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

Crowds leave the rededication of the Mesa Arizona Temple in Mesa, Arizona, on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

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 only change involves one temple in Uruguay.

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?

• The Montevideo Uruguay Temple will move to Phase 3 as early as Dec. 28, offering all living and limited proxy ordinances for the dead by appointment.
• The Mesa Arizona Temple was rededicated on Dec. 12 and is scheduled to begin operating in Phase 3 this week as well.

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 four temples are operating in Phase 2-B, offering all living ordinances by appointment and proxy baptisms for the dead:

• Barranquilla Colombia Temple
• Cebu City Philippines Temple
• Medford Oregon Temple (was projected to change to Phase 3 in August but remains in Phase 2-B)
• Seoul Korea Temple

Which temples are operating in Phase 1?

The San José Costa Rica and Suva Fiji Temples are currently operating in Phase 1, offering living husband-and-wife sealings by appointment.

Which temples are closed for renovation?

The following 10 temples are closed for renovation:

• Columbus Ohio Temple
• Hamilton New Zealand Temple
• Hong Kong China Temple
• Manti Utah Temple
• Medford Oregon Temple
• Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
• Salt Lake Temple
• St. George Utah Temple
• Tokyo Japan Temple
• Washington D.C. 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.

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 latest numbers and current status

The list of reopened temples currently includes 166 of the church’s 170 dedicated temples worldwide. As of Dec. 28, here is a breakdown of the temples according to phase:

• Two temples in Phase 1
• Four temples in Phase 2-B
• 160 temples in Phase 3
• 10 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)
• Mexico City Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Monterrey Mexico Temple (Phase 3)
• Montevideo Uruguay Temple (Phase 3)
• 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 3)
• 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 3)
• Suva Fiji Temple (Phase 1)
• Sydney Australia Temple (Phase 3)
• 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)

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