Though I learned of this news early this morning, this is my very first chance to post about it. The Arequipa Peru Temple groundbreaking was announced this morning. The groundbreaking, which is set for Saturday March 4, the exact same day as the previously announced groundbreaking for the Rio de Janeiro Temple. This was most wonderful news to hear. I couldn't be more elated. Within just the first third of this year, we will have had two groundbreakings. And I am still searching for any news relating to a site announcement and subsequent groundbreaking for the Harare Zimbabwe Temple. Among the many comments responding to posts on the LDS Church Growth blog recently, there had been an image circulating around which some were speculating was an official artist's rendering of the Harare temple. But it turned out that the image in question was actually that of the existing temple in Accra Ghana.
In terms of today's announcement of the groundbreaking for Peru's third temple, it has been reported that Elder Carlos A. Godoy, who presides over the Church's South America Northwest Area, has been asked to preside. It is assumed that his counselors in the area presidency, Elders Enrique R. Falabella and Hugo Montoya, will also be in attendance. What is not clear as of yet is whether or not Elder Larry Y. Wilson, the Executive Director of the Church's Temple Department, or one of his assistant executive directors, might also be in attendance. It seems probable, but anyone else's guess in that regard might be better than mine. I for one wouldn't be surprised if Elder Wilson or one of his assistants were in attendance at both events. I was curious, so I did the time conversion. Given the fact that the Rio de Janeiro Temple groundbreaking is set to take place at 10 am Brazilian time (which is 5:00 am MST), and assuming that the Arequipa groundbreaking will take place at 10 am Peruvian ,time (which is 8:00 am MST; note that the Rio groundbreaking ceremony time has been explicitly stated and set, and it does not seem that this applies to Arjequpa, where no time has been officially verified), it is extremely possible that the groundbreaking ceremonies, which may be held roughly three hours apart and could thus be attended by the same representative from the Temple Department.
I don't want to make this post too extensive, so I will be following this one up with another couple of them, the first talking about the change in potential completion timetables for under construction temples and sharing my updated temple construction progress report and list of updcoming temple-related events, and the second (coming either tonight, tomorrow, or before too much logner than than) revisiting my estimated timeline for future temple-related events. Stay tuned for those updates as I am able to get them written and posted. In the meantime, comments and feedback of any kind are always welcome and most appreciated. Thanks.
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Monday, February 6, 2017
Arequipa Peru Temple Groundbreaking Set
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
Newest Edition of When Future Temple-related Events Might be Announced and Scheduled to Take Place
Hello. Given new information that has come to light recently, I
have felt it would be appropriate to revisit my projects for when future
temple-related events might be announced and take place. Though my last such
update was only 12 days ago, between all that has happened on this front, it
seems like a great idea.
As mentioned, the next temple-related event will be the announced
groundbreaking in Rio de Janeiro Brazil on March 4. That groundbreaking will be
done by Elder Claudio R. M. Costa, the most senior General Authority Seventy
who has served for almost six years as president of the Church’s Brazil Area. That
said, we may see the timeframe for the Rio temple completion follow roughly the
same timetable by which the Winnipeg Temple is being built. They do seem to be
roughly the same size. I will speak more on the potential completion date for
this temple a little later.
I am equally certain that we could also see a groundbreaking for the
Arequipa Peru temple taking place before the dedication of the Paris France
Temple on May 20. We might also have a site announcement and subsequently a
groundbreaking announced and done before too much longer as well. I will go
into more specifics on this later.
In addition to the Paris France dedication on May 20, we also have
the rededication on June 4 for the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. It will be amazing
to see those events happen. I am especially excited for the Paris temple
dedication for the reasons I have before explained: my lifelong love of the
French language, and my elation at being able to study it for three years in
high school.
I had projected that a dedication for the Tucson Arizona temple
might take place in early August. As we all know, that has been scheduled for the
second Sunday in August, the 13 to be exact. So that is exciting. And, as we
know, the scheduled open house conclusion proceeds the actual dedication by
about two months, so that it does not in any way disrupt the annual July recess
of the Church leadership.
