More than 145 Latter-day Saint temples have returned to normal operations for the first time in over two years.
All temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were closed in March 2020 to help stop the spread of COVID-19. About six weeks later, the church began reopening the temples in phases based on local safety guidelines.
In mid-March, the First Presidency announced that all temples would gradually return to normal operations, including the elimination of face masks and capacity restrictions.
As of June 2, 148 temples have returned to Phase 4 and normal operations.
Which temples are moving to Phase 4?
These 12 temples returned to full operations as of June 2:
- Accra Ghana Temple
- Atlanta Georgia Temple
- Cebu City Philippines Temple
- Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple
- Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
- Helsinki Finland
- Lisbon Portugal Temple
- London England Temple
- Manila Philippines Temple
- Perth Australia Temple
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
- Yigo Guam Temple
The following nine temples moved to full operations as of May 17:
- Boston Massachusetts Temple
- Hartford Connecticut Temple
- Louisville Kentucky Temple
- Madrid Spain Temple
- Montreal Quebec Temple
- Nashville Tennessee Temple
- Preston England Temple
- San Salvador El Salvador Temple
- Seoul Korea Temple
These 16 temples resumed full operations in Phase 4 as of May 3:
- Aba Nigeria Temple
- Asunción Paraguay Temple
- Birmingham Alabama Temple
- Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
- Concepción Chile Temple
- Córdoba Argentina Temple
- Durban South Africa Temple
- Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
- Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
- Montevideo Uruguay Temple
- Orlando Florida Temple
- Panama City Panama Temple
- Paris France Temple
- Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple
- Santiago Chile Temple
- Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple
These three temples moved to Phase 4 on April 27:
- Fresno California Temple
- Medford Oregon Temple
- Seattle Washington Temple
These 23 temples returned to normal operations on April 26:
- Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple
- Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
- Guadalajara Mexico Temple
- Hermosillo Mexico Temple
- Logan Utah Temple
- Manhattan New York Temple
- Mérida Mexico Temple
- Meridian Idaho Temple
- Mexico City Mexico Temple
- Monterrey Mexico Temple
- Nauvoo Illinois Temple
- Oaxaca Mexico Temple
- Papeete Tahiti Temple
- Pocatello Idaho Temple
- Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple
- St. Louis Missouri Temple
- Star Valley Wyoming Temple
- Tampico Mexico Temple
- Tijuana Mexico Temple
- Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple
- Veracruz Mexico Temple
- Villahermosa Mexico Temple
These 11 temples moved to Phase 4 on April 20:
- Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple
- Calgary Alberta Temple
- Detroit Michigan Temple
- Edmonton Alberta Temple
- Johannesburg South Africa Temple
- Palmyra New York Temple
- Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple
- Regina Saskatchewan Temple
- Toronto Ontario Temple
- Vancouver British Columbia Temple
- Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
All but four of the following 35 temples started their Phase 4 return on Tuesday, April 19. The other four started on these dates: Sacramento California (April 16), Raleigh North Carolina (April 13), Kona Hawaii (April 4) and Newport Beach California (March 23).
- Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
- Arequipa Peru Temple
- Barranquilla Colombia Temple
- Bogotá Colombia Temple
- Boise Idaho Temple
- Bountiful Utah Temple
- Brigham City Utah Temple
- Caracas Venezuela Temple
- Cardston Alberta Temple
- Cochabamba Bolivia Temple
- Dallas Texas Temple
- Fort Collins Colorado Temple
- Gilbert Arizona Temple
- Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
- Houston Texas Temple
- Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
- Kona Hawaii Temple
- Las Vegas Nevada Temple
- Lima Peru Temple
- Los Angeles California Temple
- Lubbock Texas Temple
- Mesa Arizona Temple
- Newport Beach California Temple
- Oakland California Temple
- Ogden Utah Temple
- Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple
- Phoenix Arizona Temple
- Raleigh North Carolina Temple
- Reno Nevada Temple
- Sacramento California Temple
- San Antonio Texas Temple
- Snowflake Arizona Temple
- The Gila Valley Arizona Temple
- Trujillo Peru Temple
- Twin Falls Idaho Temple
The following 37 temples returned to full operation on the following dates:
- Memphis Tennessee Temple, March 17
- St. Paul Minnesota Temple, March 19
- Bismarck North Dakota Temple, March 29
- Denver Colorado Temple, March 29
- Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple, March 29
- Tucson Arizona Temple, April 4
- Columbia South Carolina Temple, April 5
- Kansas City Missouri Temple, April 5
- Anchorage Alaska Temple, April 11
- Bern Switzerland Temple, April 11
- Campinas Brazil Temple, April 11
- Cedar City Utah Temple, April 11
- Copenhagen Denmark Temple, April 11
- Curitiba Brazil Temple, April 11
- Draper Utah Temple, April 11
- Fortaleza Brazil Temple, April 11
- Frankfurt Germany Temple, April 11
- Freiberg Germany Temple, April 11
- Jordan River Utah Temple, April 11
- Laie Hawaii Temple, April 11
- Manaus Brazil Temple, April 11
- Monticello Utah Temple, April 11
- Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, April 11
- Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple, April 11
- Payson Utah Temple, April 11
- Portland Oregon Temple, April 11
- Porto Alegre Brazil Temple, April 11
- Provo City Center Utah Temple, April 11
- Provo Utah Temple, April 11
- Recife Brazil Temple, April 11
- Redlands California Temple, April 11
- San Diego California Temple, April 11
- São Paulo Brazil Temple, April 11
- Stockholm Sweden Temple, April 11
- Vernal Utah Temple, April 11
- Billings Montana Temple, April 12
- Chicago Illinois Temple, April 12
Information on the status of operation for each of these temples and all others can be found online via the individual temple’s page at temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, where patrons can schedule appointments online.
Which temple is ‘paused’?
The Kyiv Ukraine Temple, designated for Phase 3, has currently suspended all operations and ordinances because of the armed conflict.
Which temples are closed for renovation?
The following seven temples are closed for renovation:
- Columbus Ohio Temple
- Hamilton New Zealand Temple
- Hong Kong China Temple
- Manti Utah Temple
- Salt Lake Temple
- St. George Utah Temple
- Tokyo Japan 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 latest numbers and current status
As of June 2, here is a breakdown of the church’s 173 dedicated temples according to phase:
- 1 operating in Phase 1
- 0 operating in Phase 2
- 0 operating in Phase 2-B
- 15 temples in Phase 3
- 148 returning in Phase 4
- 1 “paused”/suspended in any phase
- 7 closed for major renovations.
Here is a list showing each temple’s current status in the phased reopening:
- Aba Nigeria Temple
- Accra Ghana Temple
- Adelaide Australia Temple (Phase 3)
- Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
- Anchorage Alaska Temple
- Apia Samoa Temple (Phase 3)
- Arequipa Perú Temple
- Asunción Paraguay Temple
- Atlanta Georgia Temple
- Barranquilla Colombia Temple
- Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple
- Bern Switzerland Temple
- Billings Montana Temple
- Birmingham Alabama Temple
- Bismarck North Dakota Temple
- Bogotá Colombia Temple
- Boise Idaho Temple
- Boston Massachusetts Temple
- Bountiful Utah Temple
- Brigham City Utah Temple
- Brisbane Australia Temple (Phase 3)
- Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
- Calgary Alberta Temple
- Campinas Brazil Temple
- Caracas Venezuela Temple
- Cardston Alberta Temple
- Cebu City Philippines Temple
- Cedar City Utah Temple
