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2025-2026 Temple Leadership Assignments

2025 TEMPLE LEADERS MAP
2025 TEMPLE LEADERS MAP
Seventy-nine new temple presidents and matrons have been called to serve as temple leaders around the world. Most will begin their service in September. Graphic courtesy of Church News.Copyright 2025 Deseret News Publishing Company.
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The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has called 79 couples to serve as temple presidents and matrons.

The newly called leaders listed below comprise those called to serve beginning in September 2025, September 2026 or when the new temples (indicated with an asterisk) or remodeled temples are dedicated.

The couples’ names and temple assignments are listed below alphabetically by temple name. Click on the names to read the couples’ brief biographies as they are published in the Church News.

The Church has 383 temples — dedicated, under construction or announced. Temple presidents and matrons typically serve three years.

Updated January 8, 2026

Temple

New Leaders

Aba Nigeria*

Lekwauwa O. and Loretta U. Agbai

Alabang Philippines*

Romeo and Jocelyn Elisan

Anchorage Alaska

Wesley and Linnea Newman

Asunción Paraguay

Alcides and Yolanda Colmán

Bacolod Philippines*

Gregorio H. and Maria Luisa Lagaña

Bahía Blanca Argentina*

Horacio and Sonia Paez

Belém Brazil

Wilson Lima and Maria Auxiliadora Rosário da Silva Miranda

Bentonville Arkansas Temple

David O. and Carolyn L. Stout

Birmingham Alabama

Duane D. and Lori Tippets

Burley Idaho*

Paul Kenji and Nadine Saito Tateoka

Brasilia Brazil

Natan Ruiz Fontes and Eva Ferraz Fontes

Calgary Alberta

Cameron and Valerie Olson

Campinas Brazil

Flavio and Leonor Cooper

Cardston Alberta

John D.  and Bonnie Bridge

Chicago Illinois

Richard and Dyana DeVries

Ciudad Juárez Mexico

William S. and Mary Lee Johns

Cleveland Ohio

Sidney Allen and Melody Ann Hammer Connor

Cochabamba Bolivia

René Juán Cabrera Balanza and Teresa Perales de Cabrera

Columbia River Washington

Richard J. and Sally J. Meyer

Columbia South Carolina

Timothy B. and Kandi Marie B. Guffey

Columbus Ohio

George E. and Debra Mitchell

Curitiba Brazil

Paulo Roberto and Mara Salete Paschoal Cooper

Dallas Texas

Randy and Becky Bluth

Davao Philippines*

Edgar and Jocelyn Cabrera

Durban South Africa

Charles and Phumzile Doreen Magaqa

Elko Nevada*

Ken and Robin Bowler

Ephraim Utah*

Thomas F. and Michelle P. Bailey

Farmington New Mexico*

Loyd and Jaynann Lilywhite

Fort Collins Colorado

Alan J. and Mary Kay Baker

Frankfurt Germany

K. Günter and Ingrid Borcherding

Fresno California

Robert and Shawna Pace

Gilbert Arizona

Terry D. and Janet Turk

Grand Junction Colorado*

Allan and Diane Allphin

Guadalajara Mexico

Efrén Zamora Martínez and Mireya Esthela Garza Salazar de Zamora

Halifax Nova Scotia

George and Lisa Pattison

Harare Zimbabwe*

Dunstan G.B.T. and Pertunia Chadambuka

Hartford Connecticut

William and Cynthia Sowa

Hong Kong

Chi Yin Lo and Chui Ping Yuen

Idaho Falls Idaho

Kevin D. and Marilyn McCracken

Jordan River Utah

David N. and Cheryl Hermansen

Kyiv Ukraine

To be announced

Lima Peru

Gino and Marleni Galli

Lindon Utah*

Lynn and Liz Brätt

Lisbon Portugal

Celso Bueno and Jane Lucia M.S. Cabral

London England

Julian and Susan Jones

Madrid Spain

Rafael Muñoz and V. Teresa Moreno Toledo

Manila Philippines

Edgardo E. and Rosemarie Fernando

Manti Utah

Brent T. and Joyce A. Cottle

Medford Oregon

Kenneth B. and Kim Brinkerhoff

Melbourne Australia

Afereti and Lepeka Iuli

Mérida Mexico

Juan Galán Hernández and Sidya Galán

Mexico City Mexico

Alberto and Lidia De La O

Monterrey Mexico

Julio and Elda González

Montreal Quebec

Sterling and Greta Dietze

Nairobi Kenya*

Dominic C. and Alice Kogo

Nashville Tennessee

Robert D. and Holly Dennis

Nauvoo Illinois

Richard and Karen Thurman

Nuku’alofa Tonga

Sione Tatafu Angakehe and Malia Pelenatita Tafuna

Oakland California

Ted H. and Wai-Ching Yueng Ong

Pago Pago American Samoa*

Kalilimoku Sola August and Tuputausi May Asayo Hirata Hunt

Panama City Panama

Roberto Muñoz and Raquel Velásquez Cárdenas de Muñoz

Paris France

Jean-Christophe and Gabrielle Seube

Perth Australia

Darryl and Peta Margaret Ferris

Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Kent A. and Michelle Jordan

Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple

Sophon Sam and Sovan Chan

Portland Oregon

Rick L. and Bonnie J. Marshall

Provo City Center

Blake M. and Nancy Roney

Quetzaltenango Guatemala

Amilcar Raul and Sandra Robles

Quito Ecuador

Luis and Nedy Ayala

Reno Nevada

Ren and Kelly Johnson

Rexburg Idaho

Robert E. and Robin Sue Chambers

Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Paulo and Rosália Sant’ Anna

San Diego California Temple

Richard Gayne and Stephanie Lou Hansen Whittier

San Juan Puerto Rico

Ruben and Maria Pomales

San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple

Javier Romero Cuellar and Leticia Escobarete Aranda de Romero

Santiago Chile

Simon and Lidia Del Pino de Barrera

Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

Francisco J. and Aidelaida A. Pichardo de Tejada

Sapporo Japan

Motoi and Emiko Tsujimoto

Seattle Washington

Gary F. and Debra E. Gessel

Seoul Korea

Taegul and Mikyung Kim

Spokane Washington

O. Nolan and Donna Daines

St. Paul Minnesota

Terrance Lee and Maurita Ann Sullivan

Star Valley Wyoming

Mark W. and Patty Taylor

Suva Fij

Paul B. and Olive M. Whippy

Syracuse Utah*

V. Dean and LuAnn Steel

Tampico Mexico

Victor Esparza Villasana and Angelina Ramon de Esparza

Tegucigalpa Honduras

Nery and Olivia Rodríguez Justo

Tokyo Japan

Masamichi and Ayumi Kudo

Torreón Mexico Temple

Gustavo Castillo Ibarra and Hipólita Landeros Viveros Castillo

Willamette Valley Oregon Temple

Gregory Lee and Christina Lynne Demery Stevens

Twin Falls Idaho

Kent J. and Renee Allen

Winter Quarters Nebraska

Dale and Anita Kay Eichmann

Yigo Guam

Ross Henry and Debra Miller

Yorba Linda California

R. Wyatt and Lisa Marie Powell

*New temple