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

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More temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in various countries worldwide continue to adjust operations as a phased reopening of temples continues.

This week’s changes involve three temples located in Argentina, China and Japan.

All Latter-day Saint temples were closed in March 2020 to help stop the spread of COVID-19. As of July, all operating Latter-day Saint temples around the globe have reopened at some level of operation.

Which temples are moving to Phase 3?

These three temples will move to Phase 3 this week, offering all living and limited proxy ordinances for the dead by appointment:

• Buenos Aires Argentina Temple, as early as Nov. 30
• The Hong Kong China and Tokyo Japan temples are both closed and undergoing renovations, but each temple has been granted Phase 3 status so members living in those temple districts can participate in ordinances at nearby temples.

The Mesa Arizona Temple is scheduled to be rededicated on Dec. 12 and begin operating in Phase 3 as early as Dec. 21.

The Winnipeg Manitoba Temple was dedicated on Oct. 31 and began operating in Phase 3 on Nov. 12.

The Pocatello Idaho Temple was dedicated on Nov. 7 and will begin operating in Phase 3 this week.

The Medford Oregon Temple was projected to change to Phase 3 in August but remains in Phase 2-B, offering all living ordinances and baptisms for deceased individuals with restrictions.

The Manti Utah Temple closed on Oct. 1 for major renovations. While closed, the temple district will retain its Phase 3 status so Latter-day Saints in the area can still schedule temple appointments in neighboring temples.

The online scheduling system for each temple will be activated on the Monday afternoon one week prior to the scheduled starting date. Patrons are expected to schedule an appointment.

Six of the church’s eight temples under renovation have been granted Phase 3 status to allow Latter-day Saints living in those temple districts the opportunity to attend nearby temples. Only the Hong Kong China and Tokyo Japan temples are not yet in a designated phase.

Which temples are operating in Phase 2-B?

These three temples have moved to Phase 2-B, offering all living ordinances by appointment and proxy baptisms for the dead.

• Barranquilla Colombia Temple
• Seoul Korea Temple
• Cebu City Philippines Temple

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The Barranquilla Colombia Temple on a sunny day.

Which temples have paused operations?

The following temples that have paused operations due to local COVID-19 conditions:

• Suva Fiji Temple
• Sydney Australia Temple

The last temple to open

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

Latter-day Saint temples, which were closed on March 25, 2020, began reopening on May 11 under a four-phase approach.

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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 latest numbers

The list of reopened temples currently includes 166 of the church’s 170 dedicated temples worldwide. As of Nov. 16, here is a breakdown of the temples according to phase:

• One temple in Phase 1
• One temple in Phase 2
• Six temples in Phase 2-B
• 156 temples in Phase 3
• Two are temporarily “paused”
• Eight temples are closed for major renovations

Here is a list showing each temple’s current status in the phased reopening:

