The First Presidency today announced the rededication date for the Montreal Quebec Temple. The 86th operating temple will have an open house from November 5-November 14, not including Sunday November 8. The open house date range surprised me because it is only 9 days. But I guess that's enough time for that area. A cultural celebration will be held on Saturday November 21, and the temple will be dedicated the next day in three sessions.. As with other temples dedicated this year, the dedication services will only be broadcasted to saints within the temple district. The temple serves saints in Quebec and Ontario Canada and the US state of Vermont. This brings the number of temples that will be dedicated or rededicated this year to seven, with one more possible (Provo City Center). Depending on whether or not the new Provo temple gets dedicated this year, next year we could see as many as 10 temples dedicated or rededicated.
Also, I neglected to report that ground was broken for the Star Valley Wyoming Temple last Saturday by Craig C. Christensen of the Presidency of the Seventy. It is anticipated that the temple will be completed in mid-2017.
This puts its anticipated completion date ahead of that of the Fortaleza Brazil Temple. The anticipated Brazilian temple has experienced delays in the commencement of construction initially because of local opposition that the Church had to get around. Once that was quelled, it had to be redesigned to fit in with the city's plans for the area in which it will be built. Only just now is a construction team being assembled. So hopefully the Church will be able to meet its goal of completing it by sometime in 2018, if not sooner.
As I mentioned before, all but five temples announced have a site announced. (Urdaneta Philippines, Durban South Africa, Abidjan Ivory Coast, Port-Au-Prince Haiti and Bangkok, Thailand.) Of the temples that have had a site announced, three are very close to having a groundbreaking announced. (Tucson Arizona, Cedar City Utah, and Concepcion Chile). The remaining six announced could have their groundbreaking either this year or next year.
Also, the Church News has started posting about those called as new temple presidents for this year. Except for those temples that will be completed at some point this year, all new temple presidents will begin serving on or around November 1. Not counting any temple presidents that may be announced in the latest edition of the Church News that will be featured in the Deseret News tomorrow, 15 new temple presidents have been called thus far.
After having given the above updates, I feel it appropriate to post the latest edition of my list about temple construction progress. It's something I enjoy doing very much, and it is my hope that this list can be informative and instructive to my readers. All temple status updates are reworded from information on ldschurchtemples.com, which, though it is not an official Church website, nevertheless has all the latest information about temples. Since the webmaster of this site has a pipeline to Church headquarters, I trust the site implicitly, though some may be unwilling to trust it at all because it is not an official website of the Church.
That said, here's the list:
Temples Undergoing Renovation:
26. Mexico City Mexico Temple: Scheduled to be rededicated
Sunday September 13, 2015.
86. Montreal Quebec Temple: Scheduled to be rededicated
Sunday November 22, 2015.
91. Suva Fiji Temple: Anticipated to be completed in early
2016.
33. Freiberg Germany Temple: Anticipated to be completed in
mid-2016.
8. Idaho Falls Idaho Temple: Anticipated to be completed in
late 2016.
Under Construction:
145. Cordoba Argentina Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated
Sunday May 17, 2015.
146. Payson Utah Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday
June 7, 2015.
147. Trujillo Peru Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday
June 21, 2015.
148. Indianapolis Indiana Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated
Sunday August 23, 2015.
149. Tijuana Mexico Temple: Scheduled to be dedicated Sunday
December 13, 2015.
154. Provo City Center Temple: Projected to be completed in
late 2015-early 2016.
150. Rome Italy Temple: Projected to be completed in mid-2016.
155. Hartford Connecticut Temple: Projected to be completed
in mid-2016.
156. Fort Collins Colorado Temple: Projected to be completed
in mid-2016.
151. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple: Projected to be
completed in mid-to-late 2016.
152. Sapporo Japan Temple: Projected to be completed in late
2016.
157. Paris France Temple: Projected to be completed in late
2016.
158. Meridian Idaho Temple: Projected to be completed in
mid-2017.
159. Star Valley Wyoming Temple: Projected to be completed
in mid-2017.
153. Fortaleza Brazil Temple: Projected to be completed in 2018.
Announced:
167. Tucson Arizona Temple: Construction approval phase;
general contractor selected; groundbreaking pending.
169. Cedar City Utah Temple: Local government approval
phase; site plan presented at January 2015 meeting; groundbreaking pending.
160. Concepcion Chile Temple: Approval phase; temple and
site design plans complete; groundbreaking pending.
161. Lisbon Portugal Temple: Planning and approval phase;
land purchase finalized; groundbreaking pending.
168. Arequipa Peru Temple: Planning and approval phase;
final piece of land for temple site acquired; groundbreaking pending.
164. Barranquilla Colombia Temple: Planning and approval
phase; temple and site designs complete; groundbreaking pending.
163. Winnipeg Manitoba Temple: Planning and approval phase;
groundbreaking pending.
166. Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Planning
and approval phase; groundbreaking pending.
170. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple: Planning and approval
phase; groundbreaking pending.
162. Urdaneta Philippines Temple: Planning and approval
phase; awaiting official site announcement.
165. Durban South Africa Temple: Planning and approval
phase; awaiting official site announcement.
171. Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
172. Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
173. Bangkok Thailand Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
I think I've "sounded off" enough about temple news for now. It's late, and I need to get to bed. Hope you all are doing well and enjoying my blog posts still. Stay tuned for a general update that will be written either tomorrow or Sunday. Thanks for your readership. I love being able to share my thoughts about my life and Church news with all those interested. Until I write again, all the best!
