welcome and appreciated but never required. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.