Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 1/9/17)
Current
Temple Status: 155 operating; 1 scheduled for
dedication; 11 under construction; 1 scheduled
for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 10 announced. NOTE: There is a more than likely possibility
for several announced temples to have a groundbreaking announced during 2017.
Two are very close to that so far this year, and there may be many more before
too much longer.
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: Patron plazas and water feature added to temple grounds; interior
finish work 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: Trees on site for planting; patron plazas and
water featured added; installing lamp posts and art glass windows; 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. Arequipa Peru
Temple: Construction preparation
phase; awaiting groundbreaking announcement.
169. 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.
170. Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Temple: Governmental approval phase; preliminary environmental license issued
in November 2016; 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.