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 First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the creation of a new temple reopening phase — Phase 2-B.

This new phase allows a temple baptistry to open for small groups, specifically members with a limited-use temple recommend, according to a church statement.

“We are grateful for this opportunity for more members to participate in temple ordinances,” President Russell M. Nelson said in the statement. The church president also posted a photo and message on social media.

The new phase comes as the church continues to adjust temple operations based on government regulations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, three temples in South America have paused and a fourth has resumed Phase 2 operations.

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The baptistry in the Asunción Paraguay Temple. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the creation of a new temple reopening phase that involves opening the baptistry for small groups.

Members living in the districts of temples in Phase 3 and Phase 2-B can start scheduling appointments at temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org a week before the reopening date.

“We encourage small groups — including new members, families, Aaronic Priesthood quorums, Young Women classes and young adult groups — to schedule a time to be in the temple,” said Elder David A. Bednar, who leads the Church’s Temple and Family History Council. “We are thrilled at the ability to provide these sacred ordinances to our deceased ancestors again, and for members of the church to again worship in the house of the Lord.”

We have been blessed in recent months to slowly reopen temples across the globe. Today, I am grateful to announce that temple baptistries will soon be open for small groups in 14 temples worldwide.

— Russell M. Nelson (@NelsonRussellM) March 15, 2021

The following 14 temples will begin operating in Phase 2-B as early as March 29:

• Asunción, Paraguay
• Bern, Switzerland
• Calgary, Alberta
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Córdoba, Argentina
• Edmonton, Alberta
• Frankfurt, Germany
• Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Kansas City, Missouri
• Manila, Philippines
• Medford, Oregon
• Portland, Oregon
• Seattle, Washington
• Twin Falls, Idaho

Church leaders hope to reopen more baptistries soon.

“We look forward to this phase and every phase of temple reopening with great anticipation,” Elder Bednar said. “We also want to be sure that we continue to open temples in a careful, responsible way. For this reason, temple openings in some areas may continue to lag behind the opening of public or community facilities.”

The Curitiba Brazil Temple has resumed operations in Phase 2, which means open for all living ordinances.

The following three temples, which were in Phase 2, have paused due to local pandemic conditions:

• Campinas Brazil Temple
• Santiago Chile Temple
• São Paulo 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.

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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 22, there will be 10 temples in Phase 1, 122 temples in Phase 2, 19 in Phase 3, eight 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 (Phase 2)
• 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 (Paused)
• Caracas Venezuela Temple (Phase 2)
• Cardston Alberta Temple (Phase 3)
• 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 (Paused)
• Copenhagen Denmark Temple (Phase 2)
• Córdoba Argentina Temple (Phase 2)
• Curitiba Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• 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 2)
• 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 3)
• Laie Hawaii Temple (Phase 3)
• Las Vegas Nevada Temple (Phase 2)
• Lima Perú Temple (Paused)
• Lisbon Portugal Temple (Phase 1)
• Logan Utah Temple (Phase 2)
• London England Temple (Phase 2)
• 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 2)
• 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 3)
• 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 (Phase 2)
• 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 3)
• Santiago Chile Temple (Paused)
• Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple (Phase 2)
• São Paulo Brazil Temple (Paused)
• 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 (Phase 2)
• 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 2-B — The temple baptistry is open for small groups, particularly for those with a limited-use recommend.
• 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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