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 England Temple

19 Oct 1992          12 Jun 1994             123,607                 07 Jun 1998      05 yr 08 mo         04 yr 00 mo

#53  Monticello Utah Temple

04 Oct 1997          17 Nov 1997                --                   26 Jul 1998      00 yr 10 mo         00 yr 08 mo

#54  Anchorage Alaska Temple

04 Oct 1997          17 Apr 1998                --                   09 Jan 1999      01 yr 03 mo         00 yr 09 mo

#55  Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico Temple

04 Oct 1997          07 Mar 1998                --                   06 Mar 1999      01 yr 05 mo         01 yr 00 mo

#56  Madrid Spain Temple

04 Apr 1993          11 Jun 1996                --                   19 Mar 1999      05 yr 11 mo         02 yr 09 mo

#57  Bogota Colombia Temple

07 Apr 1994          26 Jun 1996             100,000                 24 Apr 1999      05 yr 00 mo         03 yr 01 mo

#58  Guayaquil Ecuador Temple

31 Mar 1982          10 Aug 1996             108,000                 01 Aug 1999      17 yr 04 mo         03 yr 00 mo

#59  Spokane Washington Temple

13 Aug 1998          10 Oct 1998              51,953                 21 Aug 1999      01 yr 00 mo         00 yr 10 mo

#60  Columbus Ohio Temple

25 Apr 1998          12 Sep 1998              30,000                 04 Sep 1999      01 yr 05 mo         01 yr 00 mo

#61  Bismarck North Dakota Temple

29 Jul 1998          17 Oct 1998              10,267                 19 Sep 1999      01 yr 02 mo         00 yr 11 mo

#62  Columbia South Carolina Temple

11 Sep 1998          05 Dec 1998              20,000                 16 Oct 1999      01 yr 01 mo         00 yr 10 mo

#63  Detroit Michigan Temple

10 Aug 1998          10 Oct 1998              30,000                 23 Oct 1999      01 yr 02 mo         01 yr 00 mo

#64  Halifax Nova Scotia Temple

07 May 1998          12 Oct 1998               8,100                 14 Nov 1999      01 yr 06 mo         01 yr 01 mo

#65  Regina Saskatchewan Temple

03 Aug 1998          14 Nov 1998               8,460                 14 Nov 1999      01 yr 03 mo         01 yr 00 mo

#66  Billings Montana Temple

30 Aug 1996          30 Mar 1998              68,450                 20 Nov 1999      03 yr 03 mo         01 yr 08 mo

#67  Edmonton Alberta Temple

11 Aug 1998          27 Feb 1999              27,213                 11 Dec 1999      01 yr 04 mo         00 yr 09 mo

#68  Raleigh North Carolina Temple

03 Sep 1998          06 Feb 1999              31,638                 18 Dec 1999      01 yr 04 mo         00 yr 10 mo

#69  St. Paul Minnesota Temple

29 Jul 1998          26 Sep 1998              27,042                 09 Jan 2000      01 yr 05 mo         01 yr 04 mo

#70  Kona Hawaii Temple

07 May 1998          13 Mar 1999                --                   23 Jan 2000      01 yr 10 mo         00 yr 10 mo

#71  Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple

07 May 1998          09 Jan 1999              25,438                 26 Feb 1000      01 yr 10 mo         01 yr 02 mo

#72  Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple

20 Jul 1998          05 Dec 1998              10,543                 27 Feb 2000      01 yr 07 mo         01 yr 03 mo

#73  Albuquerque New Mexico Temple

04 Apr 1997          20 Jun 1998              75,402                 05 Mar 2000      02 yr 11 mo         01 yr 09 mo

#74  Oaxaca Mexico Temple

23 Feb 1999          13 Mar 1999              10,658                 11 Mar 2000      01 yr 01 mo         01 yr 00 mo

#75  Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico Temple

25 Feb 1999          20 Mar 1999               6,082                 12 Mar 2000      01 yr 01 mo         01 yr 00 mo

#76  Louisville Kentucky Temple

17 Mar 1999          29 May 1999              21,000                 19 Mar 2000      01 yr 00 mo         00 yr 10 mo

#77  Palmyra New York Temple

21 Feb 1999          25 May 1999              32,000                 06 Apr 2000      01 yr 02 mo         00 yr 10 mo

#78  Fresno California Temple

08 Jan 1999          20 Mar 1999              51,000                 09 Apr 2000      01 yr 03 mo         01 yr 01 mo

#79  Medford Oregon Temple

17 Mar 1999          20 May 1999              46,000                 16 Apr 2000      01 yr 01 mo         00 yr 11 mo

#80  Memphis Tennessee Temple

