1.
Managua Nicaragua:
Proposed in 2012 by Elder Russell M. Nelson; land has already been purchased
for it and an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it.
Please also note that it is the #1 city in terms of church presence that does
not have a temple in some phase.
2.
Port Moresby Papua New
Guinea: Land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there
when membership warrants it. Please also note that it is the #2 city in terms
of church presence that doesn’t have a temple in some phase.
3.
Bentonville Arkansas:
Land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when
membership warrants it; please also note it is the strongest contender for a
temple in the United States. I favor this location because a good friend served
his mission there.
4.
2nd Southwest Salt
Lake Valley Utah: Proposed in 2005 by Gordon B. Hinckley; more than likely
because land has already been purchased for it.
5.
San Juan Puerto Rico:
Please note that this is the #3 world city in terms of church presence that
doesn’t have a temple in some phase.
6.
Tarawa Kiribati:
Please note that this is the #5 world city in terms of Church presence that
doesn’t have a temple in some phase.
7.
Freetown Sierra Leone:
Please note that this is the #6 world city in terms of Church presence that
doesn’t have a temple in some phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in
Africa
8.
Kampala Uganda: Please
note that this is the #7 world city in terms of Church presence that doesn’t
have a temple in some phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in Africa.
9.
Nairobi Kenya:
Publicly proposed by President Gordon B. Hinckley in 1999; please note that
this is the #10 world city in terms of Church presence that does not have a temple
in any phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in Africa.
10.
Phnom Penh Cambodia:
Please note that this is the #9 world city in terms of Church presence that
doesn’t have a temple in any phase; I favor this location because my
brother-in-law served a mission there.
11.
Missoula Montana:
Publicly proposed in 2016 by Elder David A. Bednar.
12.
Lehi Utah: I favor
this location because it is my wife's hometown.
13.
Layton Utah
14.
Budapest Hungary
15.
Pocatello Idaho
16.
Auckland New
Zealand
17.
La Paz Bolivia: I
favor this location because my favorite bishop and good friend served a mission
there.
18.
Rapid City South
Dakota: I favor this location because my dad served his mission there.
19.
Richmond Virginia
20.
Lagos Nigeria (may be
needed due to extensive Church growth in Africa)
21.
Tacoma Washington
22.
El Paso Texas
23.
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia: I favor this location because a good friend served his mission there.
24.
Barcelona Spain
25.
Puebla Mexico
26.
Valparaiso Chile
27.
Davao
Philippines
28.
Maracaibo
Venezuela: Publicly proposed in 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley.
29.
Singapore: Publicly
proposed in 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley/
30.
Edinburgh Scotland
31.
Cody Wyoming
32.
Jacksonville/Miami
Florida
33.
Brasilia/Belo
Horizonte Brazil
34.
Ghana (Kumasi).
35.
Neuquen
Argentina
Alternative
locations:
1.
Ivory Coast (2nd and
possibly 3rd temples; may be needed due to extreme growth in the area)
2.
Kasai or other DR
Congo region (Kasai proposed in 2016 by Neil L. Andersen; may be needed due to
extreme growth in the area);
Dark
horse candidates:
1.
Vilnius Lithuania
(proposed in 1993 by M. Russell Ballard)
2.
Ipswich Australia
3.
Farbanks/Juneau Alaska
4.
Kaysville Utah
5.
Sandy Utah
6.
Orem Utah (I favor
this location because it's where I'm living now, and when I worked at the Mount
Timpanogos Temple for six years, a majority of my colleagues were from Orem, so
the LDS presence is strong here.)
7.
Heber Utah
8.
Pago Pago American
Samoa: Please note that this is the #9 world city in terms of Church presence
that does not have a temple in any phase.
9.
Maputo Mozambique
10.
Oslo Norway
11.
Antananarivo
Madagascar
12.
Jakarta Indonesia (I
favor this location because a good friend served his mission there)
13.
Nunavut Canada
