New Temple Presidents Called for 2017

[james]

I have another tradition I do yearly: Tracking the announcement of new temple presidents and putting together a list of other temples that have not had a new president in 3 years or more, as the general tenure length for temple presidencies is 3 years or so, with some obvious exceptions (such as when a current temple president dies or is incapacitated).

It has therefore been customary for 1/3 of all operating temples to receive a new president each year, give or take a few temples. I have tried to consider every possible temple that might have such a change, but would not be surprised if I missed or overlooked something.

Let me know your thoughts. I look forward to the discussion. 

List of temples that have gotten or may ye....docx (16.54 KB)

[james]

I am including in this post the latest version of this list. Because of the errors with the forum at the moment, I cannot say what all has changed since I last posted it. But I did take time recently to reformat it, and that is one of the biggest differences. In view of the server problems preventing an attachment from being added presently, I am pasting in a manual copy of it. Enjoy!


New Temples whose presidents will begin serving later this year:

1. Paris France (President announced in 2016; will begin formal service on May 21)

2. Cedar City Utah (President announced in March; will begin service on December 10)

3. Tucson Arizona (President announced in March; will begin formal service on August 13)

4. Meridian Idaho (President announced in April; will begin formal service in November 19)



Operating Temples whose president was changed earlier this year:

1. Calgary Alberta (president changed sometime during March for an undisclosed reason, likely because the previous president died or became incapacitated)



General Note #1: The president of the Tokyo Japan Temple died during his active service in late April of this year. The Church has no doubt called one of his counselors as the new president so that the work of the temple can go on uninterrupted. Once I learn of that information, I will add that temple to one of the lists above.



General Note #2: Other operating temples, as has already been announced, will be getting a new president later this year as well, and if those changes take place as they did during my six-year service in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, the new presidents will start their service on the first Monday or Tuesday of November, which fall this year on the 6th and 7th. Those temples that will have a new president this year include the following:

1. Apia Samoa

2. Logan Utah

3. Vernal Utah

4. Toronto Ontario

5. Snowflake Arizona

6. Phoenix Arizona

7. Salt Lake

8. Bern Switzerland

9. Quetzaltenango Guatemala

10. Louisville Kentucky

11. San Diego California

12. Mount Timpanogos Utah

13. Madrid Spain

14. Bogota Colombia

15. Edmonton Alberta

16. Newport Beach California

17. Adelaide Australia

18. Kona Hawaii

19. Caracas Venezuela

20. Bismarck North Dakota

21. Mesa Arizona

22. Columbia South Carolina

23. Ogden Utah

24. Lubbock Texas

25. Guayaquil Ecuador

26. Fort Lauderdale Florida

27. Los Angeles California

28. San Salvador El Salvador



General Note #3: While not yet reported in the Church News, a news release appearing on LDS.org dated May 11 announced the calling of a new president for the following additional temples. When subsequently confirmed by the Church News, they will move to the list above.

1. Manila Philippines

2. San Antonio Texas (The news release on LDS.org states that a new president has not been called yet but will be later this year.)



General Note #4: Temple presidents generally serve for around three years. With that in mind, I feel confident in predicting that the following temples may also have a new president announced:

1. Baton Rouge Louisiana

2. Buenos Aires Argentina

NOTE: The current president has been serving since this temple’s rededication in 2012. As that is well beyond the standard 3 years of service, it seems reasonable to assume that there will be such a change this year.



General Note #5: The presidents of the following temples would be marking their third year of service had they not closed previously for renovations. A new president may or may not be called this year for those temples.

1. Freiberg Germany (Closed for renovation in 2014 and rededicated last year)

2. Idaho Falls Idaho (Closed for renovation in 2015 and will be rededicated in less than a month)



General Note #6: The presidents of the following temples would be marking three years of service later this year if those temples were not closing for renovations within the next ten months. Therefore, there may or may not be a change.

1. Asuncion Paraguay

NOTE: The current president has served since 2014, which means that this year would mark time for a charge. But this temple will close for renovation in October, one month before usual changes are made. As a subsequent rededication of this temple is anticipated sometime in 2019, it is more than likely that the Church will hold off on naming a new president until that time.

2. Washington DC

NOTE: Though this temple president will have marked three years of service later this year, the temple will close for renovation next March. With that in mind, I could see the Church calling a new president this year for a few months prior to that renovation, or holding off on calling anyone until after the renovation is completed sometime during 2020.



General Note #7: The following two temples closed for renovations in the middle of their current president’s active service. Were it not for that, we would likely be seeing changes there as well.

1. Jordan River (president has served since 2014; temple closed in 2015 and will be rededicated sometime next year, so a new president may not be called until sometime during 2020)

2. Frankfurt Germany (president has served since 2013; temple closed in 2015 and will be rededicated sometime next year, so the president could be changed sometime within the next two years)



General Note #8: Temples that will most likely be dedicated during the early or middle part of next year and might therefore have their first presidents announced at some point during the fall of this year (since the first president of the Paris France Temple had its’ first: president called during the summer of 2016):

1. Rome Italy

2. Kinshasa DR Congo

3. Barranquilla Colombia