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

Construction Status

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

Temple Rendering

An official rendering of the Caldwell Idaho Temple has not yet been released to the public.

Temple Site

On May 26, 2026, the site location for the Caldwell Idaho Temple was announced as a 19.2-acre parcel located southwest of the intersection of West Orchard Avenue and South Florida Avenue in Canyon County, Idaho. Plans call for an 82,000-square-foot, multistory temple with an on-site meetinghouse and accompanying ancillary building.¹

Temple Announcement

On April 6, 2025, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Caldwell Idaho Temple at the 195th Annual General Conference. It will be the third built in the Boise metropolitan area. The Boise Idaho Temple was dedicated in 1984, and the Meridian Idaho Temple was dedicated in 2017. At the time of the announcement, Idaho was home to more than 475,000 members of the Church in over 1,225 congregations. 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.

The Caldwell Idaho Temple is the 11th announced for the state. Other temples in the state are the Boise Idaho Temple, Burley Idaho Temple, Coeur d'Alene Idaho Temple, Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, Meridian Idaho Temple, Montpelier Idaho Temple, Pocatello Idaho Temple, Rexburg Idaho Temple, Teton River Idaho Temple, and Twin Falls Idaho Temple.²