It is interesting to note that while everyone had seemed to
indicate that the announced dedications in Meridian and Cedar City were most
likely to happen by early fall of this year, which is still late in the year.
However, we were all pleasantly surprised, I am sure, to find that the Meridian
dedication is being scheduled for Sunday November 19, the Sunday before
Thanksgiving. In the meantime, the Cedar City Utah dedication has been slated
to take place one week following the day Elder Holland will celebrate his 77th
birthday.
Now that we have confirmation that the Jordan River Utah Temple
renovation process will not be completed until next year, and since we have
three temples in addition to that (Rome Italy, Kinshasa DR Congo, and Freiberg
Germany), I think it is safe to assume that we might hear of the open house and
dedication dates for these temples before the end of this year. As to the
actual dedications, I will say that I think we could see Jordan River dedicated
in mid-January, with the Rome and Kinshasa dedications to follow in late
February and early March respectively, and the rededication in Freiberg to take
place in late March or within the first two weeks following General Conference
weekend in April.
In the meantime, we might hear of the dedication for the temple in
Concepcion within the first half of 2018, with the dedication itself to follow
sometime in August. Given the past precedent we have of the way the open house for
the Tucson Arizona temple has been scheduled to end just prior to the beginning
of the July recess for the General Authorities, I could definitely see that
happening again for the Concepcion temple.
The construction of the Durban South Africa Temple still seems to
be on schedule. I feel confident that the temple will be completed within a
similar time frame to that which is almost certain for Concepcion and Rome,
with an announcement for the dedication made within the first half of 2018, and
the dedication actually scheduled for either late August or early September.
The temple in Winnipeg has yet to progress beyond the
groundbreaking. However, given its size (very small), it seems that
construction might be completed by around August 2018, with the dedication
taking place in either late November or else early December 2018. It wouldn’t
surprise me if a similar timeline held true for the temple in Barranquilla
Colombia, which is further along in terms of construction, but will be a much
larger edifice.
In the meantime, for the first time in doing such predictions, I
feel bold enough to project completion dates for the two temples anticipated to
be completed sometime around 2019. Despite the five-year span between the
groundbreaking and the actual commencement of construction in Fortaleza Brazil,
that construction is progressing rapidly. I reiterate my feelings that
construction will be completed there within the early months of 2019, with the
actual dedication taking place in either April or perhaps possibly May.
The Lisbon Portugal Temple is at a point that solidifies my belief
that a similar time frame may be very likely to prevail as that which I have
proposed above for the Fortaleza temple. It would not surprise me if these two
traded spots a couple of times in terms of future completion. But right now, it
seems safe to say that.
Given what I have been able to find out about the temple that will
be built in Rio starting in the next month and a half, and because of its
design, it appears to be a smaller temple that may also be built within 20
months of its groundbreaking. If we add 20 months to March 2017, we arrive at
the calculation that the temple in Rio could have construction completed by
November of next year, and seeing as how the completion of a temple precedes
its dedication by several months, I will say it is still very safe to assume
that the temple in Rio might be dedicated somewhere around or before the same
time period as the temple now being worked on in Fortaleza.
If the temple in Arequipa Peru also has a groundbreaking and if
the site announcement and subsequent groundbreaking for Harare takes place within
the first six months of 2017, it would not surprise me at all if both of those
temples were completed and had a dedication done during 2019, though that would
likely be during the fall and winter months of that year.
In the meantime, as I have stated before, the Church will add 4
new operating temples and have one
rededication by the end of 2017, and six more new temples and two renovations
completed in 2018. It is not likely that the Church will run out of temples to
renovate anytime soon. If any of you have any theories regarding this subject,
please let me know. And it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if some of the
more recent temples were also scheduled for renovation.
One thing is certain: Any backlog that might have previously
existed is now increases the likelihood that many more temples could be
announced within the next two years. The exact number of those announcements
remains to be seen, though I have given my thoughts regarding the most likely
and most imminent picks.
Future groundbreakings may be more unpredictable to anticipate
than I originally thought. I look at the groundbreaking in Winnipeg, and it
happened much faster than usual. And with the way things unfolded in Rio, any
delays that existed were cleared up very quickly.
