Juchitán de Zaragoza Mexico Temple
The Juchitán de Zaragoza Mexico Temple will be the Church's 26th temple in Mexico and second temple in Oaxaca State. Previously dedicated or announced temples include the Mexico City Mexico Temple (dedicated in 1983), the Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple (dedicated in 1999), the Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Oaxaca Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Tampico Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Villahermosa Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Mérida Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Veracruz Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2000), the Guadalajara Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2001), the Monterrey Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2002), the Tijuana Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2015), the Puebla Mexico Temple (dedicated in 2024), the Querétaro Mexico Temple (announced in April 2021), the Torreón Mexico Temple (announced in April 2021), the Culiacán Mexico Temple (announced in October 2021), the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple (announced in April 2022), the Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple (announced in April 2022), the Cuernavaca Mexico Temple (announced October 2022), the Pachuca Mexico Temple (announced October 2022), the Toluca Mexico Temple (announced October 2022), the Tula Mexico Temple (announced October 2022), the Cancún México Temple (announced October 2023), and the Chihuahua Mexico Temple (announced April 2024). The new temple in Juchitán de Zaragoza will likely have a small district consisting of three stakes and four districts in southeastern Oaxaca State. Thus, the temple will likely be a small temple given few stakes and districts in the area which are nonetheless far distant from the nearest temples in Oaxaca and Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The Church discontinued many congregations in the Juchitán area in 2017 to create wards that had larger numbers of active members. There are currently 230 stakes, 44 districts, and 34 missions in Mexico. There were 1,876 official congregations in Mexico as of year-end 2023. Church membership in Mexico is at 1.52 million, although membership growth rates have been very slow in recent years. Moreover, member activity rates in Mexico are low overall at approximately 20%.
This location was classified as a less likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Santa Ana El Salvador Temple
The Santa Ana El Salvador Temple will be the Church's second temple in El Salvador following the dedication of the San Salvador El Salvador Temple in 2011. The new temple will likely service nine stakes in extreme western El Salvador - all of which are assigned to the San Salvador El Salvador Temple. There are four stakes in Santa Ana which were organized in 1979, 1980, 2009, and 2017. The Church has experienced essentially stagnant growth in El Salvador as a whole for many years in regard to membership growth, albeit there were two new stakes created in western El Salvador in 2017 and some branches have matured into wards within the past 5-10 years. The new temple is likely to be a small- to medium-sized temple.
This location was classified as a less likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Medellín Colombia Temple
The Medellín Colombia Temple will be the Church's fourth temple in Colombia following the Bogotá Colombia Temple (dedicated in 1999), the Barranquilla Colombia Temple (dedicated in 2018), and the Cali Colombia Temple (announced in April 2021). The new temple will likely be a small temple that services four stakes and one district - all of which are assigned to the Bogotá Colombia Temple. There are three stakes in Medellín which were organized in 1988, 1996, and 2023. The Colombia Medellín Mission was organized in 2012. The Church in Colombia has experienced slow growth for many years. As of year-end 2023, there were 215,331 Latter-day Saints, 256 official congregations, 31 stakes, 10 districts, and five missions.
This location was classified as a less likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Santiago Dominican Republic Temple
The Santiago Dominican Republic Temple will be the Church's second temple in the Dominican Republic following the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple (dedicated in 2000). The new temple will likely be a small- to medium-sized temple and service seven stakes and three districts in northern Dominican Republic - all of which are assigned to the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple. Steady growth has occurred in the past couple decades in the area, and two new stakes have been organized since 2010. With approximately 150,000 Latter-day Saints, the Dominican Republic was the country with the most members with only one temple prior to today's announcement.
