- Temple Rededication
- St George Utah Temple – #1
- Presided by President Jeffery Holland on December 10th.
- Joined by Son, Matthew Holland, Gerald Causse, Kevin Duncan, and Brian Taylor
- Presiden Holland was baptized in the temple baptismal font, as well as endowed and sealed to the late Patricia Holland.
- Rededicatory prayer – All temple dedicatory prayers are published in the Church News. Look up specific ones the dedicatory prayers of every temple at churchofjesuschristtemples.org
- Temple Dedications Announced
- Urdaneta Philippines Temple
- Open House: March 15-30, 2024
- Dedication: April 28th by Dallin Oaks
- Third in the Philippines, 10 more are planned.
- Announced in 2010, It took 13 years, 6th months to compete
- Puebla Mexico Temple
- Open House: March 29th to April 20, 2024
- Dedication: May 19th by Gerrit Gong
- 14th in Mexico, 9 more are planned.
- Layton Utah Temple
- Open House: April 19th to June 1, 2024
- Dedication: June 16th by David Bednar
- 20th in Utah, total of 28.
- Urdaneta Philippines Temple
- Temple Sites Announced
- McKinney Texas Temple
- Announced in October 2022 as the Prosper Texas Temple
- 8.16 acre site on Stacey Road in Fairview Texas
- Located across the street from the City of Allen.
- Stiffed Mayor in Prosper and Fairview?
- Multi-story temple of 44,000 sq. ft.
- Will likely be sandwiched between two christian churches
- Vacant property on the corner owned by Twin Creeks Church of Christ – who has a church in Allen close to an LDS chapel.
- Antananarivo Madagascar Temple
- 10 acre site
- Meetinghouse for the Ambohijanahary and Ambohimanarina Wards.
- Located next to the U.S. Embassy
- 10,000 sq. ft. single level Temple with a Patron housing and Arrival facilities
- Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple
- 5 acre site on Rosario Limketkai Avenue
- Down the road from the Limketkai Center Mall
- Church has posted signs on the site since at least september 2022
- Site Clearing as occurred this year
- 18,499 sq. ft. two-story temple (Similar to Davao)
- Announced in April 2018 (First batch of announcements by RMN)
- Birmingham England Temple
- 2.7 acre site in Birmingham (Royal Sutton Coldfield)
- Site of a the Wylde Green meetinghouse and England Birmingham Mission Offices
- 10,000 sq. ft single story temple (Small for the UK)
- McKinney Texas Temple
- Temple Renderings Released
- Londrina Brazil Temple & Ribeirão Prêto Temple
- Twin looking modern designs with granite exterior
- Slightly different steeples and details
- Bakersfield California Temple
- Spanish Mission style of cream color stone with terracotta roof
- Similar style as McAllen, Yorba Linda, Fort Worth, Tampa.
- Londrina Brazil Temple & Ribeirão Prêto Temple
- Temple Groundbreaking Announced
- Knoxville Tennessee Temple
- January 27, 2024
- Elder Shayne M. Bowen Presiding
- Knoxville Tennessee Temple
- New Missionary Training Center Campus Announced
- Thailand MTC in Bangkok
- Located within the Annex Building located behind the new Bangkok Thailand Temple
- Missionary Training in Thai, English, and Russian.
- MTC will be one of 10 operating MTCs.
- Thailand MTC in Bangkok
- Construction Updates
- Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square
- New Areas opening and Closing
- Opening:
- January 6th: Full Church office Building Plaza, North Main street Plaza, Northwest plaza (north of tabernacle, new restroom building) Full Main Street Plaza (February)
- 92 Flag poles, with 91 flags from the official U.N. Recognized countries. (rotating every three months placed alphabetical)
- Closing
- Assembly Hall limited renovation.
- Bonus: Church confirms authenticity of leaked ambitions Temple Square concept plans to the Salt Lake Tribune
- Managua Nicaragua Temple
- Local Media coverage the construction progress of the temple.
- 10 minute segment detailing the temple construction and the church in Nicaragua.
- Heber Valley Utah Temple
- Dark Skies group attempting to gather 3,200 signatures over 40 days to bring the issue onto the ballton next november.
- Cody Wyoming
- Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square
- Temple Vandalism
- Provo Utah Temple
- Scheduled to close on February 24th.
- Additional Christmas Celebrations
- Year in Review
- Dedications: 11
- Rededications: 2
- Groundbreakings: 8
- Announcements: 35 (Same as last year)
- Look at 2024
- 6 Dedications, 1 rededication scheduled
- 13 Nearing Completion
- (14 teed up for 2025, 20+ for 2026+)
- 3 renovations scheduled
- 48 temple sites announced, 48 waiting site announcements
- Bonus
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