The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles called Jeffrey R. Holland to serve as Acting President in a release Thursday evening. Holland will be succeeding the late Acting President M. Russel Ballard.
It didn t take long after the surprise announcement of a Latter-day Saint temple in Smithfield for locals to start expressing their excitement â along with a strong helping of speculation.
The announcement came at the end of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints s semiannual General Conference on Sunday. Church President Russel M. Nelson announced 20 new temples. At the end of the list was Smithfield, Utah, astounding many locals, as Smithfield is only about 7 miles north of the Logan Temple.
Smithfield resident and Latter-day Saint Tia Howell was watching conference Sunday and was stunned by the announcement.
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Advertisement My husband actually joked about it before he (Nelson) announced it, he was like, Oh, is Smithfield going to get one? Howell said. And I was like, No, and then they announced it and we were just so shocked. Because we re close to Logan Temple.