This location was classified as a more likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Puerto Montt Chile Temple
The Puerto Montt Chile Temple will be the Church's sixth temple in Chile following the Santiago Chile Temple (dedicated in 1983), the Concepción Chile Temple (dedicated in 2018), the Antofagasta Chile Temple (announced in 2019), the Santiago Chile West Temple (announced in October 2021), and the Viña del Mar Chile (announced in October 2023). The new temple will likely be a small temple and service seven stakes and three districts in extreme southern Chile. The area is currently serviced by the Concepción Chile Temple. The Church recently organized a new stake in the Puerto Montt area (Puerto Varas) in March of 2024, and a few branches have become wards recently in the area. However, this region of Chile has historically had little to no growth in the number of congregations for decades. There are currently 79 stakes, 10 districts, and 11 missions in Chile.
This location was classified as a more likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Dublin Ireland Temple
The Dublin Ireland Temple will be the Church's first temple in Ireland. The Church reported 4,076 members as of year-end 2023. There is one stake in Dublin (organized in 1995) and one stake in Belfast, Northern Ireland (organized in 1974) which appear likely to comprise the new temple district. Currently, the two stakes are assigned to the Preston England Temple (dedicated in 1998). Thus, the new temple will likely be a small temple. The Church used to operate a mission in Dublin, Ireland which closed and was consolidated with the mission in Scotland in 2010. Stagnant membership growth has occurred for most years in Ireland in the past couple decades, although there have been a couple years that have had significant growth during this time. The Church recently discontinued the Limerick Ireland District and consolidated it with the Dublin Ireland Stake. There are now six wards and six branches in Ireland. There are seven wards and three branches in Northern Ireland.
This location was classified as a more likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Milan Italy Temple
The Milan Italy Temple will be the Church's second temple in Italy following the Rome Italy Temple in 2019. Milan has historically been what appeared to be a more likely location to have a temple announced in Italy before the Rome Italy Temple given there are more stakes in northern Italy than southern Italy and that some of the stakes in northern Italy have operated for more than a decade longer than in southern Italy. Currently, northern Italy is assigned to the Rome Italy Temple. The new temple will likely service 5-6 stakes in northern Italy. The new temple will likely be a small- to medium-sized temple. Milan is the only city in northern Italy that has two stakes (which were organized in 1981 and 2012). Membership growth rates in Italy have been low for many years. There were 28,409 members, 10 stakes, 94 official congregations, and two missions in Italy as of year-end 2023. Italy has undergone a significant transformation in the past 15-20 years from mostly comprising branches and districts to being mostly made up of wards and stakes.
This location was classified as a less likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Abuja Nigeria Temple
The Abuja Nigeria Temple will be the Church's sixth temple in Nigeria following the Aba Nigeria Temple (dedicated in 2005), the Lagos Nigeria Temple (announced in 2018), the Benin City Nigeria Temple (announced in 2020), the Eket Nigeria Temple (announced in October 2022), and the Calabar Nigeria Temple (announced in October 2023). As I noted when the Calabar Nigeria Temple was announced, the Church has never announced so many new temples in a country with only one dedicated temple since Mexico had at one point nine temples announced in February 1999 before a second temple was dedicated in March 1999 (which was the Colonia Juarez Mexico Temple). The new temple in Abuja will likely be a small temple and service four stakes (three of which are in Abuja) and three districts in central Nigeria - all of which are assigned to the Aba Nigeria Temple. The first stake in Abuja was organized in 2012 followed by additional stakes in 2016 and 2019. The Church has grown rapidly in central Nigeria within the past decade after decades of slow or stagnant growth. Just a few weeks ago, the Church created its first stake in Jos where a district had operated for more than 30 years. Prospects appear favorable for more stakes to be created in central Nigeria in the foreseeable future, particularly in Makurdi and Gboko, although 1-2 additional stakes appear likely to be created in Abuja within the next few years. The creation of the Nigeria Abuja Mission in 2023 also is likely to significantly accelerate growth in vast areas of Nigeria inhabited by approximately 100 million people where most do not live near an official Latter-day Saint congregation (although it is unlikely that much expansion will occur in the far northern states that are staunchly Muslim and follow Sharia law). Even with today's announcement, prospects appear favorable for more temple announcements in Nigeria in the coming years. Some likely candidates include:
- Enugu (5 stakes, 4 districts)
- Ibadan (8 stakes, 1 district)
- Port Harcourt (9 stakes, 2 districts)
- Umuahia (6 stakes, 1 district)
- Uyo (6 stakes)
- Warri (2 stakes)
The Church reported 232,654 members 810 congregations in Nigeria as of year-end 2023. There are currently 76 stakes, 13 districts, and 11 missions in Nigeria.
