Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 1/4/17)
Current
Temple Status: 155 operating; 1 scheduled for
dedication; 11 under construction; 1 scheduled
for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 10 announced;
(NOTE: Up to 3 additional temples may soon have a groundbreaking
announced).
Dedication
scheduled:
156. Paris France Temple: Exterior lighting system
operating; interior work underway; scheduled to be dedicated on Sunday
May 21, 2017.
Under
Construction:
157. Meridian Idaho Temple: Light fixtures hung;
interior trim underway; completion anticipated sometime during late 2017.
158. Cedar City Utah Temple: Fencing progressing;
entrance plaza created; landscaping areas defined; hanging
drywall; completion anticipated sometime during late 2017.
159. Tucson Arizona Temple: Pouring walkways; erecting
fencing; installing art glass windows; hanging drywall; completion
anticipated sometime during late 2017.
160. Rome Italy Temple: Interior work progressing; completion
anticipated sometime between early and mid-2018.
161. Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
Temple: Building the exterior walls; completion anticipated sometime between early and mid-2018.
162. Concepcion Chile Temple: Attaching building wrap to
exterior walls; adding landscaping structures; completion anticipated
sometime during mid-2018.
163. Durban South Africa Temple: Pouring temple
foundation; setting rebar for missionary housing walls; palm trees planted
along entrance road; completion anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
164. Barranquilla Colombia Temple: Pouring walls for
steeple base; completion anticipated sometime between late 2018
and early 2019.
165. Winnipeg Manitoba Temple: Groundbreaking held Saturday
December 3, 2016; completion anticipated sometime between late 2018 and
early 2019.
166. Fortaleza Brazil Temple: Second floor exterior
walls poured; completion
anticipated sometime during 2019.
167. Lisbon Portugal Temple: Excavation underway for temple
and utility building; structural framing going up for meetinghouse; completion anticipated sometime during 2019.
Scheduled
for rededication:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho Temple: Closed for renovation; finish
work underway; rededication scheduled for Sunday June 4, 2017.
Undergoing
Renovation:
20. Jordan River Utah Temple: Closed for renovation;
rededication anticipated sometime between late 2017 and early 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.
Announced:
168. Harare Zimbabwe Temple: Approval and construction
preparation phase; official site announcement anticipated in early 2017, with
the groundbreaking anticipated to take place shortly following the site
announcement.
169.
Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple:
Governmental approval phase; preliminary environmental license issued in
November 2016; groundbreaking pending.
170. Arequipa Peru Temple: General contractor selected;
groundbreaking pending.
171. Port-au-Prince
Haiti Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
172. Bangkok Thailand
Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
173. Urdaneta
Philippines Temple: Stalled in
planning and approval phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
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. Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
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.