That said, given what I have observed, in addition to the
already-scheduled groundbreaking in Rio and the possibility that we might soon
hear of a groundbreaking in Arequipa and also of a site announcement and
groundbreaking in Harare, I will say that I could see the next groundbreaking
taking place for the first Haitian temple in Port-au-Prince. I have no reason
to back this up. It’s just how I feel, and we could have the site announcement
and the groundbreaking by or before the end of this year.
A groundbreaking for Bangkok could happen by the beginning of
2018. The same timetable could prevail for the Abidjan temple. Who knows how
long the currently reported delays in Urdaneta might last. I might venture to
say that the remaining temples (the three others announced last year) might
well have a groundbreaking by or before 2019.
I’m also very sure that many more temples could be announced
within the next couple of years and have construction started as the Lord
permits. I am very much looking forward to future events.
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
Temple Construction Progress Report Update
Hello all. The purpose of this post will be to share my latest temple construction progress report updates. While not a lot has changed in that regard, those changes that have been made are wonderful to consider. Let me know what you think. Here's the posted report:
Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 2/6/17)
Current
Temple Status: 155 operating; 4 scheduled for
dedication; 8 under construction; 1 groundbreaking scheduled; 1 scheduled
for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 9 announced. NOTE: With one groundbreaking
announced already this year, two more have the potential to be announced and
scheduled very soon, and there may be several more groundbreakings than that in
the year ahead.
Dedication
scheduled:
156. Paris France Temple: Interior artwork being
shipped for hanging inside the temple; dedication scheduled for Sunday May 21, 2017.
157. Tucson
Arizona Temple: Exterior architectural details gilded; installation
of interior art glass and millwork nearing completion; president’s home
undergoing renovation; 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 art glass windows; 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 and mid-2018.
161. Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Applying waterproofing membrane
to exterior walls; setting rebar; roughing in plumbing; completion
anticipated sometime between early and mid-2018.
162. Concepcion Chile
Temple: Exterior cladding going up on north wall; framing the interior walls; completion
anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
163. Durban South
Africa Temple: Applying waterproof mastic to temple foundation; pouring exterior
walls for missionary housing building; staking site for
ancillary buildings; completion anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
164. Barranquilla
Colombia Temple: Concrete walls poured for steeple; attaching waterproofing
membrane to exterior walls; 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: Setting concrete forms for parapet walls; completion
anticipated sometime during 2019.
167. Lisbon Portugal
Temple: Excavation underway for temple; structural framing going up for
meetinghouse; completion anticipated sometime during 2019.
Groundbreaking Scheduled:
168. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple:
Preparing for groundbreaking; environmental license issued in November 2016;
groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday
March 4, 2017.
Rededication Scheduled:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho
Temple: Closed for renovation; finish work underway; rededicatiemon 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.
Announced:
169. Arequipa Peru
Temple: Erecting construction
barrier; clearing and leveling site; awaiting groundbreaking announcement;
groundbreaking anticipated in early 2017.
170. Harare Zimbabwe
Temple: Approval and construction preparation phase; official site announcement
anticipated in 2017, with the groundbreaking anticipated to take place shortly
following the site announcement.
171. Port-au-Prince
Haiti Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
NOTE: The LDS Church Temple website indicates that a potential site has been identified,
though it has yet to be officially verified.
172. Bangkok Thailand
Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE:
As the above-mentioned website indicates for this temple, while no official
temple site has been announced, there may be a possibility that a Church office
building may be repurposed to function as a temple, meetinghouse, and office
building under one roof, in a similar fashion to those temples in Hong Kong
China and Manhattan New York. This is most likely to be confirmed sooner rather
than later.
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.
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Newest Apostolic Age & Tenure Milestones & Averages
Hello. This will just be a brief update on the latest apostolic age and tenure milestones & averages. This will be a much less detailed report than the one I posted last week. That said, as noted in previous posts, Friday marked one milestone each for our prophet (President Thomas S. Monson) and our President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (President Russell M. Nelson). President Monson marked his 9 year anniversary as Church President yesterday, in addition to President Nelson marking 1 years and 7 months as Quorum President. Nothing much has changed otherwise in terms of how close Presidents Monson and Nelson are to the nearest age and tenure records.
