(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planning to build 17 new temples worldwide. President Russell M. Nelson announced the new temples at the close of the Church’s General Conference in Salt Lake City. Eight of the new temples will be built in the United States in:
- Tampa, Florida
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Wichita, Kansas
- Austin, Texas
- Missoula, Montana
- Montpelier, Idaho
- Modesto, California
Temples will also be built in:
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Barcelona, Spain
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Cusco, Peru
- Maceió, Brazil
- Santos, Brazil
- San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Mexico City Benemérito, Mexico
The Church now has 282 temples worldwide that are operating, under construction or scheduled to be built.
