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 final temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic will soon reopen.

The Kyiv Ukraine Temple, which has remained closed since March 2020, will reopen in Phase 1 — only limited living husband-and-wife sealings — on July 5.

Other changes this week include 16 more temples moving to Phase 3 operations (offering all proxy ordinances for the dead) and four temples changing to Phase 2-B (proxy baptisms).

Which temples are moving to Phase 3?

These 16 temples moving to Phase 3 on June 21:

• Billings Montana Temple
• Boise Idaho Temple
• Fresno California Temple
• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
• Manti Utah Temple
• Meridian Idaho Temple
• Monticello Utah Temple
• Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
• Newport Beach California
• Oakland California Temple
• Payson Utah Temple
• Redlands California Temple
• Rexburg Idaho Temple
• Sacramento California Temple
• San Diego California Temple
• Vernal Utah Temple

These 16 temples were among the 60 previously announced to begin offering all proxy ordinances in June or July. Since the announcement, 41 of the 60 have resumed that level of operations.

Which temples are moving to Phase 2-B?

These four temples will reopen their baptistry for proxy baptisms on July 5:

• Mexico City, Mexico
• Paris, France
• The Hague, Netherlands
• Vancouver, British Columbia

The online scheduling system for each temple will be activated on the Monday afternoon one week prior to the scheduled starting date.

Which temples have paused operations?

These eight temples have “paused” operations due to local COVID-19 conditions:

• Arequipa, Peru
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Córdoba, Argentina
• Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Santiago, Chile
• Suva, Fiji
• Taipei, Taiwan

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The last temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to reopen worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.

The list of reopened temples currently includes 160 of the church’s 168 dedicated temples worldwide. As of July 5, there will be three temples in Phase 1, 13 temples in Phase 2, 52 in Phase 2-B, 83 in Phase 3, eight that are paused, and eight closed for major renovations.

• Aba Nigeria Temple (Phase 3)
• Accra Ghana Temple (Phase 3)
• Adelaide Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Albuquerque New Mexico Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Anchorage Alaska Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Apia Samoa Temple (Phase 3)
• Arequipa Perú Temple (Paused)
• Asunción Paraguay Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Atlanta Georgia Temple (Phase 3)
• Barranquilla Colombia Temple (Phase 2)
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple (Phase 3)
• Bern Switzerland Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Billings Montana Temple (Phase 3)
• Birmingham Alabama Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Bismarck North Dakota Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Bogotá Colombia Temple (Phase 2)
• Boise Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Boston Massachusetts Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Bountiful Utah Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Brigham City Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Brisbane Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Buenos Aires Argentina Temple (Paused)
• Calgary Alberta Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Campinas Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Caracas Venezuela Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Cardston Alberta Temple (Phase 3)
• Cebu City Philippines Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Cedar City Utah Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Chicago Illinois Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Ciudad Juárez Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Cochabamba Bolivia Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Columbia River Washington Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Columbia South Carolina Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Concepción Chile Temple (Phase 2)
• Copenhagen Denmark Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Córdoba Argentina Temple (Paused)
• Curitiba Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Dallas Texas Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Denver Colorado Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Detroit Michigan Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Draper Utah Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Durban South Africa Temple (Phase 3)
• Edmonton Alberta Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Fort Collins Colorado Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Fortaleza Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Frankfurt Germany Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Freiberg Germany Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Fresno California Temple (Phase 3)
• Fukuoka Japan Temple (Phase 3)
• Gilbert Arizona Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Guadalajara Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (Phase 3)
• Guayaquil Ecuador Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Halifax Nova Scotia Temple (Paused)
• Hartford Connecticut Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Helsinki Finland Temple (Phase 3)
• Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Houston Texas Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Indianapolis Indiana Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Johannesburg South Africa Temple (Phase 3)
• Jordan River Utah Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Kansas City Missouri Temple (Phase 3)
• Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (Phase 3)
• Kona Hawaii Temple (Phase 3)
• Kyiv Ukraine Temple (Phase 1 as of July 5)
• Laie Hawaii Temple (Phase 3)
• Las Vegas Nevada Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Lima Perú Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Lisbon Portugal Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Logan Utah Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• London England Temple (Phase 3)
• Los Angeles California Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Louisville Kentucky Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Lubbock Texas Temple (Phase 3)
• Madrid Spain Temple (Phase 2)
• Manaus Brazil Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Manhattan New York Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Manila Philippines Temple (Phase 2)
• Manti Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Medford Oregon Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Melbourne Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Memphis Tennessee Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Mérida Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Meridian Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Mexico City Mexico Temple (Phase 2-B as of July 5)
• Monterrey Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Montevideo Uruguay Temple (Phase 1)
• Monticello Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Montreal Quebec Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Nashville Tennessee Temple (Phase 3)
• Nauvoo Illinois Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Newport Beach California Temple (Phase 3)
• Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple (Phase 3)
• Oakland California Temple (Phase 3)
• Oaxaca Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Ogden Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple (Phase 3)
• Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Orlando Florida Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Palmyra New York Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Panama City Panama Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Papeete Tahiti Temple (Phase 3)
• Paris France Temple (Phase 2-B as of July 5)
• Payson Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Perth Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Phoenix Arizona Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple (Paused)
• Portland Oregon Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Porto Alegre Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Preston England Temple (Phase 3)
• Provo City Center Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Provo Utah Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Raleigh North Carolina Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Recife Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Redlands California Temple (Phase 3)
• Regina Saskatchewan Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Reno Nevada Temple (Phase 3)
• Rexburg Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Rome Italy Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Sacramento California Temple (Phase 3)
• San Antonio Texas Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• San Diego California Temple (Phase 3)
• San José Costa Rica (Phase 1)
• San Salvador El Salvador Temple (Phase 3)
• Santiago Chile Temple (Paused)
• Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple (Phase 3)
• São Paulo Brazil Temple (Phase 2)
• Sapporo Japan Temple (Phase 2)
• Seattle Washington Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Seoul Korea Temple (Phase 2)
• Snowflake Arizona Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Spokane Washington Temple (Phase 2-B)
• St. Louis Missouri Temple (Phase 3)
• St. Paul Minnesota Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Star Valley Wyoming Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Stockholm Sweden Temple (Phase 2)
• Suva Fiji Temple (Paused)
• Sydney Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Taipei Taiwan Temple (Paused)
• Tampico Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• The Gila Valley Arizona Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• The Hague Netherlands Temple (Phase 2-B as of July 5)
• Tijuana Mexico Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Toronto Ontario Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Trujillo Perú Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Tucson Arizona Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Twin Falls Idaho Temple (Phase 3 in June or July)
• Vancouver British Columbia Temple (Phase 2-B as of July 5)
• Veracruz Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Vernal Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Villahermosa Mexico Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple (Phase 3)

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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