By this time last year, the First Presidency had announced several temples would close for renovation in 2018 (with some of those announcements even being made during 2017), so I would anticipate that more temple renovations are bound to be set for the near future, whether for temples on this list or others I have not considered. The updated list follows below. So as not to disturb the flow of that information, I will end here and now as I always do:
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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.
Logan Utah (dedicated in 1884; first rededicated
in 1979)
2.
Manti Utah (dedicated in 1888; first rededicated
in 1985)
3.
Salt Lake (dedicated in 1893; is anticipated to
close for its’ first major renovation in the near future)
4.
Cardston Alberta (dedicated in 1923; addition
only rededicated in 1962; fully rededicated in 1991)
5.
Bern Switzerland (dedicated in 1955; first
rededicated in 1992)
6.
Los Angeles California (dedicated in 1956)
7.
London England (dedicated in 1958; first
rededicated in 1992)
8.
Provo Utah (dedicated in 1972)
9.
Seattle Washington (dedicated in 1980)
10. Sydney
Australia (dedicated in 1984; addition only rededicated in 1991)
11. Manila
Philippines (dedicated in 1984)
12. Dallas
Texas (dedicated in 1984; addition only rededicated in 1989)
13. Taipei
Taiwan (dedicated in 1984)
14. Guatemala
City Guatemala (dedicated in 1984)
15. Stockholm
Sweden (dedicated in 1985)
16. Chicago
Illinois (dedicated in 1985; addition only rededicated in 1989)
17. Johannesburg
South Africa (dedicated in 1985; renovation might be delayed until after the
Durban South Africa Temple is dedicated in mid-to-late 2019)
18. Seoul
Korea (dedicated in 1985)
19. Lima
Peru (dedicated in 1986)
20. Denver
Colorado (dedicated in 1986)
21. Portland
Oregon (dedicated in 1989)
22. Las
Vegas Nevada (dedicated in 1989)
23. Toronto
Ontario (dedicated in 1990)
Smaller temples built during the Hinckley-era boom (which
may be redesigned):
1.
Spokane Washington
2.
Columbus Ohio
3.
Bismarck North Dakota
4.
Columbia South Carolina
5.
Detroit Michigan
6.
Halifax Nova Scotia
7.
Regina Saskatchewan
8.
Edmonton Alberta
9.
St. Paul Minnesota
10. Kona
Hawaii
11. Ciudad
Juarez Mexico
12. Hermosillo
Sonora Mexico
13. Oaxaca
Mexico
14. Tuxtla
Gutierrez Mexico
15. Louisville
Kentucky
16. Palmyra
New York
17. Fresno
California
18. Medford
Oregon
19. Reno
Nevada
20. Tampico
Mexico
21. Nashville
Tennessee
22. Villahermosa
Mexico
23. San
Jose Costa Rica
24. Fukuoka
Japan
25. Adelaide
Australia
26. Melbourne
Australia
27. Merida
Mexico
28. Veracruz
Mexico
29. Birmingham
Alabama
30. Porto
Alegre Brazil
31. Montevideo
Uruguay
32. Guadalajara
Mexico
33. Perth
Australia
34. The
Hague Netherlands
35. Brisbane
Australia