In the meantime, I want to note one thing about the apostolic age averages that's kind of a significant anomaly. Elder Ronald A. Rasband is going to celebrate his 66th birthday on Monday. So while, as of tomorrow, the day on which I am basing this report, he is one day short of that birthday, his decimal age, rounded to the nearest hundredth, is already 66.00 years. So that is unique. Also, the number of days since his birthday is the one and only one left that has not yet been affected by the leap year. As such, I have been dividing the number of days since his birthday by 366 to determine how many hundredths of a year he is on any given Sunday. The remaining 14 are being divided by 365 to determine how many hundredths of a year they are.
That said, as of tomorrow, the average age of the First Presidency members is 83.13. As mentioned, President Monson is above that average, President Eyring is closest to it, and President Uchtdorf is below it.
The average age of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is 74.68. The six above that average are President Nelson, Elder Ballard, Elder Oaks, Elder Hales, Elder Cook and Elder Holland, who is the youngest of that older half and is therefore closest to that average. Elder Christofferson is the closest to the average in the other half of those twelve. The other five under the average are, of course, Elder Rasband, Elder Andersen, Elder Bednar, Elder Renlund, and Elder Stevenson.
The average age of the 15 apostles as a group is 76.37. The seven above that average are Presidents Nelson and Monson (on the older side), President Eyring and Elder Cook (on the younger side) and Elders Ballard, Oaks and Hales (in the middle). Elder Cook and President Uchtdorf are the ones who split the older half from the younger half, with Elder Cook being the youngest of the seven oldest, and President Uchtdorf being the oldest of the eight youngest. In addition the President Uchtdorf, rounding out the younger side are Elders Holland, Christofferson, Rasband, Andersen, Bednar, Renlund, and Stevenson.
Of those apostles who are not yet 90, President Monson is the closest to that, and he will be 90 in 6 months and 16 days (from tomorrow). And among our youngest third of apostles, the youngest, Elder Stevenson, will not be 90 for another 28 years, 6 months, and 1 day. It always interests me how the Lord governs the changing of the apostolic leadership of His Church.
All the apostles called between the apostolic calls of President Monson (in October 1963) and President Nelson (in April 1984) have passed away. We have also lost the two that sat between Elder Ballard and Elder Hales. In the meantime, as Presidents Eyring and Uchtdorf fall in seniority between Elders Holland and Bednar, there is another gap in the Quorum of the Twelve. It is interesting that between President Monson (the 77th apostle in Church history) and President Nelson (the 85th one), there are eight apostles that we have lost.
When taking into account the other two that have died (Elders Wirthlin and Scott), it would only take two more apostles passing before President Monson to mark the loss of a full Quorum's worth since President Monson's call. And as sad as that is to contemplate, it could happen. Elder Hales is just younger than Elder Oaks but seems to have the worst health history of our current 15 apostles. He has looked better these last couple of conferences, but given how precarious things have previously been for him, he could be the next one we lose. I hate to lose any of the Brethren, but I can't shake the feeling that he might not be with us much longer. That said, we have seen the Lord prolong his life many times previously, so he could carry on for years to come. We have had apostles in better health than he has had decline suddenly, so nothing would surprise me at this point.
Elder Ballard is showing signs of his age, being just over a year younger than President Monson. By all reports, he is still healthy, but again, we have seen seemingly healthy apostles decline suddenly, so there is always a chance that he could pass before President Monson.
And while I do hope that President Nelson, who is just under three years older than President Monson, will live to become the oldest living apostle, it is a rare thing to have someone live that long after wearing out his life in the Lord's service. That said, he is still traveling extensively and he has outlived President Packer, who was born one day after him. I fully expect to see President Nelson live a long time and surprise us all with the milestones he will reach towards becoming the oldest apostle. But that will be up to the Lord.
