Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Construction Status

The Burley Idaho Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.

Temple Rendering

On September 17, 2021, the official exterior rendering was released for the Burley Idaho Temple.

Temple Site

On June 23, 2021, the location of the Burley Idaho Temple was announced as a 10.1-acre piece of farmland, located just west of the Snake River and Highway 81. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 38,600 square feet.¹

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.²

Temple Facts

The Burley Idaho Temple will be the seventh temple built in Idaho, following the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (1945), the Boise Idaho Temple (1984), the Rexburg Idaho Temple (2008), the Twin Falls Idaho Temple (2008), the Meridian Idaho Temple (2017), and the Pocatello Idaho Temple (2021).