Latter-day Saint temple reopenings: Here are the latest updates

The Ogden Utah Temple was one of the first temples to reopen after closing due to restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to adjust temple operations based on government regulations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest changes involve two temples in Mexico resuming operations and two in Brazil being paused.

The following two temples will return to Phase 1, providing living husband-and-wife sealings by appointment, after being paused:

• Guadalajara Mexico Temple
• Monterrey Mexico Temple

These two temples are being paused because of local COVID-19 conditions:

• Curitiba Brazil Temple
• Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

Latter-day Saint temples, which were closed on March 25, began reopening on May 11 under a four-phase approach.

The Church’s lone temple still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The only temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints still closed worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.

The list of reopened temples currently includes 159 of the church’s 168 dedicated temples worldwide. As of March 8, there will be 12 temples in Phase 1, 124 temples in Phase 2, 14 in Phase 3, nine that are paused, one still closed for COVID-19 and eight closed for major renovations.

• Aba Nigeria Temple (Phase 2)
• Accra Ghana Temple (Phase 2)
• Adelaide Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Albuquerque New Mexico Temple (Phase 2)
• Anchorage Alaska Temple (Phase 2)
• Apia Samoa Temple (Phase 3)
• Arequipa Perú Temple (Paused)
• Asunción Paraguay Temple (Phase 2)
• Atlanta Georgia Temple (Phase 2)
• Barranquilla Colombia Temple (Phase 2)
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple (Phase 2)
• Bern Switzerland Temple (Phase 2)
• Billings Montana Temple (Phase 2)
• Birmingham Alabama Temple (Phase 2)
• Bismarck North Dakota Temple (Phase 2)
• Bogotá Colombia Temple (Phase 2)
• Boise Idaho Temple (Phase 2)
• Boston Massachusetts Temple (Phase 1)
• Bountiful Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Brigham City Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Brisbane Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Buenos Aires Argentina Temple (Phase 2)
• Calgary Alberta Temple (Phase 2)
• Campinas Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Caracas Venezuela Temple (Phase 2)
• Cardston Alberta Temple (Phase 2)
• Cebu City Philippines Temple (Phase 2)
• Cedar City Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Chicago Illinois Temple (Phase 2)
• Ciudad Juárez Temple (Phase 2)
• Cochabamba Bolivia Temple (Phase 2)
• Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple (Phase 2)
• Columbia River Washington Temple (Phase 2)
• Columbia South Carolina Temple (Phase 2)
• Concepción Chile Temple (Phase 2)
• Copenhagen Denmark Temple (Phase 2)
• Córdoba Argentina Temple (Phase 2)
• Curitiba Brazil Temple (Paused)
• Dallas Texas Temple (Phase 2)
• Denver Colorado Temple (Phase 2)
• Detroit Michigan Temple (Phase 2)
• Draper Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Durban South Africa Temple (Phase 2)
• Edmonton Alberta Temple (Phase 2)
• Fort Collins Colorado Temple (Phase 2)
• Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple (Phase 2)
• Fortaleza Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Frankfurt Germany Temple (Phase 2)
• Freiberg Germany Temple (Phase 2)
• Fresno California Temple (Phase 2)
• Fukuoka Japan Temple (Phase 2)
• Gilbert Arizona Temple (Phase 2)
• Guadalajara Mexico Temple (Phase 1 as of March 8)
• Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (Phase 3)
• Guayaquil Ecuador Temple (Phase 2)
• Halifax Nova Scotia Temple (Phase 3
• Hartford Connecticut Temple (Phase 2)
• Helsinki Finland Temple (Phase 2)
• Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple (Phase 2)
• Houston Texas Temple (Phase 2)
• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (Phase 2)
• Indianapolis Indiana Temple (Phase 2)
• Johannesburg South Africa Temple (Phase 2)
• Jordan River Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Kansas City Missouri Temple (Phase 2)
• Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (Phase 2)
• Kona Hawaii Temple (Phase 2)
• Laie Hawaii Temple (Phase 2)
• Las Vegas Nevada Temple (Phase 2)
• Lima Perú Temple (Paused)
• Lisbon Portugal Temple (Phase 1)
