Elder Clark G. Gilbert of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the Cody Wyoming Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The temple is located in the Big Horn Basin, a region many consider to have been the last Western frontier in the United States.
During the dedication, Elder Gilbert noted that building a community in the Big Horn Basin required vision and sacrifice due to the isolated landscape, cold winters, and scarce water. He suggested that while modern members are not called to settle physical wilderness frontiers, they face spiritual frontiers such as conversion, returning to Church, or fulfilling callings.
Elder Gilbert shared four characteristics regarding the Lord's frontiers, stating that the Lord will show people their spiritual frontiers if they ask, that these frontiers lead to new places, that they take people where He wants them to go, and that He does not leave people alone at the frontier.
The single 10 a.m. dedicatory session was broadcast to congregations throughout the temple district and rebroadcast at 2 p.m. The Cody Wyoming Temple is the 227th dedicated temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the third in Wyoming, following the Star Valley Wyoming Temple dedicated in 2016 and the Casper Wyoming Temple dedicated in 2024.
This was the first temple dedicated by Elder Gilbert since he became an Apostle in February 2026. He was accompanied by his wife, Christine, as well as Elders Jeremiah J. Morgan, I. Raymond Egbo, and James G.O. Fantone and their wives, Rebecca, Comfort, and Cynthia.
Wyoming is home to nearly 67,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 170 wards and branches. The land for the Cody temple was donated by Glenn and Erica Nielson. Erica Nielson expressed her anticipation for serving as an ordinance worker at the new location, while Glenn Nielson stated the temple changes everything for those able to worship there.
Worland Wyoming Stake President Duane Whitlock said Saints in the Bighorn Basin already feel a connection to the Cody temple, describing the presence of a temple in the area as a miracle.