This location was classified as a more likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Kampala Uganda Temple
The Kampala Uganda Temple will be the first temple to be built in Uganda. Prior to today's announcement, Uganda was the country with the most Latter-day Saints without a temple per 2023 figures (22,138 members). Stakes and districts in Uganda are assigned to the Johannesburg South Africa Temple, although Uganda will likely be reassigned to the Nairobi Kenya Temple once it is completed. There are three stakes and three districts in Uganda. There are two stakes in Kampala which were organized in 2010 and 2017. The new temple will likely service members in Uganda, Ethiopia, and perhaps Burundi and Rwanda - the latter two have recently experienced unprecedented growth. The temple will likely be a small temple. Prospects appear favorable for accelerated growth in Uganda given the Uganda Kampala Mission now only services the countries of Uganda and South Sudan. In the past year, the Church has organized many new branches in cities and towns in Uganda that have never had a branch, including in Bukomero, Buwenge, Bweyale, Kalisizo, Kibale, Mbarara, and Soroti.
This location was classified as a more likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
Maputo Mozambique Temple
The Maputo Mozambique Temple will be the Church's second temple in Mozambique following the announcement of the Beira Mozambique Temple in April of 2021. The new temple will likely be a small temple and service the three stakes in Maputo as well as two districts (one in Mozambique and one in Eswatini). As I noted in the post regarding today's announcement, this marks the first time the Church has announced two temples in a country that previously has not had any temples (although there was a time in the United States after the destruction of the Nauvoo Temple and before the dedication of the first temples in Utah when temples were announced in Utah that were not completed yet). The temple in Beira remains in the planning stages. Church growth rates in Mozambique have been among the most rapid in the world and have been concentrated in Beira (which now has four stakes) and Maputo. The Church created its first two stakes in Mozambique in 2015. Additional stakes were created in Maputo in 2019 and 2023. There are now eight stakes and two districts in the country - all of which are assigned to the Johannesburg South Africa Temple. Church membership increased by 34.1% during 2023 to 24,733. There are now 75 official congregations in Mozambique.
This location was classified as a more likely location to have a temple announced on my most recent temple prediction map.
21 comments:
I rushed to get this post out before the week started, so please let me know if you notice any typos or errors.
Craig Shuler says,
Four of the 17 announced temples were on my list of 10 temple predictions on August 2:
I give myself credit as being right on 4 out of 10:
- I was right on for Price Utah and northern New Jersey.
- I predicted Madison Wisconsin rather than Milwaukee but will count that as correct, too.
- Kampala Uganda was the only non-U.S. temple I correctly predicted.
In April 2023 I made a list of 20 predicted temples that included 6 announced today:
- Four in the U.S.: El Paso Texas, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Price Utah, and Scotch Plains New Jersey (northern NJ)
- Two outside the U.S. Osorno Chile (near Porto Montt) and Kampala Uganda.
That list also included 9 announced April 2023, October 2023 or April 2024:
- Four in the U.S.: Charlotte North Carolina, Colorado Springs Colorado, Houston Texas South and San Jose California.
- Five outside the U.S.: Florianopolis Brazil, Natal Brazil, Iquitos Peru, Osaka Japan, and Ulaanbaatar Mongolia.
That makes 15 of 20 now announced from my April 2023 list.
Today, the one big surprise to me was Coeur d’Alene Idaho, being only half an hour from the Spokane Washington Temple
I think it is interesting that the 17 temples announced today are in 16 Church areas. Only El Paso TX and Queen Creek AZ are in the same area.