- Chicago Illinois Temple
- Ciudad Juárez Temple
- Cochabamba Bolivia Temple
- Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
- Columbia River Washington Temple (Phase 3)
- Columbia South Carolina Temple
- Columbus Ohio Temple (Phase 3)
- Concepción Chile Temple
- Copenhagen Denmark Temple
- Córdoba Argentina Temple
- Curitiba Brazil Temple
- Dallas Texas Temple
- Denver Colorado Temple
- Detroit Michigan Temple
- Draper Utah Temple
- Durban South Africa Temple
- Edmonton Alberta Temple
- Fort Collins Colorado Temple
- Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple
- Fortaleza Brazil Temple
- Frankfurt Germany Temple
- Freiberg Germany Temple
- Fresno California Temple
- Fukuoka Japan Temple (Phase 3)
- Gilbert Arizona Temple
- Guadalajara Mexico Temple
- Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
- Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
- Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
- Hartford Connecticut Temple
- Helsinki Finland Temple
- Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple
- Houston Texas Temple
- Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
- Indianapolis Indiana Temple
- Johannesburg South Africa Temple
- Jordan River Utah Temple
- Kansas City Missouri Temple
- Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
- Kona Hawaii Temple
- Kyiv Ukraine Temple (Paused)
- Laie Hawaii Temple
- Las Vegas Nevada Temple
- Lima Perú Temple
- Lisbon Portugal Temple
- Logan Utah Temple
- London England Temple
- Los Angeles California Temple
- Louisville Kentucky Temple
- Lubbock Texas Temple
- Madrid Spain Temple
- Manaus Brazil Temple
- Manhattan New York Temple
- Manila Philippines Temple
- Manti Utah Temple (Phase 3)
- Medford Oregon Temple
- Melbourne Australia Temple (Phase 3)
- Memphis Tennessee Temple
- Mérida Mexico Temple
- Meridian Idaho Temple
- Mesa Arizona Temple
- Mexico City Mexico Temple
- Monterrey Mexico Temple
- Montevideo Uruguay Temple
- Monticello Utah Temple
- Montreal Quebec Temple
- Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
- Nashville Tennessee Temple
- Nauvoo Illinois Temple
- Newport Beach California Temple
- Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple (Phase 3)
- Oakland California Temple
- Oaxaca Mexico Temple
- Ogden Utah Temple
- Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple
- Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple
- Orlando Florida Temple
- Palmyra New York Temple
- Panama City Panama Temple
- Papeete Tahiti Temple
- Paris France Temple
- Payson Utah Temple
- Perth Australia Temple
- Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple
- Phoenix Arizona Temple
- Pocatello Idaho Temple
- Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
- Portland Oregon Temple
- Porto Alegre Brazil Temple
- Preston England Temple
- Provo City Center Temple
- Provo Utah Temple
- Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple
- Raleigh North Carolina Temple
- Recife Brazil Temple
- Redlands California Temple
- Regina Saskatchewan Temple
- Reno Nevada Temple
- Rexburg Idaho Temple (Phase 3)
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
- Rome Italy Temple (Phase 3)
- Sacramento California Temple
- Salt Lake Utah Temple (Phase 3)
- San Antonio Texas Temple
- San Diego California Temple
- San José Costa Rica (Phase 3)
- San Salvador El Salvador Temple
- Santiago Chile Temple
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple
- São Paulo Brazil Temple
- Sapporo Japan Temple (Phase 3)
- Seattle Washington Temple
- Seoul Korea Temple
- Snowflake Arizona Temple
- Spokane Washington Temple (Phase 3)
- St. Louis Missouri Temple
- St. Paul Minnesota Temple
- Star Valley Wyoming Temple
- Stockholm Sweden Temple
- Suva Fiji Temple (Phase 1)
- Sydney Australia Temple (Phase 3)
- Taipei Taiwan Temple (Phase 3)
- Tampico Mexico Temple
- Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple
- The Gila Valley Arizona Temple
- The Hague Netherlands Temple (Phase 3)
- Tijuana Mexico Temple
- Toronto Ontario Temple
- Trujillo Perú Temple
- Tucson Arizona Temple
- Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple
- Twin Falls Idaho Temple
- Vancouver British Columbia Temple
- Veracruz Mexico Temple
- Vernal Utah Temple
- Villahermosa Mexico Temple
- Washington D.C. Temple (Phase 3)
- Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
- Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple
- Yigo Guam Temple
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.