I hope I am correctly understood in what I have expressed in the previous three paragraphs above. I don't enjoy contemplating or speculating about which apostles we might lose and when. I merely mention these factors in view of those who might precede President Monson in death. I for one hope that all of the apostles continue to do very well health-wise, and that it will be many years before the next apostolic death. I am glad the Lord controls and governs that aspect of things. I for one would hate trying to determine when that should happen. I love the leading brethren of the Church, which I hope is apparently by the things I post about them and their travels. I sustain them with all my heart, and I do my best to follow their counsel. May the Lord continue to bless all of his faithful special witnesses.
In the meantime, I want to note one thing about the apostolic age averages that's kind of a significant anomaly. Elder Ronald A. Rasband is going to celebrate his 66th birthday on Monday. So while, as of tomorrow, the day on which I am basing this report, he is one day short of that birthday, his decimal age, rounded to the nearest hundredth, is already 66.00 years. So that is unique. Also, the number of days since his birthday is the one and only one left that has not yet been affected by the leap year. As such, I have been dividing the number of days since his birthday by 366 to determine how many hundredths of a year he is on any given Sunday. The remaining 14 are being divided by 365 to determine how many hundredths of a year they are.
That said, as of tomorrow, the average age of the First Presidency members is 83.13. As mentioned, President Monson is above that average, President Eyring is closest to it, and President Uchtdorf is below it.
The average age of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is 74.68. The six above that average are President Nelson, Elder Ballard, Elder Oaks, Elder Hales, Elder Cook and Elder Holland, who is the youngest of that older half and is therefore closest to that average. Elder Christofferson is the closest to the average in the other half of those twelve. The other five under the average are, of course, Elder Rasband, Elder Andersen, Elder Bednar, Elder Renlund, and Elder Stevenson.
The average age of the 15 apostles as a group is 76.37. The seven above that average are Presidents Nelson and Monson (on the older side), President Eyring and Elder Cook (on the younger side) and Elders Ballard, Oaks and Hales (in the middle). Elder Cook and President Uchtdorf are the ones who split the older half from the younger half, with Elder Cook being the youngest of the seven oldest, and President Uchtdorf being the oldest of the eight youngest. In addition the President Uchtdorf, rounding out the younger side are Elders Holland, Christofferson, Rasband, Andersen, Bednar, Renlund, and Stevenson.
Of those apostles who are not yet 90, President Monson is the closest to that, and he will be 90 in 6 months and 16 days (from tomorrow). And among our youngest third of apostles, the youngest, Elder Stevenson, will not be 90 for another 28 years, 6 months, and 1 day. It always interests me how the Lord governs the changing of the apostolic leadership of His Church.
All the apostles called between the apostolic calls of President Monson (in October 1963) and President Nelson (in April 1984) have passed away. We have also lost the two that sat between Elder Ballard and Elder Hales. In the meantime, as Presidents Eyring and Uchtdorf fall in seniority between Elders Holland and Bednar, there is another gap in the Quorum of the Twelve. It is interesting that between President Monson (the 77th apostle in Church history) and President Nelson (the 85th one), there are eight apostles that we have lost.
When taking into account the other two that have died (Elders Wirthlin and Scott), it would only take two more apostles passing before President Monson to mark the loss of a full Quorum's worth since President Monson's call. And as sad as that is to contemplate, it could happen. Elder Hales is just younger than Elder Oaks but seems to have the worst health history of our current 15 apostles. He has looked better these last couple of conferences, but given how precarious things have previously been for him, he could be the next one we lose. I hate to lose any of the Brethren, but I can't shake the feeling that he might not be with us much longer. That said, we have seen the Lord prolong his life many times previously, so he could carry on for years to come. We have had apostles in better health than he has had decline suddenly, so nothing would surprise me at this point.
Elder Ballard is showing signs of his age, being just over a year younger than President Monson. By all reports, he is still healthy, but again, we have seen seemingly healthy apostles decline suddenly, so there is always a chance that he could pass before President Monson.
