The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the exterior renderings and locations of the Coeur d’Alene Idaho and Calabar Nigeria temples.
Plans for the Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple
The Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple, to be the church’s 10th operating temple in Idaho, will be built on a 10.91-acre site located at the corner of Hanley Avenue and Coeur Terre Boulevard in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Site plans released Monday by the church state the single-story temple of approximately 29,630 square feet will be accompanied by a meetinghouse and an ancillary building.
Once dedicated, the Coeur d’Alene temple — which was first announced by President Russell M. Nelson in the October 2024 general conference — will help serve the more than 480,000 Latter-day Saints in nearly 1,300 congregations that reside in Idaho.
“Every sincere seeker of Jesus Christ will find him in the temple,” President Nelson said of temples in 2024. “You will feel his mercy. You will find answers to your most vexing questions. You will better comprehend the joy of his gospel.”
Plans for the Calabar Nigeria Temple
As for the Calabar Nigeria Temple, it will be built on a 7-acre site at Atekong Drive, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Plans for the Calabar temple call for a single-story structure of approximately 26,000 square feet, accompanied by patron housing, arrival facilities and a meetinghouse, according to the church’s release.
To be the church’s fifth operating temple in Nigeria, the Calabar temple will help serve the more than 250,000 members in 840 congregations that call Nigeria home.
It was announced by President Nelson in the October 2023 general conference, at which time President Nelson taught:
“The Lord is directing us to build these temples to help us think celestial. God lives. Jesus is the Christ. His church has been restored to bless all of God’s children.”
Recently called church President Dallin H. Oaks spoke at the most recent general conference about advancing work on previously announced temples.
“With the large number of temples now in the very earliest phases of planning and construction, it is appropriate that we slow down the announcement of new temples,” said President Oaks at the start of his October 2025 general conference remarks. “Therefore, with the approval of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, we will not announce any new temples at this conference.
“We will now move forward in providing the ordinances of the temple to members of the church throughout the world, including when and where to announce the construction of new temples.”