• Logan Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• London England Temple (Paused)
• Los Angeles California Temple (Phase 1)
• Louisville Kentucky Temple (Phase 2)
• Lubbock Texas Temple (Phase 2)
• Madrid Spain Temple (Phase 2)
• Manaus Brazil Temple (Paused)
• Manhattan New York Temple (Phase 1)
• Manila Philippines Temple (Phase 2)
• Manti Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Medford Oregon Temple (Phase 2)
• Melbourne Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Memphis Tennessee Temple (Phase 2)
• Mérida Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Meridian Idaho Temple (Phase 2)
• Mexico City Mexico Temple (Paused)
• Monterrey Mexico Temple (Phase 1 as of March 8)
• Montevideo Uruguay Temple (Phase 1)
• Monticello Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Montreal Quebec Temple (Phase 1)
• Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Nashville Tennessee Temple (Phase 2)
• Nauvoo Illinois Temple (Phase 2)
• Newport Beach California Temple (Phase 2)
• Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple (Phase 3)
• Oakland California Temple (Phase 2)
• Oaxaca Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Ogden Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple (Phase 2)
• Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Orlando Florida Temple (Phase 2)
• Palmyra New York Temple (Phase 2)
• Panama City Panama Temple (Phase 2)
• Papeete Tahiti Temple (Phase 2)
• Paris France Temple (Phase 2)
• Payson Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Perth Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple (Phase 1)
• Phoenix Arizona Temple (Phase 2)
• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple (Phase 2)
• Portland Oregon Temple (Phase 2)
• Porto Alegre Brazil Temple (Paused)
• Preston England Temple (Paused)
• Provo City Center Temple (Phase 2)
• Provo Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple (Phase 2)
• Raleigh North Carolina Temple (Phase 2)
• Recife Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Redlands California Temple (Phase 2)
• Regina Saskatchewan Temple (Phase 1)
• Reno Nevada Temple (Phase 2)
• Rexburg Idaho Temple (Phase 2)
• Rome Italy Temple (Phase 2)
• Sacramento California Temple (Phase 2)
• San Antonio Texas Temple (Phase 2)
• San Diego California Temple (Phase 2)
• San José Costa Rica (Phase 1)
• San Salvador El Salvador Temple (Phase 2)
• Santiago Chile Temple (Phase 2)
• Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple (Phase 2)
• São Paulo Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Sapporo Japan Temple (Phase 2)
• Seattle Washington Temple (Phase 2)
• Seoul Korea Temple (Phase 2)
• Snowflake Arizona Temple (Phase 2)
• Spokane Washington Temple (Phase 2)
• St. Louis Missouri Temple (Phase 2)
• St. Paul Minnesota Temple (Phase 2)
• Star Valley Wyoming Temple (Phase 2)
• Stockholm Sweden Temple (Phase 2)
• Suva Fiji Temple (Phase 3)
• Sydney Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Taipei Taiwan Temple (Phase 3)
• Tampico Mexico Temple (Phase 2)
• Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple (Phase 2)
• The Gila Valley Arizona Temple (Phase 2)
• The Hague Netherlands Temple (Phase 2)
• Tijuana Mexico Temple (Phase 2)
• Toronto Ontario Temple (Phase 2)
• Trujillo Perú Temple (Paused)
• Tucson Arizona Temple (Phase 2)
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Twin Falls Idaho Temple (Phase 2)
• Vancouver British Columbia Temple (Phase 1)
• Veracruz Mexico Temple (Phase 2)
• Vernal Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• Villahermosa Mexico Temple (Phase 2)
• Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple (Phase 2)

The Hong Kong, Tokyo Japan, Hamilton New Zealand, Columbus Ohio, Washington D.C., Mesa Arizona, St. George Utah and Salt Lake City Utah temples are closed for renovation.

As community health restrictions lift in different locations, each temple will advance to a new phase:

• Phase 1 — Living husband-and-wife sealings by appointment
• Phase 2 — All living ordinances by appointment
• Phase 3 — All living and limited proxy ordinances by appointment
• Phase 4 — All normal operations

The church has created a document to track the progress of each temple.

Correction: An earlier version incorrectly stated all temples closed on May 25. They closed on March 25.

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