Makrudi and Gboko in Benue stake go from about 8 hours to Aba to just over 4 to Abuja. While still a long distance, it is a huge blessing. The 3rd district is more a change from 6 to 5 hours. That 3rd district Otukpo is the only of the 3 closer to Enugu than to Abuja. So an Enugu Temple would reduce Abuja Temple to 4 stakes and 2 districts.
Hopefully we can see a ground breaking for Lagos Temple soon. It is I believe the last announced in 2018 other than Russia lacking a groundbreaking. Since Benin City had its sight announced at the same time hopefully we can get a groundbreaking there.
With 4 stakes and 3 districts I would not be surprised if Juchitan de Zaragoza Trmple is bigger than either the Oaxaca or Tuxtla Gutirrez Temple.
This is the 4 state level division in Mexico to get a 2nd temple.
I think at this point there are enough temples in Mexico we really should only cover the ones in the specific state.
Maputo is 7 hours from Johannesburg and 16 from Beira.
So the logistics of a Maputo Temple make a lot of sense.
There are now temples at least announced for I believe 70 countries and 5 non-country units (French Polynesia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and Hong Kong). I did not count Scotland and England seoerate, just classed them as the UK.
31 countries and 1 non-country (Frebch Polynesia) have more than 1 temple.. I did not count China due to Hong Kong's status.
19 countries have at least 3 temples, 15 have at least 4 temples. 12 have at least 5 temples. 11 countries have at least 6 temples. 7 have at least 7 temples.
Those 7 are Argentina at 7. Peru at Peru at 9, Canada at 11, the Phillippines at 13, Brazil at 23, Mexico at 26 and the United States at at I think 149 temples.
It was announced in a stake conference a few years ago that the Spokane temple does the most ordinances per square foot of any temple in the world. Add that to the fact that appointments fill up within a few minutes of midnight each month and I do not find this temple surprising, but overdue. I predict the CDA temple will be larger than Spokane.
Also of note, the distance from the Spokane temple to the downtown business district of CDA is the exact same distance as the distance from the Portland Temple to the announced Vancouver WA temple.
To be fair Misdoula will in theory relieve some crowding at Spokane. I say in theory because I have no clue how many patrons it get from that far away.
How hard would it be to expand the Sokane Trmple. There are always ways to expand be it up, down or knocking down buildings that currently stand. Weather such expansions would be able to get the needed approvals is another story.
I meant Missoula. Sorry for the typo.
This Church News article lists where the global participants were from this conference. The only from Peru is from Tacna. It looks like France is the only country 2 were from.
Some of the controversies regarding new temples recently have been regarding Temple height. What if we do a complete rebuild of the Spokane Temple like we are doing with Alaska and Provo. And build an underground level. Or expand the footprint. We could even move some of the parking underground, if the number of acres is not sufficient.
Looking at the areal view, it looks like the church has three softball fields that can be used as part of an expansion if needed.
Missoula is no longer a factor with Spokane, since the 3 stakes near Missoula have been recently reassigned to the temple in Helena.
This is now the new temples would play into my "chains" list.
-Juchitan de Zaragoza Mexico - would cause a merge between "Southcentral Mexico (4 dedicated temples) and "Central America" (7 dedicated temples + 1 dedication).
-Santa Ana El Salvador - "Central America"
-Medellin Colombia - would form a new chain with Bogota Colombia, once either Cali Colombia or Medellin Colombia is completed.
-Santiago Dominican Republic - "Hispaniola" (2 dedicated temples)
-Puerto Montt Chile - Concepcion Chile too far away to form a chain.
-Dublin Ireland - would form a new chain with Preston England. The new chain would also include Edinburgh Scotland and Birmingham England (and by extension London England and Paris France).
-Milan Italy - new chain with Bern Switzerland once completed.
-Abuja Nigeria - not close enough to either Aba Nigeria or Benin City Nigeria to form a link.
-Kampala Uganda - closest temple in Kinshasa DRC, Nairobi Kenya too far to form a chain.
