The sun rises on the Conference Center spire at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, during the morning session of general conference on Sunday, April 3, 2022.
SALT LAKE CITY — In his concluding remarks Sunday afternoon at the April 2022 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to build a new temple in Montpelier, Idaho. The location was one of 17 announced throughout the world.
Montpelier is a community of around 2,500 people located just north of Bear Lake along the southeastern Idaho border. Early Church pioneers settled in Idaho in 1855. Several Church presidents are natives of Idaho, including Presidents Harold B. Lee, Ezra Taft Benson and Howard W. Hunter.
Previously, members living in Montpelier have had to travel to either Logan, Utah or Afton, Wyoming to attend a temple. Other temples in the state are the Twin Falls, Boise, Burley, Idaho Falls, Meridian, Pocatello, Rexburg and Rexburg North, announced in October 2021.
President Nelson said “Positive spiritual momentum increases as we worship in the temple and grow in our understanding of the magnificent breadth and depth of blessings we receive there.”
Temples were also announced in:
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President Russell M. Nelson of the First Presidency was the concluding speaker during the Sunday morning session of general conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 3, 2022. Wellington, New Zealand
- Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Barcelona, Spain
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Cusco, Peru
- Maceió, Brazil
- Santos, Brazil
- San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Mexico City Benemérito, Mexico
- Tampa, Florida
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Wichita, Kansas
- Austin, Texas
- Missoula, Montana
- Modesto, California
President Nelson has announced 100 new temples since he became leader of the Church in 2018. With this latest announcement, the Church now has 282 total temples worldwide in operation, under construction or renovation, or announced.
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