Groundbreaking Order

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

Last updated on: 21 February 2026