Temples in Operation

With the dedication of the St. Louis Missouri Temple, the Church now has 50 temples in use worldwide. The number beside each temple indicates the order in which it was dedicated, beginning with the first temple in Utah, which was dedicated in St. George in 1877.

1870s

1. St. George Temple
6 Apr. 1877
Daniel H. Wells
Rededicated
11 Nov. 1975
Spencer W. Kimball

1880s

2. Logan Temple
17 May 1884
John Taylor
Rededicated
13 Mar. 1979
Spencer W. Kimball

3. Manti Temple
17, 21 May 1888
Wilford Woodruff and Lorenzo Snow
Rededicated
14 June 1985
Gordon B. Hinckley

1890s

4. Salt Lake Temple
6 Apr. 1893
Wilford Woodruff

1900–1920

5. Hawaii Temple
27 Nov. 1919
Heber J. Grant
Rededicated
13 June 1978
Spencer W. Kimball

1920s

6. Alberta Temple
26 Aug. 1923
Heber J. Grant
Rededicated
22 June 1991
Gordon B. Hinckley

7. Arizona Temple
23 Oct. 1927
Heber J. Grant
Rededicated
15 Apr. 1975
Spencer W. Kimball

1930–1950

8. Idaho Falls Temple
23 Sept. 1945
George Albert Smith

1950s

9. Swiss Temple
11 Sept. 1955
David O. McKay
Rededicated
23 Oct. 1992
Gordon B. Hinckley

10. Los Angeles Temple
11 Mar. 1956
David O. McKay

11. New Zealand Temple
20 Apr. 1958
David O. McKay

12. London Temple
7 Sept. 1958
David O. McKay
Rededicated
18 Oct. 1992
Gordon B. Hinckley

1960s

13. Oakland Temple
17 Nov. 1964
David O. McKay

1970s

14. Ogden Temple
18 Jan. 1972
Joseph Fielding Smith

15. Provo Temple
9 Feb. 1972
Joseph Fielding Smith (read by Harold B. Lee)

16. Washington Temple
19 Nov. 1974
Spencer W. Kimball

17. São Paulo Temple
30 Oct. 1978
Spencer W. Kimball

1980s

18. Tokyo Temple
27 Oct. 1980
Spencer W. Kimball

19. Seattle Temple
17 Nov. 1980
Spencer W. Kimball

20. Jordan River Temple
16 Nov. 1981
Spencer W. Kimball (read by Marion G. Romney)

21. Atlanta Georgia Temple
1 June 1983
Gordon B. Hinckley

22. Apia Samoa Temple
5 Aug. 1983
Gordon B. Hinckley

23. Nuku‘alofa Tonga Temple
9 Aug. 1983
Gordon B. Hinckley

24. Santiago Chile Temple
15 Sept. 1983
Gordon B. Hinckley

25. Papeete Tahiti Temple
27 Oct. 1983
Gordon B. Hinckley

26. Mexico City Temple
2 Dec. 1983
Gordon B. Hinckley

27. Boise Idaho Temple
25 May 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley
Rededicated
29 May 1987
James E. Faust

28. Sydney Australia Temple
20 Sept. 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley

29. Manila Philippines Temple
25 Sept. 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley

30. Dallas Texas Temple
19 Oct. 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley
Rededicated
5 Mar. 1989
Gordon B. Hinckley

31. Taipei Taiwan Temple
17 Nov. 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley

32. Guatemala City Temple
14 Dec. 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley

33. Freiberg Germany Temple
29 June 1985
Gordon B. Hinckley

34. Stockholm Sweden Temple
2 July 1985
Gordon B. Hinckley

35. Chicago Illinois Temple
9 Aug. 1985
Gordon B. Hinckley
Rededicated
8 Oct. 1989
Gordon B. Hinckley

36. Johannesburg South Africa Temple
24 Aug. 1985
Gordon B. Hinckley

37. Seoul Korea Temple
14 Dec. 1985
Gordon B. Hinckley

38. Lima Peru Temple
10 Jan. 1986
Gordon B. Hinckley

39. Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
17 Jan. 1986
Thomas S. Monson

40. Denver Colorado Temple
24 Oct. 1986
Ezra Taft Benson

41. Frankfurt Germany Temple
28 Aug. 1987
Ezra Taft Benson

42. Portland Oregon Temple
19 Aug. 1989
Gordon B. Hinckley

43. Las Vegas Nevada Temple
16 Dec. 1989
Gordon B. Hinckley

1990s

44. Toronto Ontario Temple
25 Aug. 1990
Gordon B. Hinckley

45. San Diego California Temple
25 Apr. 1993
Gordon B. Hinckley

46. Orlando Florida Temple
9 Oct. 1994
Howard W. Hunter

47. Bountiful Utah Temple
8 Jan. 1995
Howard W. Hunter

48. Hong Kong Temple
26 May 1996
Gordon B. Hinckley

49. Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
13 Oct. 1996
Gordon B. Hinckley

50. St. Louis Missouri Temple
1 June 1997
Gordon B. Hinckley

First temple in Utah: St. George Temple, 1877

First temple outside North America: Hawaii Temple, 1919

First temple in Canada: Alberta Temple, 1923

First temple in Europe: Swiss Temple, 1955

First temple in Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand Temple, 1958

First temple in South America: São Paulo Temple, 1978

First temple in Asia: Tokyo Temple, 1980

First temple in Africa: Johannesburg South Africa Temple, 1985

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