Hello. After doing more research, I was led to conclude that the completion dates for some temples will be later than I originally anticipated. Additionally, there has been progress noted in temple construction that was most wonderful to hear about. I am excited to share these developments with you. Before doing so, I should like to note one or two other things. First, it appears that work has not yet begun in earnest on the temples in Arequipa and Rio. I fully anticipate that happening before the end of this week. That said, I will also need to now redo my predictions for the timetable by which future temple-related events will be announced and scheduled to take place. That will be coming as I am able to put it together.
I am also taking another look at the list I put together for future temples and am reevaluating things and doing further research to fine-tune my selections in that regard. Right now, unless something changes, it doesn't appear likely that I will make any massive revisions to that list before General Conference next month. But I am searching for the best information I can get, and will post updates if and when they happen.
All that aside, here's my report. Please let me know if you have any feedback for me. I am also waiting to hear how soon we might see the site announcement and groundbreaking for the Harare Zimbabwe Temple. Stay tuned for more on that as I find out more. Thanks for your readership.
Temple Construction Progress Update
(current as of 3/7/17)
Current Temple Status: 155 operating; 4 scheduled
for dedication; 7 under construction; 3 more
have construction pending, but all of them are anticipated to commence
construction before summer this year; 1 scheduled for
rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 2 renovations scheduled; 8 announced. NOTE: With two groundbreakings
having already taken place this year, the chances are very good that we will
see several others also have a groundbreaking in 2017.
Dedication scheduled:
156. Paris France
Temple: Accepting reservations for public open house (that event is scheduled
to take place from Saturday April 22-Saturday May 13 (excluding the Sundays of
April 23 and 30 and May 7)); dedication scheduled for Sunday May 21,
2017.
157. Tucson
Arizona Temple: Entrance doors and Holiness to the Lord plaque installed; accepting
reservations for public open house beginning Monday May 15, 2017; (that event
is scheduled to take place from Saturday June 3-Saturday June 24 (excluding the
Sundays of June 4, 11, and 18)); dedication scheduled for Sunday August 13, 2017.
158. Meridian
Idaho Temple: Interior painting and millwork underway; dedication
scheduled for Sunday November 19, 2017.
159. Cedar
City Utah Temple: Installing glass; hanging drywall on interior; dedication
scheduled for Sunday December 10, 2017.
Under Construction:
160. Rome Italy Temple:
Interior work progressing; completion anticipated
sometime between early-to -mid 2018.
161. Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Making concrete pours for window
openings and to seal tops of concrete block walls; completion
anticipated sometime between early-to-mid 2018.
162. Barranquilla
Colombia Temple: Attaching waterproofing membrane to
exterior walls; scaffolding removed from steeple walls; completion
anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
163. Concepcion Chile
Temple: Exterior cladding going up on north wall; framing the interior walls; completion
anticipated sometime during mid-to-late 2018.
164. Durban South Africa
Temple: Preparing for temple floor slab; backfilling missionary housing
facility foundation; aloe plants added at entrance; completion anticipated
sometime during mid-to-late 2018.
165. Fortaleza Brazil
Temple: Parapet poured; some scaffolding coming down; preparing to pour tower
base; completion anticipated sometime during early 2019.
166. Lisbon Portugal
Temple: Excavation completed for temple foundation; structural framing
going up for meetinghouse; completion anticipated sometime during early 2019.
Construction pending:
167. Winnipeg Manitoba
Temple: Groundbreaking held Saturday December 3, 2016; awaiting commencement of
full-scale operations; construction might
commence in April or May; if so, completion anticipated sometime during early 2019.
168. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple: Groundbreaking
held Saturday March 4, 2017; awaiting
full-scale operations, which may start as early as next week; barring any
delays, completion anticipated sometime during early-to-mid 2019.
169.
Arequipa Peru Temple: Groundbreaking held Saturday March 4, 2017; awaiting full-scale operations, which
may start as early as next week; completion anticipated sometime during late 2019-early
2020.
