- Temple Dedications
- Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple – #220
- Dedication on August 16th, presided by Dallin Oaks
- Elder Oaks visited in 1998, 2005, and 2007
- Interview: Choose Brazil over 6-8 other temples.
- Brazil recently became the country with the second most members
- Dedicatory Prayer
- Temple District: 13 stakes and 2 districts
- Open house attended by 20,000 visitors
- Cleveland Ohio Temple – #221
- Dedication on August 16th, presided by David Bednar
- Temple District: 4 stakes
- Location in Independence: 15 minute drive for all stakes
- Two temples nearly 200 years apart
- Oldest Temple and newest Temple
- Dedicatory Prayer
- San Diego California Temple – #45
- Rededicated on August 23rd presided by D Todd Christofferson
- Tank tops!
- Originally dedicated in 1993 with 23 dedicatory sessions over 6 days
- Open house attended by 720,000 visitors in 1993 (six weeks)
- 300,000 visitors in 2026 (3 weeks)
- Rededicatory Prayer
- Temple District: 16 stakes
- Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple – #220
- Temple Open House Begins
- Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple – #222
- Media day on August 11th, attended by Gerrit Gong
- Interior Photos released
- traditional Cambodian textiles, local flora and cultural symbols
- motifs draw inspiration from kbach patterns common in local silverwork, furniture, murals and pottery
- Dedication: August 30, 2026, presided by Patrick Kearon
- Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
- Media Day on August 24th
- Interior Photos Released
- Monja Blanca: in addition to being Guatemala’s national flower, it’s a symbol of peace, resilience, beauty and spiritual calm. The name, “white nun orchid” in English, comes from the shape of its petals, which look like a nun in prayer, wrapped in a white robe.
- Paintings of local Volcanos in guatemala
- Cody Wyoming Temple
- Media Day on August 24th
- Interior Photos Released
- “Inspiring the exterior designs was the city’s historic Sheridan Avenue — including crenellations and bracketed detailing — as well as Romanesque revival architecture, which is found throughout Wyoming, especially in religious buildings.”
- “Art-glass windows showcase the green foliage and vibrant-red blossoms of the Indian paintbrush, Wyoming’s state flower, viewed from above. Decorative paint throughout the temple combines the repeating stamp patterns of Sheridan-style leather, local wildflowers and foliage, and stylized forms of the aesthetic movement.”
- Local Artist featured in temple Lobby
- To be dedicated by Clark Gilbert on October 25th
- Ephraim Utah Temple
- Media Day on August 31st
- Interior Photos Released
- The forget-me-not and oxeye daisy, for example, are flowers long cherished in Scandinavia and integrated into the design of the Ephraim temple. Wheat motifs are also prevalent through the building, a nod to the historic Ephraim Relief Society Granary
- Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple – #222
- Temple Dedications Announced
- Torreón Mexico Temple
- Media Day: October 19th
- Open House: October 22 to November 7th
- Dedication: November 22, 2026 by Gary Stevensen
- Pago Pago American Samoa Temple
- Media Day: November 2nd
- Open House: November 4-21
- Dedication: December 13, 2026 by Quentin Cook
- Temple in Apia Samoa closing on December 23rd
- Fort Worth Texas Temple
- Media Day: November 2nd
- Open House: November 7 to 21st
- Dedication: January 10, 2027 by ?
- NEW Anchorage Alaska Temple
- Current Temple to Close on March 22, 2027 to be demolished and replaced with a new meetinghouse.
- Media Day: May 10, 2027
- Open House: May 13 to May 29th
- Dedication: June 13, 2027
- Torreón Mexico Temple
- Temple Groundbreaking Ceremonies
- Santos Brazil Temple
- Held August 1st, presided by Ronald M. Barcellos
- Naga Philippines Temple
- Held August 8th, presided by Steven D. Shumway
- Huntsville Alabama Temple
- Held August 15th, presided by John D Amos
- Tulsa Oklahoma Temple
- Held August 22nd, presided by Pedro X. Larreal
- Victoria British Colombia Temple
- Held August 22nd, presided by James E. Evanson
- Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple
- Held August 29th, presided by Hutch U. Fale
- Santos Brazil Temple
- Temple Groundbreakings Scheduled
- Colorado Springs Colorado Temple
- Scheduled for September 12th, presided by Karl D. Hirst
- Barcelona Spain Temple
- Scheduled for September 19th, presided by James W. McConkie III
- Vienna Austria Temple
- Scheduled for October 17th, presided by Michael Cziesla
- Iquitos Peru Temple
- Scheduled for October 10th, presided by Sandino Roman
- Rendering Released: 20,000 square foot, white, center forward steeple, sloped room and pyramid top.
- Colorado Springs Colorado Temple
- Temple Rendering Released
- Charlotte North Carolina Temple
- 30,700 square foot temple, granite, pewter roof and top, arched windows
- Charlotte North Carolina Temple
- Temple Site Announced
- Queen Creek Arizona Temple
- 15.5 acre site southeast of the intersection of Ryan Road and Euell Drive, between Meridian Road on the west and Ironwood Road on the east.
- Located in Queen Creek, on the Pinal County side. Church Property and Property Reserve land totals 518 acres.
- 82,000 square foot temple and meetinghouse planned
- 15.5 acre site southeast of the intersection of Ryan Road and Euell Drive, between Meridian Road on the west and Ironwood Road on the east.
- Queen Creek Arizona Temple
- Construction Updates
- Fairbanks Alaska Temple
- San Juan Puerto Rico
- Reopens after 5 month renovation
- Cali Colombia Temple
- Cuernavaca Mexico Temple
- Appears to be delayed by government and community concern about cutting down trees without a study of impact.
- Lehi Utah Temple
- Excavation and Parking lot construction well underway
- Still no Groundbreaking announced
- Excavation and Parking lot construction well underway
- Mountpelier Idaho Temple
- Heber Valley Utah Temple
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