Hello again, everyone! I became aware earlier today of an update which has been provided on the renovation process for the Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple. According to that latest update, stone cladding is currently underway. As I mentioned earlier, a while ago, given the consistent progress this temple has made, although it closed after the Memphis Tennessee Temple did, all signs indicate that the OKC temple will be completed and dedicated first.
Right now, as you are all probably aware, we have 10 temples currently undergoing renovation. Unless something has changed that I am not aware of, while the Asuncion Paraguay Temple was closed almost a year ago, the renovation process has yet to formally begin. For that reason, it may be difficult (if not impossible) to pinpoint a general or more specific completion estimate for that temple.
What I do know, however, is that we have the rededication of the Frankfurt Germany Temple anticipated within the first six months of next year, but possibly on the earlier end of that estimate. OKC and Memphis are anticipated to be completed in mid-2019 (which I am interpreting as anytime between May and September).
And as I mentioned in an earlier post, although the Raleigh North Carolina Temple and the Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple are both scheduled to be completed in mid-to-late 2019 (which I interpret as being between July and December), given the fact that Baton Rouge has seemed to make more consistent progress than its' counterpart in Raleigh, I have switched the two.
I have also previously mentioned my impression that, since the Oakland California Temple is both older and having its' first renovation process, although it was anticipated for rededication in 2019, I have placed my personal estimate for that general time-frame between late 2019 and early 2020. In the meantime, the Tokyo Japan Temple, which is smaller, may be rededicated in early-to-mid 2020.
The temples in Mesa Arizona (which is older but has been renovated previously) and Washington DC (which is both closing for its' first renovation and is on the larger side) are both anticipated to be rededicated in mid-to-late 2020. Although the temple in DC closed before the one in Mesa, I feel reasonably certain that the latter will be rededicated before the former.
In the meantime, the Hamilton New Zealand Temple, which closed for renovation just under one month ago, is anticipated to be rededicated sometime during 2021, and the general information I have points to a completion window during the early or middle part of that year.
Given the fact that President Nelson's enthusiasm for temples is reportedly such that he will be expanding the number of temples in some manner, I have no doubts that, as other temples get older and need a renovation process, that process will occur.
And since we also have heard very recently from apostles and the Executive Directors of the Church's Temple Department that temples generally are closed for renovation every 30-40 years or so, I am anticipating that the following temples may also be closed for renovation within the next few years:
Preliminary Note: The list below is based on previous
statements by apostles and the Executive Directors of the Church’s Temple
Department to the effect that temples need to be renovated roughly every 30-40
years or so to keep them seismically and systemically up-to-date.
Temples which may be renovated in the near-future:
1.
St. George Utah (dedicated in 1877; first
rededicated in 1975)
2.
Logan Utah (dedicated in 1884; first rededicated
in 1979)
3.
Manti Utah (dedicated in 1888; first rededicated
in 1985)
4.
Los Angeles California (dedicated in 1956)
5.
Provo Utah (dedicated in 1972)
6.
Seattle Washington (dedicated in 1980)
7.
Sydney Australia (dedicated in 1984)
8.
Manila Philippines (dedicated in 1984)
9.
Dallas Texas (dedicated in 1984; addition only
rededicated in 1989)
10. Taipei
Taiwan (dedicated in 1984)
11. Guatemala
City Guatemala (dedicated in 1984)
12. Stockholm
Sweden (dedicated in 1985)
13. Chicago
Illinois (dedicated in 1985; addition only rededicated in 1989)
14. Johannesburg
South Africa (dedicated in 1985)
15. Seoul
Korea (dedicated in 1985)
16. Lima
Peru (dedicated in 1986)
17. Denver
Colorado (dedicated in 1986)
18. Portland
Oregon (dedicated in 1989)
19. Las
Vegas Nevada (dedicated in 1989)
20. Toronto
Ontario (dedicated in 1990)
Temples built during the Hinckley-era boom (which may be
redesigned):
Originally dedicated in 1999:
1.
Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico
2.
Madrid Spain
3.
Bogota Colombia
4.
Guayaquil Ecuador
5.
Spokane Washington
6.
Columbus Ohio
7.
Bismarck North Dakota
8.
Columbia South Carolina
9.
Detroit Michigan
10. Halifax
Nova Scotia
11. Regina
Saskatchewan
12. Billings
Montana
13. Edmonton
Alberta
Originally dedicated in 2000:
1.
St. Paul Minnesota
2.
Kona Hawaii
3.
Ciudad Juarez Mexico
4.
Hermosillo Sonora Mexico
5.
Albuquerque New Mexico
6.
Oaxaca Mexico
7.
Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico
8.
Louisville Kentucky
9.
Palmyra New York
10. Fresno
California
11. Medford
Oregon
12. Reno
Nevada
13. Cochabamba
Bolivia
14. Tampico
Mexico
15. Villahermosa
Mexico
16. San
Jose Costa Rica
17. Fukuoka
Japan
18. Adelaide
Australia
19. Melbourne
Australia
20. Merida
Mexico
21. Veracruz
Mexico
22. Caracas
Venezuela
23. Birmingham
Alabama
24. Santo
Domingo Dominican Republic
25. Boston
Massachusetts
26. Recife
Brazil
27. Porto
Alegre Brazil
Whatever might occur in that regard, you can depend on my posting about it here as I learn of those developments. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always., welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.