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Construction Status

38 Under Construction • 8 Under Renovation • 46 Announced

Temples Under Construction

Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple

Construction Status: Completed; public open house and dedication postponed until large public gatherings deemed safe
Latest Photograph: 21 May 2021

Winnipeg Manitoba Temple

Construction Status: Completed; public open house and dedication postponed until large public gatherings deemed safe
Latest Photograph: 23 May 2021

Scheduled for Dedication

November 2021 Public Open House: 18 September–23 October 2021
Dedication: 7 November 2021
Construction Status: Landscaping continues in the gardens immediately next to the temple; installing landscaping lamp posts; interior finish work progressing
Latest Photograph: 16 June 2021

Under Construction

Quito Ecuador Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid- to late 2021 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Exterior lighting operating; final landscaping underway; interior finish work progressing
Latest Photograph: 12 June 2021

Yigo Guam Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid- to late 2021 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Landscaping the temple grounds; removing rubble from around the property
Latest Photograph: 18 June 2021

San Juan Puerto Rico Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2021 to early 2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Cupola installed atop tower walls; some painting and hard landscaping of grounds underway; meetinghouse framing advancing
Latest Photograph: 9 June 2021

Praia Cabo Verde Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2021 to early 2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Moldings attached around windows; interior work and landscaping continues
Latest Photograph: 28 May 2021

Belém Brazil Temple

Completion: Estimated in early 2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Sod laid; landscaping progressing; stone cladding of exterior walls nearing completion; interior work underway
Latest Photograph: 13 June 2021

Saratoga Springs Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid-2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Attaching panels to the steeple; framing the interior; installing temporary glass
Latest Photograph: 18 June 2021

Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid- to late 2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Plastering the exterior walls; interior work underway; hardscaping the temple grounds
Latest Photograph: 25 May 2021

Richmond Virginia Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Stone cladding of temple underway; laying brick for meetinghouse
Latest Photograph: 20 June 2021

Bangkok Thailand Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Installation of precast concrete panels to exterior continues
Latest Photograph: 18 June 2021

Urdaneta Philippines Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Cladding of exterior started along base; attaching hanging brackets to exterior walls; interior framing progressing
Latest Photograph: 4 June 2021

Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Framing temple tower; roughing in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
Latest Photograph: 26 May 2021

Feather River California Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Precast concrete panels attached to structural frame of temple; interior framing progressing
Latest Photograph: 30 May 2021

Layton Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Installation of precast wall panels and window frames continues
Latest Photograph: 6 June 2021

Bentonville Arkansas Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Cladding the temple frame in ornamented precast concrete panels
Latest Photograph: 19 June 2021

McAllen Texas Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Installing precast concrete wall panels
Latest Photograph: 13 June 2021

Brasília Brazil Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Framing the temple tower; concrete frames nearing completion for accommodation center and meetinghouse
Latest Photograph: 29 May 2021

Orem Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Preparing to begin stone cladding on north side; light-gauge steel framing underway on third floor; finishing staircase to exterior mechanical room
Latest Photograph: 16 June 2021

Auckland New Zealand Temple

Completion: Estimated in early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Concrete shear walls installed; erecting structural steel
Latest Photograph: 27 April 2021

Taylorsville Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Setting steel rafters for the roof; construction of parking facility continues
Latest Photograph: 19 June 2021

Moses Lake Washington Temple

Completion: Estimated in early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Building the exterior walls
Latest Photograph: 10 June 2021

Salta Argentina Temple

Completion: Estimated in early to mid-2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Exterior walls rising
Latest Photograph: 15 June 2021

Puebla Mexico Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid-2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Floor slabs poured; setting rebar, forms, and steel beams for temple exterior walls; structural frame erected for meetinghouse
Latest Photograph: May 2021

Okinawa Japan Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid-2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Shoring up the excavation walls
Latest Photograph: 5 June 2021

Alabang Philippines Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid- to late 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Setting reinforcing steel bar for exterior walls
Latest Photograph: 5 June 2021

Red Cliffs Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid- to late 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Steel framing underway
Latest Photograph: 18 June 2021

Davao Philippines Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Preparing to pour structural concrete
Latest Photograph: 7 February 2021

Mendoza Argentina Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Excavating for the building foundations
Latest Photograph: 9 June 2021

Cobán Guatemala Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Construction and safety fences erected; compacting soil in preparation for excavation
Latest Photograph: 16 May 2021

San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2023 to early 2024 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Excavation nearing completion
Latest Photograph: 24 May 2021

Deseret Peak Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2023 to early 2024 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Burying power lines; utility vaults installed
Latest Photograph: 16 June 2021

