SALT LAKE CITY — During the final session Sunday of the 194th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced 17 new temples to be built around the world, including one in Price, Utah.

New temples will be built in the following locations:

• Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico
• Santa Ana, El Salvador
• Medellín, Colombia
• Santiago, Dominican Republic
• Puerto Montt, Chile
• Dublin, Ireland
• Milan, Italy
• Abuja, Nigeria
• Kampala, Uganda
• Maputo, Mozambique
• Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
• Queen Creek, Arizona
• El Paso, Texas
• Huntsville, Alabama
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Summit, New Jersey
• Price, Utah

The newly announced temples bring the total number across the earth to 367, including including those that are dedicated, scheduled to be dedicated, under construction or under renovations.

In Utah, that includes the Salt Lake Temple and Provo Utah Rock Canyon Temple, which are currently under extensive renovations, and temples in Lehi and West Jordan that were announced in April.

"My dear brothers and sisters, do we see what is happening right before our eyes?" President Nelson said. "I pray that we will not miss the majesty of this moment! The Lord is indeed hastening his work."

The temple in Price will be the first in Carbon County, located in eastern Utah. The home of Utah State University-Eastern is the county seat of Carbon County.

That will bring the total number of temples in Utah, the headquarters for the church and home to nearly 2.2 million Latter-day Saints — or approximately two-thirds of the state's population — to 31 in operation, under renovation, under construction or announced. Active temples are in American Fork, Bountiful, Brigham City, Cedar City, Draper, Layton, Logan, Manti, Monticello, Ogden, Orem, Payson, Provo, Saratoga Springs, South Jordan, St. George, Taylorsville and Vernal.

New temples under construction include Ephraim, Heber Valley, Lindon, Smithfield, Syracuse and Tooele.

"Why are we building temples at such an unprecedented pace?" President Nelson asked during his announcement. "Why? Because the Lord has instructed us to do so. The blessings of the temple help to gather Israel on both sides of the veil. These blessings also help to prepare a people who will help prepare the world for the second coming of the Lord!"

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President Nelson has announced 185 temples since 2018, more than half of all temples in the church. He also announced extensive renovations to the Salt Lake Temple, which will be finished by the end of the 2026 calendar year, according to the most recent projections.

"We build temples to honor the Lord," President Nelson during the rededication of the Manti Utah Temple in April. "They are built for worship and not for show. We make sacred covenants of eternal significance inside these sacred walls."

First-time temples in regions include the newly announced edifices in New Jersey, which is home to 35,000 Latter-day Saints in over 60 congregations; Wiscsonsin, home to more than 28,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 65 congregations; Uganda, which boasts more than 22,000 Latter-day Saints in close to 40 congregations; Ireland, where close to 4,000 church members reside in 13 congregations; and southern Chile, where the Puerto Montt temple will join temples in Santiago, Antofagasta, Concepción, Santiago West and Viña del Mar.

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