17 Sep 1998          16 Jan 1999              16,000                 23 Apr 2000      01 yr 07 mo         01 yr 03 mo

#81  Reno Nevada Temple

12 Apr 1999          24 Jul 1999              28,000                 23 Apr 2000      01 yr 00 mo         00 yr 09 mo

#82  Cochabamba Bolivia Temple

13 Jan 1995          10 Nov 1996              65,570                 30 Apr 2000      05 yr 04 mo         03 yr 06 mo

#83  Tampico Mexico Temple

20 Jul 1998          28 Nov 1998              11,135                 20 May 2000      01 yr 10 mo         01 yr 06 mo

#84  Nashville Tennessee Temple

09 Nov 1994          13 Mar 1999              24,300                 21 May 2000      05 yr 06 mo         01 yr 02 mo

#85  Villahermosa Mexico Temple

30 Oct 1998          09 Jan 1999              10,164                 21 May 2000      01 yr 07 mo         01 yr 04 mo

#86  Montreal Quebec Temple

06 Aug 1998          09 Apr 1999              10,000                 04 Jun 2000      01 yr 10 mo         01 yr 02 mo

#87  San Jose Costa Rica Temple

17 Mar 1999          24 Apr 1999              18,841                 04 Jun 2000      01 yr 03 mo         01 yr 01 mo

#88  Fukuoka Japan Temple

07 May 1998          20 Mar 1999               4,800                 11 Jun 2000      02 yr 01 mo         01 yr 03 mo

#89  Adelaide Australia Temple 

17 Mar 1999          29 May 1999              49,303                 15 Jun 2000      01 yr 03 mo         01 yr 01 mo

#90  Melbourne Australia Temple

30 Oct 1998          20 Mar 1999              28,053                 16 Jun 2000      01 yr 07 mo         01 yr 03 mo

#91  Suva Fiji Temple

07 May 1998          08 May 1999              16,323                 18 Jun 2000      02 yr 01 mo         01 yr 01 mo

#92  Merida Yucatan Mexico Temple

25 Sep 1998          16 Jan 1999              14,157                 08 Jul 2000      01 yr 10 mo         01 yr 06 mo

#93  Veracruz Mexico Temple

14 Apr 1999          29 May 1999              10,067                 09 Jul 2000      01 yr 03 mo         01 yr 01 mo 

#94  Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple

14 Oct 1998          08 May 1999              18,556                 16 Jul 2000      01 yr 09 mo         01 yr 02 mo

#95  Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple

14 Mar 1999          03 Jul 1999              40,000                 30 Jul 2000      01 yr 05 mo         01 yr 01 mo

#96  Caracas D.F. Venezuela Temple

30 Sep 1995          10 Jan 1999              27,806                 20 Aug 2000      04 yr 11 mo         01 yr 06 mo

#97  Houston Texas Temple

30 Sep 1997          13 Jun 1998             109,714                 26 Aug 2000      02 yr 11 mo         02 yr 02 mo

#98  Birmingham Alabama Temple

11 Sep 1998          09 Oct 1999              21,134                 03 Sep 2000      02 yr 00 mo         00 yr 11 mo

#99  Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple

16 Nov 1993          18 Aug 1996              39,520                 17 Sep 2000      06 yr 10 mo         04 yr 01 mo

#100  Boston Massachusetts Temple

30 Sep 1995          13 Jun 1997              82,600                 01 Oct 2000      05 yr 00 mo         03 yr 04 mo

#101  Recife Brazil Temple

13 Jan 1995          15 Nov 1996              78,386                 15 Dec 2000      05 yr 11 mo         04 yr 01 mo

#102  Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

04 Oct 1997          02 May 1998              25,324                 17 Dec 2000      03 yr 02 mo         02 yr 08 mo

#103  Montevideo Uruguay Temple

02 Nov 1998          27 Apr 1999              24,801                 18 Mar 2001      02 yr 05 mo         01 yr 11 mo

#104  Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple

14 Jun 1999          28 Nov 1999              61,038                 22 Apr 2001      01 yr 10 mo         01 yr 05 mo

#105  Guadalajara Mexico Temple

14 Apr 1999          12 Jun 1999              13,039                 29 Apr 2001      02 yr 01 mo         01 yr 11 mo

#106  Perth Australia Temple

11 Jun 1999          20 Nov 1999              37,000                 20 May 2001      01 yr 11 mo         01 yr 06 mo

#107  Columbia River Washington Temple

02 Apr 2000          28 Oct 2000              64,634                 18 Nov 2001      01 yr 08 mo         01 yr 01 mo

#108  Snowflake Arizona Temple

02 Apr 2000          23 Sep 2000              94,146                 03 Mar 2002      01 yr 11 mo         01 yr 05 mo

