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Groundbreaking Order

Order Temple Date Presiding As
1 Salt Lake 14 February 1853 Brigham Young President
2 St. George Utah 9 November 1871 George Albert Smith First Counselor
3 Manti Utah 25 April 1877 Brigham Young President
4 Logan Utah 18 May 1877 John W. Young First Counselor
5 Cardston Alberta 9 November 1913 Daniel Kent Greene Local Resident
6 Laie Hawaii 1 June 1915 Joseph F. Smith President
7 Mesa Arizona 25 April 1922 Heber J. Grant President
8 Idaho Falls Idaho 19 December 1939 David A. Smith Later First Temple President
9 Los Angeles California 22 September 1951 David O. McKay President
10 Bern Switzerland 5 August 1953 David O. McKay President
11 London England 27 August 1955 David O. McKay President
12 Hamilton New Zealand 21 December 1955 Ariel Ballif, Wendell B. Mendenhall, and George R. Biesinger
13 Oakland California 26 May 1962 David O. McKay President
14 Washington D.C. 7 December 1968 Hugh B. Brown First Counselor
15 Ogden Utah 8 September 1969 Hugh B. Brown First Counselor
16 Provo Rock Canyon Utah 15 September 1969 Hugh B. Brown First Counselor
17 São Paulo Brazil 20 March 1976 James E. Faust Apostle
18 Tokyo Japan 10 April 1978 (No Ceremony)
19 Seattle Washington 27 May 1978 Marion G. Romney Second Counselor
20 Jordan River Utah 9 June 1979 Spencer W. Kimball President
21 Mexico City Mexico 25 November 1979 Boyd K. Packer Apostle
22 Papeete Tahiti 13 February 1981 Spencer W. Kimball President
23 Nuku’alofa Tonga 18 February 1981 Spencer W. Kimball President
24 Apia Samoa 19 February 1981 Spencer W. Kimball President
25 Atlanta Georgia 7 March 1981 Spencer W. Kimball President
26 Santiago Chile 30 May 1981 Spencer W. Kimball President
27 Sydney Australia 13 August 1982 Bruce R. McConkie Apostle
28 Manila Philippines 25 August 1982 Gordon B. Hinckley Assistant Counselor
29 Taipei Taiwan 27 August 1982 Gordon B. Hinckley Assistant Counselor
30 Lima Peru 11 September 1982 Boyd K. Packer Apostle
31 Guatemala City Guatemala 12 September 1982 Richard G. Scott Apostle
32 Johannesburg South Africa 27 November 1982 Marvin J. Ashton Apostle
33 Boise Idaho 18 December 1982 Mark E. Petersen Apostle
34 Dallas Texas 22 January 1983 Gordon B. Hinckley Second Counselor
35 Buenos Aires Argentina 20 April 1983 Bruce R. McConkie Apostle
36 Freiberg Germany 23 April 1983 Thomas S. Monson Apostle
37 Seoul Korea 9 May 1983 Marvin J. Ashton Apostle
38 Chicago Illinois 13 August 1983 Gordon B. Hinckley Second Counselor
39 Stockholm Sweden 17 March 1984 Thomas S. Monson Apostle
40 Denver Colorado 19 May 1984 Gordon B. Hinckley Second Counselor
41 Frankfurt Germany 1 July 1985 Gordon B. Hinckley Second Counselor
42 Las Vegas Nevada 30 November 1985 Gordon B. Hinckley First Counselor
43 Portland Oregon 20 September 1986 Gordon B. Hinckley First Counselor
44 Toronto Ontario 10 October 1987 Thomas S. Monson Second Counselor
45 San Diego California 27 February 1988 Ezra T. Benson President
46 Bountiful Utah 2 May 1992 Ezra T. Benson President
47 Orlando Florida 20 June 1992 James E. Faust Apostle
48 Bogotá Colombia 26 June 1993 William R. Bradford Seventy
49 Mount Timpanogos Utah 9 October 1993 Gordon B. Hinckley First Counselor
50 St. Louis Missouri 30 October 1993 Gordon B. Hinckley First Counselor
51 Hong Kong China 22 January 1994 John K. Carmack Seventy
52 Preston England 12 June 1994 Gordon B. Hinckley President
53 Vernal Utah 13 May 1995 Gordon B. Hinckley President
54 Madrid Spain 11 June 1996 Gordon B. Hinckley President
55 Guayaquil Ecuador 10 August 1996 Richard G. Scott Seventy
