Open house, dedication dates set for Latter-day Saint temples in Wyoming and Kansas

The Cody Wyoming and Wichita Kansas temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be dedicated a week apart this fall, the church’s First Presidency announced Monday in a press release.

The Cody Wyoming Temple, to be the faith’s third temple in Wyoming, will be dedicated Sunday, Oct. 25, in a single dedicatory session to be broadcast and rebroadcast at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to all church units in the area.

Preceding the Cody temple’s dedication, guests of all faiths and ages will be welcome to tour the temple structure during a free public open house period that will run every Monday through Saturday from Aug. 27 to Sept. 12.

A media day for the Cody temple will also be held Monday, Aug. 24, and tours for invited guests will be held Aug. 25-26.

The Cody Wyoming Temple was first announced during the church’s October 2021 general conference by then-church President Russell M. Nelson.

Once dedicated, it will help serve Wyoming’s nearly 67,000 Latter-day Saints. The Star Valley Wyoming and Casper Wyoming temples were dedicated in 2016 and 2024, respectively.

The Wichita Kansas Temple will be the first-ever Latter-day Saint temple in Kansas.

Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the Wichita temple on Sunday, Nov. 1.

The dedicatory session will be broadcast and rebroadcast to all church units in the Wichita Kansas Temple district at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Before the dedication, the Wichita temple will also open for a free public open house period that will run every Monday through Saturday from Sept. 24 to Oct. 10 (excluding Saturday, Oct. 3, for the faith’s semiannual general conference).

The media will be invited to tour the Wichita temple on Monday, Sept. 21, and private tours for invited guests will be held Sept. 22-23.

As the first Latter-day Saint temple in Kansas, the Wichita temple will help serve the state’s nearly 40,000 Latter-day Saints.

The Wichita temple was first announced by President Nelson in April 2022 general conference.

Learn more about the Cody Wyoming and Wichita Kansas temples and others worldwide on the Church News’ temple almanac.