TEMPLES – Dedications

 

QUESTION:  Elder Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve, had the privilege of dedicating the Regina Saskatchewan Temple on November 14, 1999.  Only two other times in this dispensation has an apostle who is not a member of the First Presidency dedicated a temple.  Can you identify these other rare occurrences? 

ANSWER: Besides Elder Packer's dedication of the Regina Saskatchewan Temple, the only other times when an apostle who was not a member of the First Presidency dedicated a temple were as follows:  1) On May 17, 1888 Elder Wilford Woodruff, then President of the Quorum of Twelve, dedicated the Manti Utah Temple.  President John Taylor had died on July 25, 1887 and the First Presidency was not reorganized until April 7, 1889.  Thus, Elder Woodruff, the most senior apostle, dedicated the temple.  2) The Nauvoo Temple was dedicated by Orson Hyde and Joseph Young, This is another instance of a temple being dedicated by an apostle who was not in the First Presidency.

 

QUESTION:  Can you name the five apostles who have dedicated temples while serving as a counselor in the First Presidency?

ANSWER:  The five apostles who have dedicated temples while serving as a counselor in the First Presidency are Daniel H. Wells (St. George Utah Temple), Marion G. Romney (Jordan River Temple), Gordon B. Hinckley (numerous temples), Thomas S. Monson (several temples), and James E. Faust (several temples).

 

QUESTION:  Only two of our prophets have rededicated temples in this dispensation.  Can you name these two prophets?

ANSWER:  The only two prophets that have rededicated temples are President Spencer W. Kimball and President Gordon B. Hinckley.  President Kimball rededicated four temples, and President Hinckley has rededicated 11 temples as of November 2007.  Elder L. Tom Perry rededicated the Papeete Tahita Temple and Elder Russell M. Nelson rededicated the Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple in 2007.

 

QUESTION: Four times in church history two temples have been dedicated on the same day.  Can you name these four occurrences?

ANSWER: The Halifax Nova Scotia Temple and the Regina Saskatchewan Temple were both dedicated on November 14, 1999, by President Gordon B. Hinckley and Elder Boyd K. Packer, respectively.  The Memphis Tennessee Temple and the Reno Nevada Temple were both dedicated on April 23, 2000, by Presidents James E. Faust and Thomas S. Monson, respectively.  The Nashville Tennessee Temple and the Villahermosa Mexico Temple were both dedicated on May 21, 2000, again by Presidents James E. Faust and Thomas S. Monson, respectively.  The Montreal Quebec Temple and the San Jose Costa Rica Temple were both dedicated on June 4, 2000, by Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley and James E. Faust, respectively.

 

QUESTION:  What was the first year in which more than one temple was dedicated?

ANSWER:  The first year in which more than one temple was dedicated (in a given calendar year) was 1958.  In that year, both the New Zealand (April 20) and London (September 7) temples were dedicated.

 

QUESTION:  The year 1958 was the first year that two temples were dedicated in the same calendar year.  What was the next year in which two or more temples were dedicated?

ANSWER:  The next year following 1958 in which two temples were dedicated was 1972.  Both the Ogden Utah Temple (January 18) and the Provo Utah Temple (February 9) were dedicated in that year.  The first year in which more than two temples were dedicated in a given year was 1983, in which 6 temples were dedicated (Atlanta, Samoa, Tonga, Santiago Chile, Tahiti, and Mexico City).

 

QUESTION:  There have been 127 original temple dedications in this dispensation to date (March 8, 2008).  How many of those 127 dedications were performed by someone other than the president of the Church (i.e., counselors in the presidency, other apostles, etc)?

ANSWER:  Of the 127 temple dedications so far, 41 (32.3%) have been performed by brethren other than the president of the Church.

 

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