Length of construction times and open-house attendance
for temples of the Church of Jesus Christ
Announcement to Groundbreaking
to
Announcement
Groundbreaking Open-house
guests Dedication dedication dedication
#A Kirtland Ohio Temple
-- 05 Jun 1833 -- 27 Mar 1836 -- 02 yr 10 mo
#B Nauvoo Illinois Temple
Oct
1840 06 Apr 1841 -- 30 Apr 1846
05 yr 07 mo 05 yr 01 mo
#1 St.
George Utah Temple
-- 09 Nov 1871 -- 06 Apr 1877 -- 05 yr 05 mo
#2 Logan Utah Temple
18 May 1877 17
May 1877 -- 17 May 1884 07 yr 00 mo 07 yr 00 mo
#3 Manti Utah Temple
-- 25 Apr 1877 -- 17 May 1888
-- 11 yr 01 mo
#4 Salt Lake Temple
28 Jul 1847
14 Feb 1853 -- 06 Apr 1893
45 yr 05 mo 40 yr 02 mo
#5 Laie Hawaii Temple
03 Oct 1915
01 Jun 1915 -- 27
Nov 1919 04 yr 02 mo 04 yr 06 mo
#6 Cardston Alberta Temple
27 Jul 1913
09 Nov 1913 -- 26 Aug 1923
10 yr 01 mo 09 yr 10 mo
#7 Mesa Arizona Temple
28 Nov 1921
25 Apr 1922 -- 23 Oct 1927
05 yr 11 mo 05 yr 06 mo
#8 Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
03 Mar 1937
19 Dec 1939 -- 23 Sep 1945
08 yr 07 mo 05 yr 09 mo
#9 Bern Switzerland Temple
01 Jul 1952
05 Aug 1953 -- 11 Sep 1955
03 yr 02 mo 02 yr 01 mo
#10 Los Angeles California Temple
-- 22 Sep 1951 70,000 11 Mar 1956 -- 04 yr 06 mo
#11 Hamilton New
Zealand Temple
17 Feb 1955
21 Dec 1955 -- 20 Apr 1958
03 yr 02 mo 02 yr 05 mo
#12 London England Temple
10 Aug 1953
27 Aug 1955 75,000 07
Sep 1958 05 yr 01 mo 04 yr 00 mo
#13 Oakland California Temple
28 Jan 1943
26 May 1962 -- 17 Nov 1964
21 yr 10 mo 02 yr 06 mo
#14 Ogden Utah Temple
14 Aug 1967
08 Sep 1969 -- 18 Jan 1972
04 yr 05 mo 02 yr 04 mo
#15 Provo Utah Temple
14 Aug 1967
15 Sep 1969 -- 09 Feb 1972
04 yr 06 mo 02 yr 05 mo
#16 Washington, D.C. Temple
15 Nov 1968
07 Dec 1968 -- 19 Nov 1974
06 yr 00 mo 05 yr 11 mo
#17 Sao Paulo Brazil Temple
01 Mar 1975
20 Mar 1976 -- 30 Oct 1978
03 yr 07 mo 02 yr 08 mo
#18 Tokyo Japan Temple
30 Oct 1974 not held -- 27 Oct 1980
06 yr 00 mo --
#19 Seattle Washington Temple
27 May 1978 27
May 1978 -- 17
Nov 1980 02 yr 06 mo 02 yr 06 mo
#20 Jordan River Utah Temple
03 Feb 1978
09 Jun 1979 -- 16 Nov 1981
03 yr 09 mo 02 yr 05 mo
#21 Atlanta Georgia Temple
02 Apr 1980
07 Mar 1981 -- 01 Jun 1983
03 yr 02 mo 02 yr 03 mo
#22 Apia Samoa Temple
15 Oct 1977
19 Feb 1981 -- 06 Aug 1983
05 yr 10 mo 02 yr 06 mo
#23
Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple
02 Apr 1980
18 Feb 1981 -- 09 Aug 1983
03 yr 04 mo 02 yr 06 mo
#24 Santiago Chile Temple
02 Apr 1980
30 May 1981 -- 15 Sep 1983
03 yr 05 mo 02 yr 04 mo
#25 Papeete Tahiti Temple
02 Apr 1980
13 Feb 1981 -- 27 Oct 1983
03 yr 07 mo 02 yr 08 mo
#26 Mexico City D.F. Mexico Temple
03 Apr 1976
25 Nov 1979 -- 02
Dec 1983 07 yr 08 mo 04 yr 00 mo
#27 Boise Idaho Temple
31 Mar 1982
18 Dec 1982 -- 25 May 1984 02 yr 02 mo 01 yr 05 mo
#28 Sydney Australia Temple
02 Apr 1980
13 Aug 1982 -- 20 Sep 1984
04 yr 06 mo 02 yr 01 mo
#29 Manila Philippines Temple
01 Apr 1981
25 Aug 1982 -- 25 Sep 1984
03 yr 06 mo 02 yr 01 mo
#30 Dallas Texas Temple
01 Apr 1981
22 Jan 1983 -- 19 Oct 1984
03 yr 07 mo 01 yr 09 mo
#31 Taipei Taiwan Temple
31 Mar 1982
27 Aug 1982 -- 17 Nov 1984
02 yr 08 mo 02 yr 03 mo
#32 Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
01 Apr 1981
12 Sep 1982 -- 14 Dec 1984
03 yr 08 mo 02 yr 03 mo
#33 Freiburg Germany Temple
09 Oct 1982
23 Apr 1983 -- 20
Jun 1985 02 yr 08 mo 02 yr 02 mo
#34 Stockholm Sweden Temple
01 Apr 1981
17 Mar 1984 -- 02 Jul 1985
04 yr 03 mo 01 yr 04 mo
#35 Chicago Illinois Temple
01 Apr 1981
13 Aug 1983 -- 09 Aug 1985
04 yr 04 mo 02 yr 00 mo
#36 Johannesburg South
Africa Temple
01 Apr 1981
27 Nov 1982 -- 24 Aug 1985
04 yr 05 mo 02 yr 09 mo
#37 Seoul Korea Temple
01 Apr 1981
09 May 1983 -- 14 Dec 1985
04 yr 08 mo 02 yr 07 mo
#38 Lima Peru Temple
01 Apr 1981
11 Sep 1982 -- 10 Jan 1986
04 yr 09 mo 03 yr 04 mo
#39 Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
02 Apr 1980
20 Apr 1983 -- 17 Jan 1986
05 yr 10 mo 02 yr 09 mo
#40 Denver Colorado Temple
31 Mar 1982
19 May 1984 -- 24 Oct 1986
04 yr 07 mo 02 yr 05 mo
#41 Frankfurt Germany Temple
01 Apr 1981
01 Jul 1985 70,000 28 Aug 1987
06 yr 05 mo 02 yr 02 mo
#42 Portland Oregon Temple
07 Apr 1984 20
Sep 1986 -- 19 Aug 1989
05 yr 04 mo 02 yr 11 mo
#43 Las Vegas Nevada Temple
07 Apr 1984
30 Nov 1985 -- 16 Dec 1989
05 yr 08 mo 04 yr 01 mo
#44 Toronto Ontario Temple
07 Apr 1984
10 Oct 1987 -- 25 Aug 1990
06 yr 05 mo 02 yr 10 mo
#45 San Diego California Temple
07 Apr 1984
27 Feb 1988 -- 25 Apr 1993 09 yr 01 mo 05 yr 02 mo
#46 Orlando Florida Temple
17 Feb 1990
20 Jun 1992 -- 09 Oct 1994
04 yr 08 mo 02 yr 04 mo
#47 Bountiful Utah Temple
28 May 1988 02
May 1992 -- 08 Jan 1995
06 yr 07 mo 02 yr 08 mo
#48 Hong Kong China Temple
03 Oct 1992
22 Jan 1994 -- 26 May 1996 03 yr 08 mo 02 yr 04 mo
#49 Mt. Timpanogos Utah Temple
03 Oct 1992
09 Oct 1993 680,000 13 Oct 1996
04 yr 00 mo 03 yr 00 mo
#50 St. Louis Missouri Temple
29 Dec 1991
30 Oct 1993 260,000 01 Jun 1997
05 yr 05 mo 03 yr 08 mo
#51 Vernal Utah Temple
13 Feb 1994
13 May 1995 101,000 02 Nov 1997
03 yr 08 mo 02 yr 06 mo
#52 Preston