• Aba Nigeria Temple (Phase 3)
• Accra Ghana Temple (Phase 3)
• Adelaide Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Albuquerque New Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Anchorage Alaska Temple (Phase 3)
• Apia Samoa Temple (Phase 3)
• Arequipa Perú Temple (Phase 3)
• Asunción Paraguay Temple (Phase 3)
• Atlanta Georgia Temple (Phase 3)
• Barranquilla Colombia Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple (Phase 3)
• Bern Switzerland Temple (Phase 3)
• Billings Montana Temple (Phase 3)
• Birmingham Alabama Temple (Phase 3)
• Bismarck North Dakota Temple (Phase 3)
• Bogotá Colombia Temple (Phase 3)
• Boise Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Boston Massachusetts Temple (Phase 3)
• Bountiful Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Brigham City Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Brisbane Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Buenos Aires Argentina Temple (Phase 3 as of Nov. 30)
• Calgary Alberta Temple (Phase 3)
• Campinas Brazil Temple (Phase 3)
• Caracas Venezuela Temple (Phase 3)
• Cardston Alberta Temple (Phase 3)
• Cebu City Philippines Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Cedar City Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Chicago Illinois Temple (Phase 3)
• Ciudad Juárez Temple (Phase 3)
• Cochabamba Bolivia Temple (Phase 3)
• Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Columbia River Washington Temple (Phase 3)
• Columbia South Carolina Temple (Phase 3)
• Columbus Ohio Temple (Phase 3)
• Concepción Chile Temple (Phase 3)
• Copenhagen Denmark Temple (Phase 3)
• Córdoba Argentina Temple (Phase 3)
• Curitiba Brazil Temple (Phase 3)
• Dallas Texas Temple (Phase 3)
• Denver Colorado Temple (Phase 3)
• Detroit Michigan Temple (Phase 3)
• Draper Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Durban South Africa Temple (Phase 3)
• Edmonton Alberta Temple (Phase 3)
• Fort Collins Colorado Temple (Phase 3)
• Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple (Phase 3)
• Fortaleza Brazil Temple (Phase 3)
• Frankfurt Germany Temple (Phase 3)
• Freiberg Germany Temple (Phase 3)
• Fresno California Temple (Phase 3)
• Fukuoka Japan Temple (Phase 3)
• Gilbert Arizona Temple (Phase 3)
• Guadalajara Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (Phase 3)
• Guayaquil Ecuador Temple (Phase 3)
• Halifax Nova Scotia Temple (Phase 3)
• Hartford Connecticut Temple (Phase 3)
• Helsinki Finland Temple (Phase 3)
• Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Houston Texas Temple (Phase 3)
• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Indianapolis Indiana Temple (Phase 3)
• Johannesburg South Africa Temple (Phase 3)
• Jordan River Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Kansas City Missouri Temple (Phase 3)
• Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple (Phase 3)
• Kona Hawaii Temple (Phase 3)
• Kyiv Ukraine Temple (Phase 3)
• Laie Hawaii Temple (Phase 3)
• Las Vegas Nevada Temple (Phase 3)
• Lima Perú Temple (Phase 3)
• Lisbon Portugal Temple (Phase 3)
• Logan Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• London England Temple (Phase 3)
• Los Angeles California Temple (Phase 3)
• Louisville Kentucky Temple (Phase 3)
• Lubbock Texas Temple (Phase 3)
• Madrid Spain Temple (Phase 3)
• Manaus Brazil Temple (Phase 3)
• Manhattan New York Temple (Phase 3)
• Manila Philippines Temple (Phase 3)
• Manti Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Medford Oregon Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Melbourne Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Memphis Tennessee Temple (Phase 3)
• Mérida Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Meridian Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Mesa Arizona Temple (Phase 3 as of Dec. 21)
• Mexico City Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Monterrey Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Montevideo Uruguay Temple (Phase 2)
• Monticello Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Montreal Quebec Temple (Phase 3)
• Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Nashville Tennessee Temple (Phase 3)
• Nauvoo Illinois Temple (Phase 3)
• 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)
• Orlando Florida Temple (Phase 3)
• Palmyra New York Temple (Phase 3)
• Panama City Panama Temple (Phase 3)
• Papeete Tahiti Temple (Phase 3)
• Paris France Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Payson Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Perth Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple (Phase 3)
• Phoenix Arizona Temple (Phase 3)
• Pocatello Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple (Phase 3)
• Portland Oregon Temple (Phase 3)
• Porto Alegre Brazil Temple (Phase 3)
• Preston England Temple (Phase 3)
• Provo City Center Temple (Phase 3)
• Provo Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple (Phase 3)
• Raleigh North Carolina Temple (Phase 3)
• Recife Brazil Temple (Phase 3)
• Redlands California Temple (Phase 3)
• Regina Saskatchewan Temple (Phase 3)
• Reno Nevada Temple (Phase 3)
• Rexburg Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Rome Italy Temple (Phase 3)
• Sacramento California Temple (Phase 3)
• Salt Lake Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• San Antonio Texas Temple (Phase 3)
• San Diego California Temple (Phase 3)
• San José Costa Rica (Phase 1)
• San Salvador El Salvador Temple (Phase 3)
• Santiago Chile Temple (Phase 3)
• Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple (Phase 3)
• São Paulo Brazil Temple (Phase 3)
• Sapporo Japan Temple (Phase 3)
• Seattle Washington Temple (Phase 3)
• Seoul Korea Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Snowflake Arizona Temple (Phase 3)
• Spokane Washington Temple (Phase 3)
• St. Louis Missouri Temple (Phase 3)
• St. Paul Minnesota Temple (Phase 3)
• Star Valley Wyoming Temple (Phase 3)
• Stockholm Sweden Temple (Phase 2-B)
• Suva Fiji Temple (Paused)
• Sydney Australia Temple (Paused)
• Taipei Taiwan Temple (Phase 3)
• Tampico Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple (Phase 3)
• The Gila Valley Arizona Temple (Phase 3)
• The Hague Netherlands Temple (Phase 3)
• Tijuana Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Toronto Ontario Temple (Phase 3)
• Trujillo Perú Temple (Phase 3)
• Tucson Arizona Temple (Phase 3)
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Twin Falls Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
• Vancouver British Columbia Temple (Phase 3)
• Veracruz Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Vernal Utah Temple (Phase 3)
• Villahermosa Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Washington D.C. Temple (Phase 3)
• Winnipeg Manitoba Temple (Phase 3)
• 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.

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