-Maputo Mozambique - too far from Johannesburg South Africa and Durban South Africa.
-Coeur d'Alene Idaho - would cause a merge between "Deseret Corridor" (40 dedicated temples + 1 dedication) and "Pacific Northwest" (6 dedicated temples). Missoula Montana can also cause the merge.
-Queen Creek Arizona - "Arizona" (6 dedicated temples), however would merge with "Deseret Corridor" once Farmington New Mexico is dedicated.
-El Paso Texas - "Northwestern Mexico" (3 dedicated temples, would need to be renamed)
-Huntsville Alabama - "Eastern United States" (20 dedicated temples). Currently the largest cluster by area.
-Milwaukee Wisconsin - "Eastern United States"
-Summit New Jersey - "Eastern United States"
-Price Utah - "Deseret Corridor"
Other Matt here.
While this news post is about the new CDA Idaho Temple, at the bottom, also mentions a new stake will be created in Pullman, Washington spilting from the Moscow Idaho Stake. https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-coeur-dalene-temple/293-ff1aa1f6-c47d-4f10-b89c-6f3d11e2639d
A meetinghouse at 477 East Honeysuckle avenue in Hayden Idaho is about 7 miles give or take from Coeur d'Alene. It seems to have enough space to build a temple adjacent to it.
There have been a total of 376 temples announced in this dispensation (not counting Kirkland Ohio and the three temples in Independence, Far West, and Adam-Ondi-Ahmen Missouri). President Nelson has announced 185 of those temples. Bringing to just under half if we count thise 4 temples. That is in just over 6.5 years since President Nelson became the prophet out of approximately 194.5 years since the church was restored on April 6th 1830.
I wonder if it possible that the Beira Mozambique and Maputo Mozambique temples will have their sites announced the same day.
Based on what was said above about lots adjacent to Spokane Temple, I would not be shocked if after CDA Idaho temple is completed they expand Spokane. With Spokane bursting at the seems even with Missoula gone I understand why they do not do the expansion now.
Detroit Temple has reopened after being closed for roof replacement since the start of August. We have gone from 4 to 5 sessions on Saturday.
Does anyone have any info on the dissolution of the Los Angeles Santa Monica Stake? I was born and raised in that stake. Last I saw, the stake had 7 wards as did the neighboring Inglewood Stake, and the Los Angeles Stake with 11 wards. I know the two wards I attended merged a few years back, but it looks like church attendance just completely collapsed there.
Los Angeles California Stake shows 9 wards. https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/stakes/5009094
Hollywood 4th, Mar Vista, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Westwood, Wilshire 3rd, Santa Monica YSA, La Cienga (Spanish), and Los Angeles 6th (Spanish) Wards.
Other Matt here.
Basically Santa Monica Stake stayed in tact, and Los Angeles Stake dissolved most of its units.
Last year before the merger,
Westwood 1st and 2nd Wards combined into Westwood Ward.
Hollywood Ward (English) and Los Angeles 4th Ward (Spanish) combined into Hollywood 4th Ward (technically English, but really a Spanglish Ward. Sacrament in English, classes spilt into English and Spanish. Youth and primary in English.
Los Angeles YSA Ward, UCLA Ward, USC Ward all got dissolved and all YSAs attend Santa Monica YSA Ward.
On the Santa Monica Stake side before the stake merger, Santa Monica 1st and 2nd Ward combined. Culver City Ward got dissolved, absorbed by Mar Vista Ward.
Then as part of the combining of stakes, in LA Stake, Wilshire Ward (English), Los Angeles 3rd Ward (Spanish), and Olympic Ward (Korean), all combined into a trilingual Ward, Wilshire 3rd Ward. Sacrament in English, classes in English, Spanish, and Korean.
Personally I think this not best approach. But maybe this is an interim solution. I do see at some point, English, Spanish, and Korean splitting back into separate units, as well as new Farsi and Mandarin branches as a possibility. New YSA units could be reinstated along with a new a Midsingles Ward. We'll see.
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