56 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 18 August 1996 Richard G. Scott Apostle
57 Cochabamba Bolivia 10 November 1996 Gordon B. Hinckley President
58 Recife Brazil 11 November 1996 Gordon B. Hinckley President
59 Boston Massachusetts 13 June 1997 Richard G. Scott Apostle
60 Monticello Utah 17 November 1997 Ben B. Banks Seventy
61 Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico 7 March 1998 Eran A. Call Seventy
62 Billings Montana 30 March 1998 Hugh W. Pinnock Seventy
63 Anchorage Alaska 17 April 1998 F. Melvin Hammond Seventy
64 Campinas Brazil 1 May 1998 James E. Faust Second Counselor
65 Porto Alegre Brazil 2 May 1998 James E. Faust Second Counselor
66 Houston Texas 13 June 1998 Lynn A. Mickelsen Seventy
67 Albuquerque New Mexico 20 June 1998 Lynn A. Mickelsen Seventy
68 Columbus Ohio 12 September 1998 John K. Carmack Seventy
69 St. Paul Minnesota 26 September 1998 Hugh W. Pinnock Seventy
70 Detroit Michigan 10 October 1998 Jay E. Jensen Seventy
71 Spokane Washington 10 October 1998 F. Melvin Hammond Seventy
72 Halifax Nova Scotia 12 October 1998 Jay E. Jensen Seventy
73 Bismarck North Dakota 17 October 1998 Kenneth Johnson Seventy
74 Regina Saskatchewan 14 November 1998 Hugh W. Pinnock Seventy
75 Tampico Mexico 28 November 1998 Eran A. Call Seventy
76 Columbia South Carolina 5 December 1998 Gordon T. Watts Seventy
77 Hermosillo Sonora Mexico 5 December 1998 Eran A. Call Seventy
78 Ciudad Juárez México 9 January 1999 Eran A. Call Seventy
79 Villahermosa Mexico 9 January 1999 Richard E. Turley Sr. Seventy
80 Caracas Venezuela 10 January 1999 Francisco J. Viñas Seventy
81 Memphis Tennessee 16 January 1999 Gordon T. Watts Seventy
82 Mérida Mexico 16 January 1999 Carl B. Pratt Seventy
83 Raleigh North Carolina 6 February 1999 Loren C. Dunn Seventy
84 Edmonton Alberta 27 February 1999 Yoshihiko Kikuchi Seventy
85 Kona Hawaii 13 March 1999 John B. Dickson Seventy
86 Nashville Tennessee 13 March 1999 John K. Carmack Seventy
87 Oaxaca Mexico 13 March 1999 Carl B. Pratt Seventy
88 Fresno California 20 March 1999 John B. Dickson Seventy
89 Fukuoka Japan 20 March 1999 L. Lionel Kendrick Seventy
90 Melbourne Australia 20 March 1999 P. Bruce Mitchell Seventy
91 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico 20 March 1999 Richard E. Turley Sr. Seventy
92 Montreal Quebec 9 April 1999 Gary J. Coleman Seventy
93 Copenhagen Denmark 24 April 1999 Spencer J. Condie Seventy
94 San José Costa Rica 24 April 1999 Lynn G. Robbins Seventy
95 Montevideo Uruguay 27 April 1999 Richard G. Scott Apostle
96 Baton Rouge Louisiana 8 May 1999 Monte J. Brough Seventy
97 Suva Fiji 8 May 1999 Earl M. Monson Seventy
98 Medford Oregon 20 May 1999 D. Lee Tobler Seventy
99 Palmyra New York 25 May 1999 Gordon B. Hinckley President
100 Adelaide Australia 29 May 1999 Vaughn J. Featherstone Seventy
101 Louisville Kentucky 29 May 1999 John K. Carmack Seventy
102 Veracruz Mexico 29 May 1999 Carl B. Pratt Seventy
103 Guadalajara Mexico 12 June 1999 Eran A. Call Seventy
104 Oklahoma City Oklahoma 3 July 1999 Rex D. Pinegar Seventy
105 Reno Nevada 24 July 1999 Rex D. Pinegar Seventy
106 Birmingham Alabama 9 October 1999 Stephen A. West Seventy
107 Nauvoo Illinois 24 October 1999 Gordon B. Hinckley President
108 Perth Australia 20 November 1999 Kenneth Johnson Seventy
109 Winter Quarters Nebraska 28 November 1999 Hugh W. Pinnock Seventy
110 The Hague Netherlands 26 August 2000 John K. Carmack Seventy
111 Snowflake Arizona 23 September 2000 Rex D. Pinegar Seventy
112 Columbia River Washington 28 October 2000 Stephen A. West Seventy
