The location for the Otavalo Ecuador Temple has been announced as a 6.05-acre property located on the northeast corner of Calle Bolívar and Calle Abya Yala in Otavalo, near the meetinghouse for the Iluman Ward and Peguche Ward. Plans call for a temple of approximately 18,850 square feet. It will be the third temple constructed in the country, joining the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple (1999) and the Quito Ecuador Temple (2022).

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Cuernavaca Mexico Temple will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2026. Elder Moisés Villanueva, General Authority Seventy, will preside at the event. The temple will rise on a 5.36-acre site at the southeast corner of Calle Hernán Cortes and Calle Santa Prisca in the Colonia Vista Hermosa neighborhood of Cuernavaca. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 19,000 square feet.

On September 15, the "Jesus Christ with Mary and Martha" statue was installed on Temple Square, joining ten other new statues. A twelfth statue, "Jesus Christ Blessing the Children," will be installed later. Temple Square will be open to the public for the upcoming general conference from State Street to West Temple. Visitors can walk the grounds and admire the beautiful landscapes and statues. The 196th Semiannual General Conference will be held October 3–4, 2026.

Excavation is well underway for the partial basement of the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple, where crews are also installing below-grade plumbing and drainage lines. Heavy equipment continues to move soil and prepare additional areas for concrete work, while materials and construction supplies are being staged throughout the site. The temple’s groundbreaking ceremony was held last month, with Elder Pedro X. Larreal presiding.