 | Salt Lake Temple |
 | |
Presidents |
Temple presidents are called to oversee all activities performed at the temple. They serve voluntarily, usually for a period of several years. Following is a list of the current and former presidents of the Salt Lake Temple.
| President O. Claron Alldredge Jr. | 2011– |
| President Sheldon F. Child | 2008–2011 |
| President M. Richard Walker | 2005–2008 |
| President L. Aldin Porter | 2002–2005 |
| President W. Eugene Hansen | 1999–2002 |
| President Derrill H. Richards | 1999–1999 |
| President Carlos E. Asay | 1996–1999 |
| President George I. Cannon | 1993–1996 |
| President Spencer H. Osborn | 1990–1993 |
| President Edgar M. Denny | 1987–1990 |
| President Victor L. Brown | 1985–1987 |
| President Marion D. Hanks | 1982–1985 |
| President A. Ray Curtis | 1977–1982 |
| President John K. Edmunds | 1972–1977 |
| President O. Leslie Stone | 1968–1972 |
| President Howard S. McDonald | 1964–1968 |
| President Willard E. Smith | 1961–1964 |
| President ElRay L. Christiansen | 1953–1961 |
| President Robert D. Young | 1949–1953 |
| President Joseph Fielding Smith | 1945–1949 |
| President Stephen L. Chipman | 1938–1945 |
| President George F. Richards | 1921–1938 |
| President Anthon H. Lund | 1911–1921 |
| President Joseph F. Smith | 1898–1911 |
| President Lorenzo Snow | 1893–1898 |
"Temples are places of personal revelation. When I have been weighed down by a problem or a difficulty, I have gone to the House of the Lord with a prayer in my heart for answers. The answers have come in clear and unmistakable ways."
—Ezra Taft Benson
NOT an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
