Open house for Columbus Ohio Temple begins this week

SALT LAKE CITY — The open house for the renovated Columbus Ohio Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin this week.

Elder Allen D. Haynie and Elder Vaiangina Sikahema, of the Church’s North American Northeast Area Presidency, were joined during Monday’s media day by Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio).

The public open house will begin Saturday, April 29 and will run through Saturday, May 13, with the exception of Sundays.

The temple will then be rededicated on Sunday, June 4 in three sessions. President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will preside at the ceremony. 

The Columbus Ohio Temple was first announced in April 1998 by then President Gordon B. Hinckley. The temple was dedicated in 1999, and the recent renovation work began in August 2020.

More recently, President Russell M. Nelson announced the Cleveland Ohio Temple in April 2022. The groundbreaking date for that temple has yet to be announced.

Ground broken for Port Moresby Papua New Guinean Temple

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Port Moresby Papua New Guinean Temple was held Saturday, April 22. 

Elder Peter F. Meurs, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, presided at the ceremony. 

President Nelson announced the temple in 2019. According to a news release from the church, construction on the temple will take several years to complete. Following the completion, an open house and dedication of the temple will be held. 

Read more:

• Plans to build 15 new temples announced by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Groundbreaking dates announced for temples in Syracuse and Tooele

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