Which Latter-day Saint temples don’t have an angel Moroni statue?

Editor's Note: This article was last updated in September 2023.

With more than 100 temples either announced or under construction, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to release new temple renderings—and several new renderings show temples that will not be topped with the angel Moroni statue. Here are some interesting facts about temples without angel Moroni statues and a look at the current renderings for new temples. 

Currently, fifteen operating temples do not have an angel Moroni statue:

• Cardston Alberta Temple
• Hamilton New Zealand Temple
• Helena Montana Temple
• Hong Kong China Temple
• Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
• Laie Hawaii Temple
• Logan Utah Temple
• Manti Utah Temple
• Mesa Arizona Temple
• Oakland California Temple
• Paris France Temple
• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
• St. George Utah Temple
• Yigo Guam Temple
• Hong Kong China Temple
  

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The Hong Kong China Temple had its angel Moroni statue removed as part of an extensive renovation.

Left: The Hong Kong China Temple from ChurchofJesusChrist.org | Right: A rendering of the Hong Kong China Temple from Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Some temples have also had an angel Moroni statue added as part of a renovation. According to Newsroom, angel Moroni statues were added to several temples in the 2000s, including the Freiberg Germany Temple (2001), the Ogden Utah Temple (2002), the Provo Utah Temple (2003), the São Paulo Brazil Temple (2003), the Tokyo Japan Temple (2004), the Bern Switzerland Temple (2005), and the London England Temple (2008). Also of note, the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple received an angel Moroni statue in 1983, nearly 40 years after its original dedication.

Last year, crews removed the angel Moroni statue from the Salt Lake Temple as part of its renovation. The statue will be preserved, refurbished, and later reinstalled, according to Newsroom.

66 of the Church’s current temple renderings do not feature an angel Moroni statue. When these temples are complete, the total number of temples without an angel Moroni statue will be 80. The following renderings do not show an angel Moroni statue:

• Alabang Philippines Temple
• Antofagasta Chile Temple
• Auckland New Zealand Temple
• Austin Texas Temple
• Bangkok Thailand Temple
• Bacolod Philippines Temple
• Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple
• Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple
• Bengaluru India Temple
• Bentonville Arkansas Temple
• Brasília Brazil Temple
• Burley Idaho Temple
• Cali Colombia Temple
• Casper Wyoming Temple
• Cape Town South Africa Temple
• Cleveland Ohio Temple
• Cobán Guatemala Temple
• Cody Wyoming Temple
• Davao Philippines Temple
• Deseret Peak Utah Temple
• Elko Nevada Temple
• Ephraim Utah Temple
• Farmington New Mexico Temple
• Fort Worth Texas Temple
• Freetown Sierra Leon Temple
• Grand Junction Colorado Temple
• Harare Zimbabwe Temple
• Heber Valley Utah Temple
• Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple
• Knoxville Tennessee Temple
• Kona Hawaii Temple
• Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple
• Lindon Utah Temple
• Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
• Managua Nicaragua Temple
• McAllen Texas Temple
• Mendoza Argentina Temple
• Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
• Modesto California Temple
• Montpelier Idaho Temple
• Moses Lake Washington Temple
• Nairobi Kenya Temple
• Neiafu Tonga Temple
• Okinawa Japan Temple
• Orem Utah Temple
• Oslo Norway Temple
• Pago Pago American Samoa Temple
• Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple
• Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple
• Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple
• Port Vila Vanuatu Temple
• Praia Cabo Verde Temple
• Provo Utah Temple
• Querétaro Mexico Temple
• Salvador Brazil Temple
• San Juan Puerto Rico Temple
• San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple
• Singapore Temple
• Smithfield Utah Temple
• Syracuse Utah Temple
• Tallahassee Florida Temple
• Tampa Florida Temple
• Tarawa Kiribati Temple
• Taylorsville Utah Temple
• Torreón Mexico Temple
• Willamette Valley Oregon Temple
• Yigo Guam Temple
• Yorba Linda California Temple

According to Newsroom, “occasionally building codes, possible cultural misconceptions, or architectural designs preclude the use of an angel Moroni statue.”

Here is a look at the 63 temple renderings currently released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that don’t include a Moroni statue.

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