SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 11, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has updated the list of temples in the first phase of reopening Monday.
“Under this phase, living husband-and-wife sealing ordinances are performed for members who have been previously endowed under strict guidelines and safety precautions,” said a news release from the LDS Church.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday announced its first step in its “careful, phased reopening of temples.”
Temple Re-Opening Status
Reopening Phases
1 – Living husband-and-wife sealings by appointment
2 – All living ordinances by appointment
3 – All living and limited proxy ordinances by appointment
4 – All normal operations
Aba Nigeria: Closed
Accra Ghana: Closed
Adelaide Australia: Closed
Albuquerque New Mexico: Closed
Anchorage Alaska: Closed
Apia Samoa: Closed
Arequipa Peru: Closed
Asuncion Paraguay: Closed
Atlanta Georgia: 1
Barranquilla Colombia: Closed
Baton Rouge Louisana: Closed
Bern Switzerland: Closed
Billings Montana: 1
Birmingham Alabama: 1
Bismarck North Dakota: 1
Bogota Colombia: Closed
Boise Idaho: 1
Boston Massachusetts: Closed
Bountiful Utah: 1
Brigham City Utah: 1
Brisbane Australia: Closed
Buenos Aires Argentina: Closed
Calgary Alberta: Closed
Campinas Brazil: Closed
Caracas Venezuela: Closed
Cardston Alberta: Closed
Cebu City Philippines: Closed
Cedar City Utah: 1
Chicago Illinois: Closed
Ciudad Juarez Mexico: Closed
Cochabamba Bolivia: Closed
Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico: Closed
Columbia River Washington: Closed
Columbia South Carolina: Closed
Columbus Ohio: Closed
Concepcion Chile: Closed
Copenhagen Denmark: 1
Córdoba Argentina Temple Argentina: Closed
Curitiba Brazil: Closed
Dallas Texas: Closed
Denver Colorado: Closed
Detroit Michigan: Closed
Draper Utah: Closed
Durban South Africa: Closed
Edmonton Alberta: Closed
Fort Collins Colorado: Closed
Fort Lauderdale Florida: Closed
Fortaleza Brazil: Closed
Frankfurt Germany: 1
Freiberg Germany: 1
Fresno California: Closed
Fukuoka Japan: Closed
Gilbert Arizona 1
Guadalajara Mexico: Closed
Guatemala City Guatemala: Closed
Guayaquil Ecuador: Closed
Halifax Nova Scotia: Closed
Hamilton New Zealand: Closed
Hartford Connecticut: Closed
Helsinki Finland: Closed
Hermosillo Mexico: Closed
Hong Kong China: Closed
Houston Texas: Closed
Idaho Falls Idaho: 1
Indianapolis Indiana: Closed
Johannesburg South Africa: Closed
Jordan River Utah: 1
Kansas City Missouri: Closed
Kinshasa DRC: Closed
Kona Hawaii: Closed
Kyiv Ukraine: Closed
Laie Hawaii: Closed
Las Vegas Nevada: Closed
Lima Peru: Closed
Lisbon Portugal: Closed
Logan Utah: 1
London England: Closed
Los Angeles California: Closed
Louisville Kentucky: Closed
Lubbock Texas: Closed
Madrid Spain: Closed
Manaus Brazil: Closed
Manhattan New York: Closed
Manila Philippines: Closed
Manti Utah: 1
Medford Oregon: Closed
Melbourne Australia: Closed
Memphis Tennessee: 1
Merida Mexico: Closed
Meridian Idaho: Closed
Mesa Arizona: Closed
Mexico City Mexico: Closed
Monterrey Mexico: Closed
Montevideo Uruguay: Closed
Monticello Utah: 1
Montreal Quebec: Closed
Mount Timpanogos Utah: Closed
Nashville Tennessee: 1
Nauvoo Illinois: Closed
Newport Beach California: Closed
Nuku’alofa Tonga: Closed
Oakland California: Closed
Oaxaca Mexico: Closed
Ogden Utah: 1
Oklahoma City Oklahoma: Closed
Oquirrh Mountain Utah: 1
Orlando Florida: Closed
Palmyra New York: Closed
Panama City Panama: Closed
Papeete Tahiti: Closed
Paris France: Closed
Payson Utah: 1
Perth Australia: Closed
Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Closed
Phoenix Arizona: 1
Port-Au-Prince Haiti: Closed
Portland Oregon: Closed
Porto Alegre Brazil: Closed
Preston England: Closed
Provo City Center: 1
Provo Utah: 1
Quetzaltenango Guatemala: Closed
Raleigh North Carolina: Closed
Recife Brazil: Closed
Redlands California: Closed
Regina Saskatchewan: Closed
Reno Nevada: Closed
Rexburg Idaho: Closed
Rome Italy: Closed
Sacramento California: Closed
Salt Lake Temple: Closed
San Antonio Texas: Closed
San Diego California: Closed
San Jose Costa Rica: Closed
San Salvador El Salvador: Closed
Santiago Chile: Closed
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: Closed
São Paulo Brazil: Closed
Sapporo Japan: Closed
Seattle Washington: Closed
Seoul Korea: 1
Snowflake Arizona: 1
Spokane Washington: Closed
St. George Utah: Closed
St. Louis Missouri: Closed
St. Paul Minnesota: Closed
Star Valley Wyoming: 1
Stockholm Sweden: 1
Suva Fiji: Closed
Sydney Australia: Closed
Taipei Taiwan: 1
Tampico Mexico: Closed
Tegucigalpa Honduras: Closed
The Gila Valley Ariziona: 1
The Hague Netherlands: Closed
Tijuana Mexico: Closed
Tokyo Japan: Closed
Toronto Ontario: Closed
Trujillo Peru: Closed
Tucson Arizona: 1
Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico: Closed
Twin Falls Idaho: 1
Vancouver British Columbia: Closed
Veracruz Mexico: Closed
Vernal Utah: Closed
Villahermosa Mexico: Closed
Washington D.C.: Closed
Winter Quarters Nebraska: 1
I was taught temples were places to gather in times of turmoil, a safeplace during the storm. Why were they closed at all? Don’t say state orders, religion is one of our protected freedoms.