in 1978); Asia (Japan dedicated in 1980); and Mexico (Mexico City dedicated in 1983) were built and the number of temples doubled from 15 to 36. Church president Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) also accelerated the construction of temples through the use of an even smaller standardized base design. In 1998, when there were 51 temples, Hinckley set a goal to have 100 temples in place before the end of 2000. Between the brief building period from 1998 to 2001, 38 of these standardized temples were constructed and dedicated, meeting Hinckley's goal by having 102 dedicated temples before 2000 closed. During Hinckley's service as president, the number of temples more than doubled from 47 to 124. On October 7, 2018, Russell M. Nelson announced the intent to construct 12 more temples, putting the church's total number of temples operating, under construction, or announced above 200. List of temples Destroyed or operated by others Dedicated Dedication scheduled Temples below have scheduled dedication dates and are ordered by announced dedication date and time (earliest to most recent). If two or more have dedications at the same scheduled time (GMT), then those temples will be listed in alphabetical order. Under construction Temples under construction are ordered by groundbreaking date and time (earliest to most recent). If two or more groundbreakings occur at the same scheduled time (GMT), then they will be listed in alphabetical order. Groundbreaking scheduled Temples in this section have had groundbreakings scheduled, and are listed by the scheduled date. If more than one groundbreaking is set for the same date, the temples are ordered by time zone, from east to west starting at the international date line. When two or more temples are listed on the same date and in the same time zone, then these temples will be listed in chronlogical order (by the time of day in which the groundbreaking(s) occur). Announced Temples are listed by the date on which they were announced. If multiple temples are announced on the same day, those temples are listed in order in which they were announced. Efforts suspended The following is a list of temples that had been announced and in some stage of development, but whose construction is not actively being pursued at this time. See also Council House (Salt Lake City) Red Brick Store Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints) References Sources (official list) (Almanac) External links Temple List at ChurchofJesusChrist.org Official