113 Lubbock Texas 4 November 2000 Rex D. Pinegar Seventy
114 Monterrey Mexico 4 November 2000 Lynn A. Mickelsen Seventy
115 Asunción Paraguay 3 February 2001 Jay E. Jensen Seventy
116 Brisbane Australia 26 May 2001 Kenneth Johnson Seventy
117 Accra Ghana 16 November 2001 Russell M. Nelson Apostle
118 Redlands California 1 December 2001 Dieter F. Uchtdorf Seventy
119 Aba Nigeria 23 February 2002 H. Bruce Stucki Seventy
120 Manhattan New York 23 September 2002 Gordon B. Hinckley President
121 Helsinki Finland 29 March 2003 D. Lee Tobler Seventy
122 San Antonio Texas 29 March 2003 H. Bruce Stucki Seventy
123 Newport Beach California 15 August 2003 Duane B. Gerrard Seventy
124 Sacramento California 22 August 2004 Gordon B. Hinckley President
125 Curitiba Brazil 10 March 2005 Russell M. Nelson Apostle
126 Rexburg Idaho 30 July 2005 John H. Groberg Seventy
127 Panamá City Panamá 30 October 2005 Spencer V. Jones Seventy
128 Twin Falls Idaho 15 April 2006 Neil L. Andersen Seventy
129 Draper Utah 5 August 2006 Gordon B. Hinckley President
130 Oquirrh Mountain Utah 16 December 2006 Gordon B. Hinckley President
131 Tegucigalpa Honduras 9 June 2007 Don R. Clarke Seventy
132 Kyiv Ukraine 23 June 2007 Paul B. Pieper Seventy
133 Vancouver British Columbia 4 August 2007 Ronald A. Rasband Seventy
134 Cebu City Philippines 14 November 2007 Dallin H. Oaks Apostle
135 Manaus Brazil 20 June 2008 Charles A. Didier Seventy
136 San Salvador El Salvador 20 September 2008 Don R. Clarke Seventy
137 The Gila Valley Arizona 14 February 2009 Neil L. Andersen Seventy
138 Quetzaltenango Guatemala 14 March 2009 Don R. Clarke Seventy
139 Kansas City Missouri 8 May 2010 Ronald A. Rasband Seventy
140 Calgary Alberta 15 May 2010 Donald L. Hallstrom Seventy
141 Brigham City Utah 31 July 2010 Boyd K. Packer Apostle
142 Rome Italy 23 October 2010 Thomas S. Monson President
143 Cordoba Argentina 30 October 2010 Neil L. Andersen Apostle
144 Gilbert Arizona 13 November 2010 Claudio R. M. Costa Seventy
145 Phoenix Arizona 4 June 2011 Ronald A. Rasband Seventy
146 Fort Lauderdale Florida 18 June 2011 Walter F. González Seventy
147 Trujillo Peru 14 September 2011 Rafael E. Pino Seventy
148 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 17 September 2011 Henry B. Eyring Apostle
149 Payson Utah 8 October 2011 Dallin H. Oaks Apostle
150 Sapporo Japan 22 October 2011 Gary E. Stevenson Seventy
151 Fortaleza Brazil 15 November 2011 David A. Bednar Apostle
152 Provo City Center 12 May 2012 Jeffrey R. Holland Apostle
153 Tijuana Mexico 18 August 2012 Benjamín De Hoyos Seventy
154 Indianapolis Indiana 29 September 2012 Donald L. Hallstrom Seventy
155 Paris France 1 February 2013 (No Ceremony)
156 Hartford Connecticut 17 August 2013 Thomas S. Monson President
157 Fort Collins Colorado 24 August 2013 Ronald A. Rasband Seventy
158 Meridian Idaho 23 August 2014 David A. Bednar Apostle
159 Star Valley Wyoming 25 April 2015 Craig C. Christensen Seventy
160 Cedar City Utah 8 August 2015 L. Whitney Clayton Seventy
161 Concepción Chile 17 October 2015 Walter F. González Seventy
162 Tucson Arizona 17 October 2015 Deiter F. Uchtdorf Apostle
163 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 14 November 2015 Carlos A. Godoy Seventy
164 Lisbon Portugal 5 December 2015 Patrick Kearon Seventy
165 Kinshasa DRC 12 February 2016 Neil L. Anderson Apostle
166 Barranquilla Colombia 20 February 2016 Juan A. Uceda Seventy
167 Durban South Africa 9 April 2016 Carl B. Cook Seventy
168 Winnipeg Manitoba 3 December 2016 Larry Y. Wilson Seventy
169 Arequipa Peru 4 March 2017 Carlos A. Godoy Seventy
