Temples in Operation

The Church now has 51 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. The name of each temple is accompanied by the date it was dedicated and who did the dedication.

1870s

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

1880s

2. Logan Temple
17 May 1884
John Taylor
Rededicated
13 March 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 April 1893
Wilford Woodruff

1900–1920

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

1920s

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

7. Arizona Temple
23 October 1927
Heber J. Grant
Rededicated
15 April 1975
Spencer W. Kimball

1930–1950

8. Idaho Falls Temple
23 September 1945
George Albert Smith

1950s

9. Swiss Temple
11 September 1955
David O. McKay
Rededicated
23 October 1992
Gordon B. Hinckley

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

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

12. London Temple
7 September 1958
David O. McKay
Rededicated
18 October 1992
Gordon B. Hinckley

1960s

13. Oakland Temple
17 November 1964
David O. McKay

1970s

14. Ogden Temple
18 January 1972
Joseph Fielding Smith

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

16. Washington Temple
19 November 1974
Spencer W. Kimball

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

1980s

18. Tokyo Temple
27 October 1980
Spencer W. Kimball

19. Seattle Temple
17 November 1980
Spencer W. Kimball

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

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

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

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

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

26. Mexico City Temple
2 December 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 September 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley

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

30. Dallas Texas Temple
19 October 1984
Gordon B. Hinckley
Rededicated
5 March 1989
Gordon B. Hinckley

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

32. Guatemala City Temple
14 December 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 August 1985
Gordon B. Hinckley
Rededicated
8 October 1989
Gordon B. Hinckley

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

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

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

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

40. Denver Colorado Temple
24 October 1986
Ezra Taft Benson

41. Frankfurt Germany Temple
28 August 1987
Ezra Taft Benson

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

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

1990s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Temples

51. Vernal Utah Temple
2 November 1997
Gordon B. Hinckley

Under Construction

Bogotá Colombia
Boston Massachusetts
Cochabamba Bolivia
Guayaquil Ecuador
Madrid Spain
Preston England
Recife Brazil
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

Announced

Albuquerque New Mexico
Anchorage Alaska
Billings Montana
Campinas Brazil
Colonia Juarez Mexico
Houston Texas
Monterrey Mexico
Monticello Utah
Nashville Tennessee
New York
Pôrto Allegro Brazil
Valencia Venezuela

[Temple “Firsts”]

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

Map by Gandee Vason/Tony Stone Images