And while I do hope that President Nelson, who is just under three years older than President Monson, will live to become the oldest living apostle, it is a rare thing to have someone live that long after wearing out his life in the Lord's service. That said, he is still traveling extensively and he has outlived President Packer, who was born one day after him. I fully expect to see President Nelson live a long time and surprise us all with the milestones he will reach towards becoming the oldest apostle. But that will be up to the Lord.
I hope I am correctly understood in what I have expressed in the previous three paragraphs above. I don't enjoy contemplating or speculating about which apostles we might lose and when. I merely mention these factors in view of those who might precede President Monson in death. I for one hope that all of the apostles continue to do very well health-wise, and that it will be many years before the next apostolic death. I am glad the Lord controls and governs that aspect of things. I for one would hate trying to determine when that should happen. I love the leading brethren of the Church, which I hope is apparently by the things I post about them and their travels. I sustain them with all my heart, and I do my best to follow their counsel. May the Lord continue to bless all of his faithful special witnesses.
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
Friday, February 3, 2017
First Temple Construction Progress Report Update for February
Hello, all! As I indicated in a recent previous post on the infographic released by the Church, the information contained therein is somewhat outdated in terms of the many developments now taking place for temples worldwide. This is clear to me when I compare the personal report I do to that infographic. I am grateful that the Church notes such updates as fast as they can, but I feel that information I find elsewhere is more up-to-date. And I love that I get to share these things with you all. Hope you enjoy this post, which will likely be the last post for today. If it is, more will be coming tomorrow.
Here's my newest report. Enjoy, and let me know what you think.
Here's my newest report. Enjoy, and let me know what you think.
Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 2/3/17)
Current
Temple Status: 155 operating; 4 scheduled for
dedication; 8 under construction; 1 groundbreaking scheduled; 1 scheduled
for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 9 announced. NOTE: With one groundbreaking
announced already this year, two more have the potential to be announced and
scheduled very soon, and there may be several more groundbreakings than that in
the year ahead.
Dedication
scheduled:
156. Paris France Temple: Interior artwork being
shipped for hanging inside the temple; dedication scheduled for Sunday May 21, 2017.
157. Tucson
Arizona Temple: Exterior lighting tests underway; installation of interior art
glass and millwork nearing completion; president’s home undergoing renovation;
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 art glass windows; 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 and mid-2018.
161. Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Applying waterproofing membrane
to exterior walls; setting rebar; roughing in plumbing; completion
anticipated sometime between early and mid-2018.
162. Concepcion Chile
Temple: Exterior cladding going up on north wall; framing the interior walls; completion
anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
163. Durban South
Africa Temple: Applying waterproof mastic to temple foundation; pouring exterior walls for missionary housing building; completion
anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
164. Barranquilla
Colombia Temple: Concrete walls poured for steeple;
attaching waterproofing membrane to exterior walls; 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: Setting concrete forms for parapet walls; completion
anticipated sometime during 2019.
167. Lisbon Portugal
Temple: Excavation underway for temple; structural framing going up for
meetinghouse; completion anticipated sometime during 2019.
Groundbreaking Scheduled:
168. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple:
Preparing for groundbreaking; environmental license issued in November 2016;
groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday
March 4, 2017.
Rededication Scheduled:
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 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.
Announced:
169. Arequipa Peru
Temple: Erecting construction
barrier; clearing and leveling site; awaiting groundbreaking announcement;
groundbreaking anticipated in early 2017.
170. Harare Zimbabwe
Temple: Approval and construction preparation phase; official site announcement
anticipated in 2017, with the groundbreaking anticipated to take place shortly
following the site announcement.
171. Port-au-Prince
Haiti Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
NOTE: The LDS Church Temple website indicates that a potential site has been identified,
though it has yet to be officially verified.
172. Bangkok Thailand Temple:
Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE: As the
above-mentioned website indicates for this temple, while no official temple
site has been announced, there may be a possibility that a Church office
building may be repurposed to function as a temple, meetinghouse, and office
building under one roof, in a similar fashion to those temples in Hong Kong
China and Manhattan New York. This is most likely to be confirmed sooner rather
than later.
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.
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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