170 Port-au-Prince Haiti 28 October 2017 Walter F. González Seventy
171 Abidjan Ivory Coast 8 November 2018 Neil L. Anderson Apostle
172 Urdaneta Philippines 16 January 2019 Jeffrey R. Holland Apostle
173 Bangkok Thailand 26 January 2019 David F. Evans Seventy
174 Pocatello Idaho 16 March 2019 Wilford W. Andersen Seventy
175 Praia Cape Verde 4 May 2019 Paul V. Johnson Seventy
176 San Juan Puerto Rico 4 May 2019 Walter F. González Seventy
177 Yigo Guam 4 May 2019 Yoon Hwan Choi Seventy
178 Quito Ecuador 11 May 2019 Enrique R. Falabella Seventy
179 Lima Peru Los Olivos 8 June 2019 Enrique R. Falabella Seventy
180 Belém Brazil 17 August 2019 Marcos A. Aidukaitis Seventy
181 Saratoga Springs Utah 19 October 2019 Craig C. Christensen Seventy
182 Puebla Mexico 30 November 2019 Arnulfo Valenzuela Seventy
183 Richmond Virginia 11 April 2020 Randall K. Bennett Seventy
184 Layton Utah 30 May 2020 Craig C. Christensen Seventy
185 Alabang Philippines 6 June 2020 D. Todd Christofferson Apostle
186 Auckland New Zealand 13 June 2020 Ian S. Ardern Seventy
187 Feather River California 18 July 2020 Scott D. Whiting Seventy
188 Orem Utah 5 September 2020 Craig C. Christensen Apostle
189 San Pedro Sula Honduras 5 September 2020 José Bernardo Hernandez Seventy
190 Brasilia Brazil 26 September 2020 Adilson de Paula Parrella Seventy
191 Moses Lake Washington 10 October 2020 David L. Stapleton Seventy
192 Taylorsville Utah 31 October 2020 Gerrit W. Gong Apostle
193 Salta Argentina 4 November 2020 Benjamín De Hoyos Seventy
194 Bentonville Arkansas 7 November 2020 David A. Bednar Apostle
195 Red Cliffs Utah 7 November 2020 Jeffrey R. Holland Apostle
196 Coban Guatemala 14 November 2020 Brian K. Taylor Seventy
197 Davao Philippines 14 November 2020 Taniela B. Wakolo Seventy
198 McAllen Texas 21 November 2020 Art Rascon Seventy
199 Antofagasta Chile 27 November 2020 Juan Pablo Villar Seventy
200 Bengaluru India 2 December 2020 Robert K. William Seventy
201 Okinawa Japan 5 December 2020 Takashi Wada Seventy
202 Harare Zimbabwe 12 December 2020 Edward Dube Seventy
203 Mendoza Argentina 17 December 2020 Allen D. Haynie Seventy
204 Deseret Peak Utah 15 May 2021 Brook P. Hale Seventy
205 Tallahassee Florida 5 June 2021 James B. Martino Seventy
206 Syracuse Utah 12 June 2021 Kevin R. Duncan Seventy
207 Helena Montana 26 June 2021 Vern P. Stanfill Seventy
208 Salvador Brazil 7 August 2021 Adilson de Paula Parrella Seventy
209 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 21 August 2021 Randall K. Bennett Seventy
210 Nairobi Kenya 11 September 2021 Joseph W. Sitati Seventy
211 Neiafu Tonga 11 September 2021 ‘Inoke F. Kupu Seventy
212 Phnom Penh Cambodia 18 September 2021 Veasna Kuonno Neang Seventy
213 Casper Wyoming 9 October 2021 S. Gifford Nielsen Seventy
214 Pago Pago American Samoa 30 October 2021 K. Brett Nattress Seventy
215 Bacolod Philippines 11 December 2021 Taniela B. Wakolo Seventy
216 Freetown Sierra Leone 19 March 2022 Hugo E. Martinez Seventy
217 Bahía Blanca Argentina 9 April 2022 Joaquin E. Costa Seventy
218 Grand Junction Colorado 16 April 2022 Chi Hong (Sam) Wong Seventy
219 Lindon Utah 23 April 2022 Kevin W. Pearson Seventy
220 Farmington New Mexico 30 April 2022 Anthony D. Perkins Seventy
221 Elko Nevada 7 May 2022 Paul B. Pieper Seventy
222 Burley Idaho 4 June 2022 Brent H. Nielson Seventy
223 Smithfield Utah 18 June 2022 Quentin L. Cook Apostle
224 Yorba Linda California 18 June 2022 Mark A. Bragg Seventy
225 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 20 August 2022 Mathew L. Carpenter Seventy
226 Ephriam Utah 27 August 2022 Russell M. Nelson President
