Seventeen New Temples

 

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In his concluding remarks at the April 2022 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to build 17 new temples throughout the world. They will be constructed in the following locations:

• 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
• Tampa, Florida
• Knoxville, Tennessee
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Wichita, Kansas
• Austin, Texas
• Missoula, Montana
• Montpelier, Idaho
• Modesto, California

Although some of these temples are in areas where other temples now exist, some of the locations are remote such as Cuzco, Peru. It takes 19 hours by car to drive from Cuzco to Lima and around 10 hours to drive to Arequipa and that is assuming you have a car and can drive that far. Public transportation is not readily available. Likewise, although there are now 14 temples already in Brazil either in use, under construction, or announced, the temple announced in Maceió, Brazil it is four hours by car and over five hours by bus from Recife, the next closest temple. The newly announced temple in Montpelier, Idaho will be about an hour and a half away from the closest temple in Logan until the Smithfield temple is completed. 

All of these temples will be a great blessing to the members who live near them.