6 maps show the worldwide locations of the Church's 350 temples – Church News

In the final Sunday afternoon session of the April 2024 general conference on April 7, President Russell M. Nelson announced 15 locations for future Houses of the Lord around the world, from French Polynesia to British Columbia and from Scotland to Venezuela.

And in the six months since that day, nearly 45 of the Church's temples – nearly 60 if you include the 15 mentioned above – have experienced notable milestone events, including dedications, groundbreakings, locations and announcements.

As of October 1, 2024, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a total of 350 temples, including:

• 197 dedicated temples.
• Five temples are to be inaugurated.
• 49 temples under construction.
• The groundbreaking ceremony for a temple is planned.
• 53 temples with published locations.
• 45 temples announced and planned, but no locations.

In the last six months, eight houses of the Lord have been dedicated. They are:

• Urdaneta Philippines Temple, April 28, by President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency.
• Puebla Mexico Temple, May 19, by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
• Taylorsville Utah Temple, June 2, by Elder Gong.
• Cobán Guatemala Temple, June 9, by Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
• Salta Argentina Temple, June 16, by Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
• Layton Utah Temple, June 16, by Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
• Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple, September 15, by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
• Mendoza Argentina Temple, September 22, by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

During this time, the dedication of another five Houses of the Lord was planned, all before the end of 2024. These are:

Since the April 2024 general conference, one temple has been rededicated after extensive renovations:

Additionally, the Orlando Florida Temple closed for extensive renovations in late June, and the church announced in July that the Toronto Ontario Temple would reopen after closing for renovations in December.

In the last six months, groundbreaking has been laid for ten new Houses of the Lord, with three groundbreaking ceremonies taking place on the same day. They are:

• Cleveland Ohio Temple, June 1
• Teton River Idaho Temple, June 1
• Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple, June 8
• Ribeirão Preto Temple in Brazil, June 22
• Austin Texas Temple, August 17
• Londrina Temple in Brazil, August 17
• Santiago West Chile Temple, August 17
• Cagayan de Oro Temple, Philippines, August 31
• Wichita Kansas Temple, September 7
• Cody Wyoming Temple, September 27

In addition, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tarawa Kiribati Temple was scheduled for November 2nd.

Since the April 2024 general conference, locations for ten new Houses of the Lord and exterior displays for another eight have been announced.

And the eight with published renderings are:

The 10 with the published locations are:

At the conclusion of general conference in April 2024, President Nelson announced 15 locations for new temples. They are:

• Uturoa, French Polynesia
• Chihuahua, Mexico
• Florianopolis, Brazil
• Rosario, Argentina
• Edinburgh, Scotland
• Brisbane, Australia (a second temple for the southern part of the city)
• Victoria, British Columbia
• Yuma, Arizona
• Houston, Texas (also a second temple for the southern part of the city)
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Honolulu, Hawaii
• West Jordan, Utah
• Lehi, Utah
• Maracaibo, Venezuela

As noted above, locations for the Des Moines (Iowa), Cincinnati (Ohio), West Jordan (Utah), and Lehi (Utah) temples have already been identified and published.