Burley Idaho Temple
Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released; groundbreaking not announced
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Announcement:
4 April 2021Site:
10.1 acres | 4.1 hectaresArchitectural Features:
Single attached end spireOrdinance Rooms:
Four instruction rooms, three sealing rooms, and one baptistryTotal Floor Area:
38,600 square feet | 11,765 square metersConstruction 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).
- "New Temple Locations Announced in Three Western US States," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 23 Jun. 2021.
- 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.
