At the October 1997 general conference, President Gordon B. Hinckley announced that smaller temples would be built in many areas of the world. At that conference and since, 38 temples have been announced in addition to the 14 previously announced.
In order to help readers keep track of the status of the many temples announced and under construction, the Church News periodically publishes a list of the temples and their status.
Temple -- Announced -- Ground broken -- Construction started
Accra Ghana -- Feb. 16, 1998
Adelaide Australia -- Mar. 17, 1999
Albuquerque New Mexico -- Apr. 3, 1997 -- June 20, 1998 -- yes
Baton Rouge Louisiana -- Oct. 14, 1998
Billings Montana -- Aug. 16, 1996--Mar. 28, 1998 -- yes
Birmingham Alabama -- Sept. 11, 1998
Bismarck North Dakota -- July 29, 1998 -- Oct. 17, 1998 -- yes
Bogota Colombia -- Apr. 7 1984 -- June 26, 1993 -- yes
Boston Massachussetts -- Sept. 30, 1995 -- June 13, 1997 -- yes
Brisbane Australia -- July 20, 1998
Campinas Brazil -- Apr. 3, 1997 -- May 1, 1998 -- yes
Caracas Venezuela -- Sept. 30, 1995 -- Jan. 10, 1999 -- yes
Revised as small temple May 23, 1998
Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua -- May 7, 1998 -- Jan. 9, 1999 -- yes
Cochabamba Bolivia -- Jan. 13, 1995 -- Nov. 10, 1996 -- yes
Columbia South Carolina -- Sept. 11, 1998 -- Dec. 5, 1998 -- yes
Columbus Ohio -- Apr. 25, 1998 -- Sept. 12, 1998 -- yes
Copenhagen Denmark -- Mar. 17, 1999
Detroit Michigan -- Aug. 10, 1998 -- Oct. 10, 1998 -- yes
Edmonton Alberta -- Aug. 11, 1998 -- Feb. 27, 1999 -- yes
Fresno California -- Jan. 8, 1999 -- Mar. 20, 1999 -- yes
Fukuoka Japan -- May 7, 1998 -- Mar. 20, 1999 -- yes
Guayaquil Ecuador -- Mar. 31, 1982 -- Aug. 10, 1996 -- yes
Halifax Nova Scotia -- May 7, 1998 -- Oct. 12, 1998 -- yes
Hermosillo Sonora -- July 20, 1998 -- Dec. 5, 1998 -- yes
Houston Texas -- Sept. 30, 1997 -- June 13, 1998 -- yes
Kiev Ukraine -- July 20, 1998
Kona Hawaii -- May 7, 1998 -- Mar. 13, 1999 -- yes
Louisville Kentucky -- Mar. 17, 1999
Medford Oregon -- Mar. 17, 1999
Melbourne Australia -- Oct. 30, 1998 -- Mar. 20, 1999
Memphis Tennessee -- Sept. 17, 1998 -- Jan. 16, 1999 -- yes
Merida Yucatan -- Sept. 25, 1998 -- Jan. 16, 1999 -- yes
Montevideo Uruguay -- Nov. 2, 1998
Monterrey Nuevo Leon -- Dec. 21, 1995
Montreal Quebec -- Aug. 6, 1998
Nashville Tenn. -- Nov. 9, 1994 -- 13 Mar. 1999 -- yes
Revised as small temple Apr. 25, 1998
New York -- Sept. 30, 1995
Oaxaca Oaxaca -- Feb. 23, 1999 -- Mar. 13, 1999
Oklahoma City Oklahoma -- Mar. 17, 1999
Palmyra New York -- Feb. 21, 1999
Porto Alegre Brazil -- Sept. 30, 1997 -- May 2, 1998 -- yes
Raleigh North Carolina -- Sept. 3, 1998 -- Feb. 6, 1999 -- yes
Recife Brazil -- Jan. 13, 1995 -- Nov. 15, 1996 -- yes
Regina Saskatchewan -- Aug. 3, 1998 -- Nov. 14, 1998 -- yes
St. Paul Minn. -- July 29, 1998 -- Sept. 26, 1998 -- yes
San Jose Costa Rica -- Mar. 17, 1999
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic -- Nov. 16, 1993 -- Aug. 18, 1996 -- yes
Spokane Washington -- Aug. 13, 1998 -- Oct. 10, 1998 -- yes --
Suva Fiji -- May 7, 1998
Tampico Tamaulipas -- July 20, 1998 -- Nov. 28, 1998 -- yes
Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas -- Feb. 25, 1999 -- Mar. 20, 1999 -- yes
Villahermosa Tabasco -- Oct. 30, 1998 -- Jan. 9, 1999 -- yes