The following is excerpted from the Church News. To read the full article, CLICK HERE.

Two years after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closed all operating temples worldwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic and then followed with cautious, phased reopenings, the first 37 temples have started a gradual return to normal operations.

Since mid-March, temples in the United States have started this return — with ordinances available by appointment only, limited capacities, and ongoing local government requirements and pandemic restrictions.

The 37 temples at this level of operations are comprised of five in Europe, seven in Brazil, 10 in Utah and 15 elsewhere in the United States. Of the 37, all but eight were moved from Phase 3 to their current status this week.

The 37 temples and the dates they started their return to normal operations are:

  • Memphis Tennessee Temple, March 17
  • St. Paul Minnesota Temple, March 19
  • Bismarck North Dakota Temple, March 29
  • Denver Colorado Temple, March 29
  • Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple, March 29
  • Tucson Arizona Temple, April 4
  • Columbia South Carolina Temple, April 5
  • Kansas City Missouri Temple, April 5
  • Anchorage Alaska Temple, April 11
  • Bern Switzerland Temple, April 11
  • Campinas Brazil Temple, April 11
  • Cedar City Utah Temple, April 11
  • Copenhagen Denmark Temple, April 11
  • Curitiba Brazil Temple, April 11
  • Draper Utah Temple, April 11
  • Fortaleza Brazil Temple, April 11
  • Frankfurt Germany Temple, April 11
  • Freiberg Germany Temple, April 11
  • Jordan River Utah Temple, April 11
  • Laie Hawaii Temple, April 11
  • Manaus Brazil Temple, April 11
  • Monticello Utah Temple, April 11
  • Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, April 11
  • Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple, April 11
  • Payson Utah Temple, April 11
  • Portland Oregon Temple, April 11
  • Porto Alegre Brazil Temple, April 11
  • Provo City Center Utah Temple, April 11
  • Provo Utah Temple, April 11
  • Recife Brazil Temple, April 11
  • Redlands California Temple, April 11
  • San Diego California Temple, April 11
  • São Paulo Brazil Temple, April 11
  • Stockholm Sweden Temple, April 11
  • Vernal Utah Temple, April 11
  • Billings Montana Temple, April 12
  • Chicago Illinois Temple, April 12

Information on the status of operation for each of these temples and all others can be found online via the individual temple’s page at temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, where patrons can schedule appointments online.

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