President Russell M. Nelson Announces New Temples

Geoff Openshaw

And many of them were in line with our excellent predictions.

In his closing remarks of the October 2021 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced 13 new temples in the following locations:

Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Tacloban City, Philippines
Monrovia, Liberia
Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Culiacán, México
Vitória, Brazil
La Paz, Bolivia
Santiago West, Chile
Fort Worth, Texas
Cody, Wyoming
Rexburg North, Idaho
Heber Valley, Utah

And a reconstruction of the Provo Utah Temple, presumably to make it appear more like that of Ogden.

We did pretty well on our predictions! Some new, some old, but considering we called Rexburg and Santiago, we can be pleased. Heber Valley has been a mainstay.

For those keeping track, Wyoming, the least-populous state in the United States, will now have three temples.

Alas, Mongolia remains unloved!

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Geoff Openshaw

Geoff is the editor-in-chief of This Week in Mormons. A native of Southern California, he spends his days as a foreign affairs analyst and communications manager, and his evenings as a jungle gym for his kids while he and his wife continue their fruitless search for good Mexican food in the Washington, DC area.

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