Status update on the 118 temples announced by President Nelson

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Since becoming President of the Church in January 2018, President Russell M. Nelson has announced locations for 118 temples, beginning with seven identified during the April 2018 general conference and on through the 18 locations announced in the concluding session of October 2022 general conference. 

Of the 118 temples he has announced, the breakdown in current status is:

Below is a list of all 118 temples and each’s status as of the end of March 2023 — from dedicated and operational to scheduled for dedication, from under construction to scheduled for groundbreaking, and from those with site locations announced to those still in planning and design. Also noted are temples that have been renamed from the original city locations as announced.

For temples still under preliminary design and development, only the announced city is listed.

Listed temple dedications and groundbreakings where a member of the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided are noted.

April 2018 general conference

President Nelson announced seven temples on April 1, 2018, in the closing session of April 2018 general conference, the first temple locations he announced as President of the Church.

At the end of March 2023, five years later, one temple is scheduled for dedication, four have been under construction since 2020, and two are still in planning and design stages.

October 2018 general conference

In the second general conference of his first year as President of the Church, President Nelson announced 12 new temple locations on Oct. 7, 2018, in the conference’s Sunday afternoon session. With those 12, he had announced 19 new temple locations in 2018.

At the end of March 2023, three of the 12 temples have been dedicated in the past 10 months and are operating. A fourth is scheduled for dedication later this year, with seven more under construction and one still in development.

April 2019 general conference

On April 7, 2019, President Nelson closed general conference for the third straight time by announcing new temples — eight, giving him 27 total that he had personally announced to that point.

At the end of March 2023, one of the eight temples announced in April 2019 is scheduled for dedication this fall, with six others under construction and the eighth with a groundbreaking date set.

October 2019 general conference

For the second general conference held in 2019, President Nelson announced eight new temple locations — this time with the Oct. 5 Saturday evening women’s session of general conference being the setting. The eight new temples made for 35 total temples that he had announced up to then.

At the end of March 2023, one temple is scheduled for a fall dedication, six are in various stages of construction, and the remaining temple has a site location and exterior rendering released.

April 2020 general conference

For the third time in as many general conferences, President Nelson announced eight new temple locations, with the April 5, 2020, announcement returning to the Sunday afternoon closing session. Those eight increased President Nelson’s total of announced temples to 43.

At the end of March 2023, five of the eight temples are under construction, with the other three in planning and development.

October 2020 general conference

In his sixth general conference since becoming President of the Church, President Nelson announced six new temple locations on Oct. 4, 2020, in the final session of general conference, bringing the total of temples he had announced to 49.

At the end of March 2023, two of the six are under construction, with a third having a scheduled groundbreaking postponed and the other three with site locations identified.

April 2021 general conference

The most new temple locations announced by the Church at one time — 20 — came from President Nelson on April 4, 2021, at the concluding session of general conference. He had by then announced 69 new temples as President of the Church.

At the end of March 2023, half of the 20 temples — 10 — are under construction, with an 11th scheduled for groundbreaking this summer and one finished with construction and scheduled for dedication. Three others have had their respective site location released, with the remaining five still in planning and development.

May 2021

President Nelson has announced only one new temple location outside of a general conference session, and that came on May 1, 2021, as he spoke about restoration efforts with the historic Manti Utah Temple and announced a new temple for nearby Ephraim, Utah. The announcement made for 70 temples announced by the President of the Church since the January 2018 start of his tenure.

October 2021 general conference

New temples announcements returned to general conference, with President Nelson’s Oct. 2, 2021, announcement of 13 temples coming in the Sunday afternoon session of general conference. The announcement increased the total temples announced by President Nelson to 83.

At the end of March 2023, one of the 13 temples is under construction, six have their site locations identified, and the remaining six are in planning and design.

April 2022 general conference

President Nelson reached 100 total temples he had announced with the 17 locations he released April 3 in the Sunday afternoon concluding session of general conference.

At the end of March 2023, a year later, one has a groundbreaking scheduled, 11 have site locations identified, with the five others in development.

October 2022 general conference

In the conference’s final session on Oct. 2, President Nelson announced 18 new temple locations, including four for the metro Mexico City area. The 18 new temples increased the total he has announced so far to 118 — more than a third of the Church’s combined operating, under-construction and announced temples.

At the end of March 2023, six months later, five of the 18 temples have an identified site, with the other 13 still in initial planning and design.

CORRECTION: An earlier version had the Helena Montana Temple still under construction (it is scheduled for dedication), another member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as presiding at the Moses Lake Washington Temple dedication and incorrect numbers in the breakdown of the current statuses of the 118 temples.

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