227 Heber Valley Utah 8 October 2022 Russell M. Nelson President
228 Willamette Valley Oregon 29 October 2022 Valeri V. Cordon Seventy
229 Managua Nicaragua 26 November 2022 Taylor G. Godoy Seventy
230 Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala 3 December 2022 Patricio M. Giuffra Seventy
231 Torreón Mexico 10 December 2022 Hugo Montoya Seventy
232 Querétaro Mexico 8 January 2023 Adrián Ochoa Seventy
233 Port Vila Vanuatu 8 April 2023 K. Brett Nattress Seventy
234 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 22 April 2023 Peter F. Meurs Seventy
235 Belo Horizonte Brazil 17 June 2023 Juan A. Uceda Seventy
236 Montpelier Idaho 17 June 2023 Ryan K. Olsen Seventy
237 Modesto California 7 October 2023 Gary B. Sabin Seventy
238 Fort Worth Texas 28 October 2023 Jose L. Alonson Seventy
239 Kaohsiung Taiwan 25 November 2023 Benjamin M. Z. Tai Seventy
240 Knoxville Tennessee 27 January 2024 Shayne M. Bowen Seventy
241 San Luis Potosí Mexico 9 March 2024 Sean Douglas Seventy
242 Cleveland Ohio 1 June 2024 Vaiangina Sikahema Seventy
243 Teton River Idaho 1 June 2024 Ricardo P. Giménez Seventy
244 Santa Cruz Bolivia 8 June 2024 Jorge F. Zeballos Seventy
245 Ribeirão Prêto Brazil 22 June 2024 Joni L. Koch Seventy
246 Londrina Brazil 17 August 2024 Ciro Schmeil Seventy
247 Santiago West Chile 17 August 2024 Alan R. Walker Seventy
248 Austin Texas 17 August 2024 Michael A. Dunn Seventy
249 Cagayan de Oro Philippines 31 August 2024 Carlos G. Revillo Seventy
250 Wichita Kansas 7 September 2024 Steven R. Bangerter Seventy
251 Cody Wyoming 27 September 2024 Steven R. Bangerter Seventy
252 Tarawa Kiribati 2 November 2024 Jeremy R. Jaggi Seventy
253 Grand Rapids Michigan 7 December 2024 Mathias Held Seventy
254 Tacloban City Philippines 18 January 2025 Michael B. Strong Seventy
255 Cali Colombia 1 March 2025 Jorge T. Becerra Seventy
256 Antananarivo Madagascar 15 March 2025 Denelson Silva Seventy
257 Birmingham England 22 March 2025 Scott D. Whiting Seventy
258 Lethbridge Alberta 26 April 2025 Randall K. Bennett Seventy
259 Lagos Nigeria 10 May 2025 Alfred Kyungu Seventy
260 Natal Brazil 17 May 2025 Mark D. Eddy Seventy
261 Benin City Nigeria 24 May 2025 Adeyinka A. Ojediran Seventy
262 Budapest Hungary 21 June 2025 Ruben V. Alliaud Seventy
263 Singapore 21 June 2025 Kelly R. Johnson Seventy
264 Wellington New Zealand 2 August 2025 Taniela B. Wakolo Seventy
265 Winchester Virginia 9 August 2025 Robert M. Daines Seventy
266 Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 23 August 2025 Thierry K. Mutombo Seventy
267 Tampa Florida 23 August 2025 Neil L. Andersen Apostle
268 Vancouver Washington 23 August 2025 Mark A. Bragg Seventy
269 Lone Mountain Nevada 25 September 2025 Michael A. Dunn Seventy
270 Fairbanks Alaska 1 October 2025 Peter M. Johnson Seventy
271 Kumasi Ghana 18 October 2025 Isaac K. Morrison Seventy
272 Cape Town South Africa 25 October 2025 Carlos A. Godoy Seventy
273 Brussels Belgium 22 November 2025 Jack N. Gerard Seventy
274 João Pessoa Brazil 24 January 2026 Joni L. Koch Seventy
275 Jacksonville Florida 24 January 2026 Massimo De Feo Seventy
276 Fairview Texas 21 February 2026 Jonathan S. Schmitt Seventy
277 Huehuetenango Guatemala 14 March 2026 Patricio M. Giuffra Seventy
278 Teresina Brazil 18 April 2026 Ciro Schmeil Seventy
279 Missoula Montana 6 June 2026 José A. Teixeira Seventy
280 Springfield Missouri 6 June 2026 Aroldo B. Cavalcante Seventy
Naga Philippines 8 August 2026 Steven D. Shumway Seventy
Santos Brazil 1 August 2026 Ronald M. Barcellos Seventy

Last updated on: 8 June 2026