Rededication Scheduled:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho
Temple: Closed for renovation; accepting reservations
for public open house beginning Monday April 3, 2017; rededication
scheduled for Sunday June 4, 2017.
Undergoing Renovation:
20. Jordan River Utah
Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication anticipated sometime between early-and-mid
2018.
41. Frankfurt Germany
Temple: Closed for renovation; some exterior stone removed; foundation exposed;
old meetinghouse razed; rededication anticipated sometime between early-and
mid-2018.
Renovation Scheduled:
13. Oakland California Temple: Scheduled to
close for renovation in February 2018; rededication anticipated sometime during
mid-to-late 2019.
16. Washington D. C. Temple: Scheduled to close
for renovation in March 2018; rededication anticipated sometime during early-to-mid
2020.
Announced:
170. Harare Zimbabwe
Temple: Approval and construction preparation phase; site announcement and
groundbreaking anticipated sometime during 2017 (more likely sooner than
later).
171. Port-au-Prince
Haiti Temple: Planning and design phase; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE:
According to member reports, a potential site has been identified but has yet
to be confirmed.
172. Bangkok Thailand
Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE: Some reports
have indicated that a Church office building may be redesigned and renovated as
a multi-purpose building that will not only continue to house Church offices
but also a meetinghouse in addition to a temple.
173. Lima Peru Los
Olivos Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE: Even
though this was the last of the four temples that was announced most recently,
and in spite of the fact that an official site has not yet been announced, the
announced name for this second temple in Lima seems to indicate that it will be
constructed somewhere in the Los Olivos District. For that reason, it seems
appropriate to put this temple ahead of the others.
174. Abidjan Ivory
Coast Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
175. Quito Ecuador
Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
176. Belem Brazil
Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
177. Urdaneta
Philippines Temple: Stalled in planning and approval phase; awaiting
official site announcement. NOTE: Even though this temple is technically ahead
of the temples listed above in terms of its status, because it is unclear why
progress has been stalled or how long those delays might last, we could see any
or all of the temples above have their constructions commence before anything
gets resolved with this one.
NOTE: Given how much progress we
have seen with temples recently, it is not hard to believe that we will see
many more temples announced in the near future. There have been reports of several
cities that have already had a site purchased already: Managua Nicaragua, Port
Moresby Papua New Guinea, Bentonville Arkansas, and Missoula Montana. As the
apostles travel, they sometimes have felt impressed to propose a temple for the
areas they visit. Such temples have been proposed in New Delhi India (in June
1992 by Elder Neal A. Maxwell); Vilnius Lithuania (in May 1993 by Elder M.
Russell Ballard); Nairobi Kenya (in February 1998 by President Gordon B. Hinckley);
Maracaibo Venezuela (in August 1999 by President Hinckley); Singapore (in
January 2000 by President Hinckley); for the Southwest Salt Lake Valley (in
October 2005 by President Hinckley; NOTE: While some contend that this temple
announcement has already happened, verifiable sources widely available prove
otherwise); Managua Nicaragua (in January 2012 by then-Elder Russell M. Nelson;
the fact that it has not only been publicly proposed but has had a site
purchased for it makes it very likely); Missoula Montana (someone in 2014 by
Elder David A. Bednar; while the report of this proposal has yet to be
verified, the fact that there has been a purchase of a temple site seems to
indicate that it is a most imminent possibility); and for the Kasai Region in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (in February 2016 by Elder Neil L.
Andersen). I have heard many reports of several more temple sites being
procured, but the nature of those reports are such that they have yet to be
verified.
Key:
Bolded numbers and text denote
temples whose numbers already exists (for renovations), or is certain due to a
scheduled dedication, as well as information that is certain, such as
dedication or groundbreaking dates.
Italicized numbers and
text denote temples whose numbers may change based on the order in
which future dedications and groundbreakings are scheduled.
Underlined numbers and text denote
temples whose numbers may change based on progress towards planning, approval,
and groundbreaking.
Red
text denotes changes from the last posted temple progress report.
