Burley Idaho Temple
Planning and approval phase; site location unknown; groundbreaking not announced
Announcement:
4 April 2021Construction Status
The Burley Idaho Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.
Temple Rendering
Renderings of the Burley Idaho Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.
Temple Site
No site location has been officially announced for the Burley Idaho Temple.
Temple Announcement
On April 4, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Burley Idaho Temple at the 191st Annual General Conference. The Burley Idaho Temple will be the seventh temple in Idaho. Idaho is home to over 460,000 members of the Church in around 1,200 congregations. Burley is in the southern part of the state. Early Church pioneers settled in Idaho in 1855. Several Church presidents are natives of Idaho, including Presidents Harold B. Lee, Ezra Taft Benson and Howard W. Hunter. Other temples in the state include the nearby Twin Fall Idaho Temple, Boise Idaho Temple, Idaho Falls Temple, Meridian Idaho Temple, Pocatello Idaho Temple, and Rexburg Idaho Temple.1
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "At April 2021 Conference, Prophet Announces 20 More Temples to Be Constructed," 4 Apr. 2021.