Temples

Latest temple updates: All but 1 of Church’s 170 temples offering all living ordinances and at least some proxy ordinances
By Scott Taylor
The Montevideo Uruguay Temple is moving from Phase 2 to Phase 2-B, adding proxy baptisms and confirmations to all living ordinances.
Centenarian looks to participate in Mesa temple rededication — 94 years after attending original 1927 dedication
By Scott Taylor
The Mesa Arizona Temple has been a focus for 101-year-old Oakley J Ray, from attending the 1927 dedication to his sealing and those of his children.
Ahead of temple dedication, Pocatello area youth invited to follow the Savior as their hero
By Jon Ryan Jensen
Thousands of youth received counsel about making good choices, serving missions and following the Savior, during a devotional ahead of the Pocatello Idaho Temple dedication.
President Ballard set to dedicate the Pocatello Idaho Temple — the Church’s 170th and Idaho’s 6th
By Jon Ryan Jensen
Prior to tomorrow's Pocatello temple dedication, President M. Russell Ballard and Elder Neil L. Andersen speak of blessings on both sides of the veil.
First Presidency announces Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple open house, dedication dates — see interior, exterior images of new temple
By Scott Taylor
The announcement comes nearly 21 months after a similar schedule was set for 2020, only to be postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Elder Gong’s blessing for Latter-day Saints in Manitoba during Winnipeg temple dedicatory prayer
In the dedicatory prayer, Elder Gong blessed the Winnipeg temple to be a place where members can receive "faith, uplift and determination, in the joys and vicissitudes of our mortal journeys."
Elder Gong presides at gratitude-filled Winnipeg temple cornerstone ceremony prior to Sunday’s historic dedication
By Jason Swensen
Saturday's cornerstone ceremony outside the soon-to-be-dedicated Winnipeg Manitoba Temple signals the beginning of new temples opening following interruptions prompted by the pandemic.
Elder Gong gives 3 invitations to Winnipeg-area youth to discover faith, ‘enduring joy’ in Canada’s newest temple
By Jason Swensen
Youth residing across Canada's newest temple district — the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple district — tuned in for devotional with Elder Gerrit W. Gong and several other Church leaders in the days prior to the temple dedication.