20 new temples announced by President Nelson at October General Conference

During a Sunday afternoon session of the 193rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced the construction of 20 additional temples around the world.

New temples will be built in the following locations:

• Savaii, Samoa
• Kahului, Hawaii
• Fairbanks, Alaska
• Vancouver, Washington
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Roanoke, Virginia
• Cancun in Mexico
• Piura, Peru
• Huancayo, Peru
• Viña del Mar, Chile
• Goiânia, Brazil
• Joao Pessoa, Brazil
• Cape Coast, Ghana
• Calabar, Nigeria
• Luanda, Angola
• Mbugi Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Laoag, Philippines
• Osaka, Japan
• Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

With Sunday’s announcement, President Nelson will have announced a total of 153 temples during his prophetic period.

President Nelson participated in the entire conference remotely. It was announced on Thursday that he suffered a back injury after falling two days after his 99th birthday.

President Nelson announced 15 new temples at the conclusion of the April General Conference. While this list did not include a new location in Utah, the recent dedication of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple kicks off what will be a wave of temple growth in the Beehive State in the coming years.

Utah has 28 temples in operation, under construction, or announced.

There are a total of 315 temples announced, under construction, and operational around the world.