Tallahassee Florida Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2023 to early 2024 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Clearing of the temple site underway
Latest Photograph: 20 June 2021

Syracuse Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2023 to early 2024 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Surveyor establishing reference point
Latest Photograph: 17 June 2021

Bengaluru India Temple

Completion: Estimated in early 2024 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Stake center and service center razed; site clearing and preparation underway
Latest Photograph: 7 March 2021

Antofagasta Chile Temple

Completion: No estimate currently available
Construction Status: Pre-construction demolition completed
Latest Photograph: 2 April 2021

Harare Zimbabwe Temple

Completion: No estimate currently available
Construction Status: Full-scale construction pending
Latest Photograph: 6 February 2021

Temples Under Renovation

Washington D.C. Temple

Construction Status: Completed; public open house and rededication postponed until large public gatherings deemed safe
Latest Photograph: 16 June 2021

Tokyo Japan Temple

Construction Status: Completed; public open house and rededication to be announced when large public gatherings deemed safe
Latest Photograph: 14 June 2021

Mesa Arizona Temple

Construction Status: Completed; public open house and rededication to be announced when large public gatherings deemed safe
Latest Photograph: 26 May 2021

Under Renovation

Hamilton New Zealand Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid- to late 2021 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Exterior lighting operational; interior and exterior renovations nearing completion
Latest Photograph: 12 June 2021

Hong Kong China Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid-2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Newly clad exterior revealed; interior renovations continue
Latest Photograph: 15 May 2021

Columbus Ohio Temple

Completion: Estimated in mid-2022 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Cladding the exterior walls; re-sheeting the roof; assembling the steeple
Latest Photograph: 11 June 2021

St. George Utah Temple

Completion: Estimated in late 2022 to early 2023 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Pouring footings for west end extension; pouring sidewalks on south side; preparing to pave road on east side; interior demolition completed
Latest Photograph: 11 June 2021

Salt Lake Temple

Completion: Estimated in 2024 (no official dates announced yet)
Construction Status: Making deep excavations for base isolation system
Latest Photograph: 14 June 2021

Scheduled for Renovation

Manti Utah Temple

Renovation Closure: Scheduled to close on 1 October 2021
Latest Photograph: 2 May 2021

Announced Temples

Scheduled for Groundbreaking

Helena Montana Temple

Groundbreaking: Scheduled for Saturday, 26 June 2021
Construction Status: Preparing for groundbreaking ceremony
Latest Photograph: 1 June 2019

Salvador Brazil Temple

Groundbreaking: Scheduled for August 2021
Construction Status: Preparing for groundbreaking ceremony
Latest Photograph: 1 October 2020

Site Officially Announced

Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple

Site Announced: 19 November 2019
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released
Latest Photograph: 2 February 2020

Pago Pago American Samoa Temple

Site Announced: 14 August 2020
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released
Latest Photograph: May 2014

Neiafu Tonga Temple

Site Announced: 14 August 2020
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released
Latest Photograph: 21 July 2018

Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple

Site Announced: 14 September 2020
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released
Latest Photograph: 26 February 2020

Lindon Utah Temple

Site Announced: 21 December 2020
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released; preliminary site activity underway
Latest Photograph: 5 February 2021

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple

Site Announced: 19 January 2021
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released; conditional Use application under review
Latest Photograph: July 2019

Tarawa Kiribati Temple

Site Announced: 19 May 2021
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released
Latest Photograph: 20 June 2019

Port Vila Vanuatu Temple

Site Announced: 19 May 2021
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced; exterior rendering released
Latest Photograph: 3 August 2020

Casper Wyoming Temple

Site Announced: 10 June 2021
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced
Latest Photograph: August 2019

Elko Nevada Temple

Site Announced: 10 June 2021
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced
Latest Photograph: July 2015

Smithfield Utah Temple

Site Announced: 10 June 2021
Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location announced
Latest Photograph: 14 June 2021

Announced April 2017

Nairobi Kenya Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 3 October 2020

Announced April 2018

Managua Nicaragua Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 2018

Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 2018

Russia Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown; city not yet announced
Latest Photograph: 2018

Announced October 2018

Lagos Nigeria Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 2 February 2020

Announced April 2019

Budapest Hungary Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 25 June 2020

Announced October 2019

Freetown Sierra Leone Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 13 February 2020

Bacolod Philippines Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 26 April 2017

Announced April 2020

Shanghai People's Republic of China Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; site location unknown
Latest Photograph: 9 December 2019

Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple

Construction Status: Planning and approval phase; no site location announced; church architectural engineers visited the site in June 2021 to finalize plans; government approvals and permits being secured
Latest Photograph: June 2021