#109  Lubbock Texas Temple

02 Apr 2000          04 Nov 2000              21,560                 21 Apr 2002      02 yr 01 mo         01 yr 06 mo

#110  Monterrey Mexico Temple

27 Dec 1995          04 Nov 2000              40,134                 28 Apr 2002      06 yr 04 mo         01 yr 06 mo

#111  Campinas Brazil Temple

03 Sep 1997          01 May 1998              74,985                 17 May 2002      05 yr 01 mo         04 yr 01 mo

#112  Asuncion Paraguay Temple

02 Apr 2000          03 Feb 2001              22,483                 19 May 2002      02 yr 02 mo         01 yr 04 mo

#113  Nauvoo Illinois Temple

04 Apr 1999          24 Oct 1999             331,849                 27 Jun 2002      03 yr 03 mo         02 yr 08 mo

#114  Hague Netherlands Temple

16 Aug 1999          26 Aug 1999              32,819                 08 Sep 2002      03 yr 01 mo         03 yr 00 mo

#115  Brisbane Australia Temple

20 Jul 1998          26 May 2001              55,000                 15 Jun 2003      05 yr 01 mo         02 yr 01 mo

#116  Redlands California Temple

20 Apr 2001          01 Dec 2001             140,741                 14 Sep 2003      02 yr 05 mo         01 yr 09 mo

#117  Accra Ghana Temple

16 Feb 1998          16 Nov 2001              24,633                 11 Jan 2004      05 yr 11 mo         02 yr 02 mo

#118  Copenhagen Denmark Temple

17 Mar 1999          24 Apr 1999              25,512                 23 May 2004      05 yr 02 mo         05 yr 01 mo

#119  Manhattan New York Temple

07 Aug 2002              n/a                  53,334                 13 Jun 2004      01 yr 10 mo             n/a

#120  San Antonio Texas Temple 

24 Jun 2001          29 Mar 2003              69,679                 22 May 2005      03 yr 11 mo         02 yr 02 mo

#121  Aba Nigeria Temple

02 Apr 2000          23 Feb 2002              25,095                 07 Aug 2005      05 yr 04 mo         03 yr 05 mo

#122  Newport Beach California Temple

21 Apr 2001          15 Aug 2003             175,195                 28 Aug 2005      04 yr 04 mo         02 yr 01 mo

#123  Sacramento California Temple

13 Apr 2001          22 Aug 2004             168,367                 03 Sep 2006      05 yr 05 mo         02 yr 00 mo

#124  Helsinki Finland Temple

02 Apr 2000          29 Mar 2003              57,646                 22 Oct 2006      06 yr 07 mo         03 yr 07 mo

#125  Rexburg Idaho Temple

12 Dec 2003          30 Jul 2005             205,000                 10 Feb 2008      04 yr 02 mo         02 yr 06 mo

#126  Curitiba Brazil Temple

23 Aug 2002          10 Mar 2005              60,000                 01 Jun 2008      05 yr 09 mo         03 yr 03 mo

#127  Panama City Panama Temple

23 Aug 2002          20 Oct 2005              33,000                 10 Aug 2008      06 yr 00 mo         02 yr 10 mo

#128  Twin Falls Idaho Temple

02 Oct 2004          15 Apr 2006             159,863                 24 Aug 2008      03 yr 11 mo         02 yr 04 mo

#129  Draper Utah Temple

02 Oct 2004          05 Aug 2006             684,721                 20 Mar 2009      04 yr 06 mo         02 yr 08 mo

#130  Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

01 Oct 2005          16 Dec 2006             600,000                 21 Aug 2009      03 yr 10 mo         02 yr 08 mo

#131  Vancouver British Columbia Temple

25 May 2006          04 Aug 2007                --                   02 May 2010      03 yr 11 mo         02 yr 09 mo

#132  Gila Valley Arizona Temple

26 Apr 2008          14 Feb 2009              90,800                 23 May 2010      02 yr 01 mo         01 yr 03 mo

#133  Cebu Philippines Temple

18 Apr 2006          14 Nov 2007              45,103                 13 Jun 2010      04 yr 02 mo         02 yr 06 mo

#134  Kyiv Ukraine Temple

20 Jul 1998          23 Jun 2007                --                   29 Aug 2010      12 yr 01 mo         03 yr 02 mo

                                            #135  San Salvador El Salvador Temple

18 Nov 2007          20 Sep 2008             165,790                 21 Aug 2011      03 yr 09 mo         02 yr 11 mo

                                            #136  Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple

16 Dec 2006          14 Mar 2009                --                   16 Dec 2011      05 yr 00 mo         02 yr 09 mo

 

 

 

 

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