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Will new temples be announced at General Conference?

The Saturday Morning Session of General Conference is highly anticipated for the announcements. In this session, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints learned of the historic lowering of the mission age as well as of new temples.

It has become common knowledge that if there are new temple announcements, they will happen in the Saturday morning session. The last temple announcement happened in April 2013 with the announcement of the Rio de Janerio Brazil Temple and the Cedar City Utah Temple.

In both the April and October 2014 conferences, President Thomas S. Monson said there would not be any new announcements of temples.

'As I mentioned in April, when all the previously announced temples are constructed and dedicated, we will have 170 operating temples throughout the world. Because we are concentrating our efforts on completing temples which were previously announced, we are not at the present time announcing any new temples. However, in the future, as we identify needs and locate properties, announcements of additional temples will be made.' –President Thomas S. Monson

There are currently 144 operating temples (three under renovation), 12 under construction and 14 announced.

Who knows if this upcoming conference will hold new temples. Here is a look at temples across the United States so you can make your prediction for the next temple location.JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjIxMDAlMjUlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjI0MDAlMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBzY3JvbGxpbmclM0QlMjJubyUyMiUyMGFsbG93dHJhbnNwYXJlbmN5JTNEJTIydHJ1ZSUyMiUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGbWFwYWxpc3QuY29tJTJGUHVibGljJTJGcG0uYXNweCUzRm1hcGlkJTNENTE0MzM4JTIyJTIwJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF